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January 22, 2009

Perfume Greed by Francesco Vezzoli, Part the 2nd {Fragrance News}

Following up on a previous announcement on an art project by media artist Francesco Vezzoli devoted to capturing the essence of Greed, the perfume (I wonder where they got the idea of that association from?), here is an early teaser of the short movie by Roman Polanski.

People love to see two women fight, say in a pool of mud. How exquisite that it should be over a perfume bottle...

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January 20, 2009

Free Cosmetics & Fragrances: It's Inauguration Day 2009 {Fragrance News}

Cosmetics counter, Detroit, Michigan, 1943 © Time, Inc.

As part of a lawsuit settlement regarding price-fixing, there will be free nationwide distribution of cosmetics and perfumes starting on the morning of Tuesday January 20th 2009, coincidentally on Inauguration Day. Sounds really festive, doesn't it? Instead of bread and circus, clamor for your Chanel and Dior,

"As part of the lawsuit's settlement, $175 million worth of cosmetics will be given away, one per person, in a first-come, first-served basis.

Consumers will be able to choose one item per person as long as supplies last.

At some Macy's stores, for example, the free products will be set on tables in the cosmetics department so consumers can just take them from there.

Name brands being given away include Chanel, L'Oreal, Estée Lauder, Clinique, Lancome, Clarins, Guerlain, Givenchy, Boucheron, Cody, Calvin Klein and Christian Dior.

The products involve mascara, skin care, moisturizers and fragrances, according to the Macy's release.

The offer will last until all of the products in a particular store are given out."...

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January 17, 2009

Major News from Balenciaga: The Classics Will Be Re-Edited! {Fragrance News} {New Perfume}

After announcing the return of fashion house Balenciaga as a perfume house last fall, it still remained unclear what form the venture would take.

Would Balenciaga simply be used for new creations more adapted to the contemporary market and the new image of the house under Nicolas Ghesquière? Would the brand think it desirable to recreate their prestigious fragrances of the past and decide to delve into their archives?...

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January 9, 2009

Top 10 Most Iconic Fragrances of All Time according to UK survey & Top 3 Bestsellers in France {Fragrance News}

Chanel No. 5, New China Series, 2007 by Chinese artist Ma Jun -- The Chanel No. 5 bottle is so iconic it appears still recognizable in the glazed Chinese ceramic medium.

(A bottle of No. 5 is said to be sold every 55 seconds around the globe.)

According to a survey conducted by the Superdrug store chain in Great Britain, the top cult fragrance of all time is considered to be Chanel No. 5 - the oldest composition also in this survey - based on perceptions of the women respondents in the UK who were polled in November 2008. The survey included 2000 participants. The next two are CK One (2) and Eternity (3), both by Calvin Klein.

Next, we have Coco by Chanel (4), then Dior Poison (5), Ghost by Ghost (6) a very popular scent in the UK which is less often mentioned in the US and France...

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Hermes Vanille Galante, More Info {Fragrance News}

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The bottle and leather casing for Vanille Galante interprets vanilla as suggestive of the color white

This is a follow-up to our previous article on Vanille Galante, the upcoming new opus by Jean-Claude Ellena in his Hermessence series.

As stated earlier this vanilla-composition endeavor can be summed up as being paradoxical from the get-go. It is interesting to consider put both in the context of Ellena's personal diaphanous (yet sensual) aesthetics and his own self-confessed reluctance and difficulty in working the vanilla note. It is also meaningful to view it put in perspective with other recent vanilla perfume compositions. In a sense, just like the rose with its multivariegated nuances is the queen of flowers, the vanilla bean can be seen and is to some extent seen as the queen of spices with its hundreds of natural components in addition to vanillin. It is however more common to encounter vanilla as a supporting element than as the focus of a perfumery study stripped off of other distracting associations...

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January 7, 2009

Rich Hippie Introduces Purse-Sized Roll-Ons {Fragrance News}

Rich Hippie whose tag line is "Organic, Wildcrafted Perfumes" have launched a new packaging option for their scents consisting in smaller 1/8 oz roll-ons to be slipped in your purse or pocket...

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Parfum Sur Mesure: A New Bespoke Fragrance Service {Fragrance News}

Parisian perfumer Stéphanie de Bruijn has created a new bespoke fragrance business whose core mission is to provide the same kind of service one can get from Guerlain or Cartier but at more democratically priced rates.

After watching the Obama campaign and better realizing the effectiveness of the internet, she decided to be both of Paris and of the World Wide Web (ok, this is just said in jest), opening a window onto the exclusive world of French custom-made fragrances on the internet.

You can now say, my perfumer in Paris created this little nothing for me, to my specifications...

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January 6, 2009

Serge Lutens Chergui Now in Export Format {Fragrance News}

Chergui, a best-seller of the Serge Lutens non-export range (the bell-jar collection) is now available in the export range. It is priced at 79 € for 50 ml.

Via Beauté Addict

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January 5, 2009

Interesting Hybrid Perfuming Concept by Memo: Grapefruit from Argentina & Orange Blossom from Italy (2008) {Fragrance News}

Belatedly but still interestingly we learn that French niche brand Memo launched two organic companion scents, certified Ecocert, to their latest release Jannat. It looks like what the Mediterranean diet is to vegetarian diet, that is less purist in terms of forsaking animal proteins but still reducing them and trying to reach a good balance...

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New Scents from L'Occitane {Fragrance News}

Body-care news from L'Occitane en Provence, which will introduce new scents in January 2009 in its Shea Butter range: rose, vanilla, frangipani, ylang-ylang and acacia. Each item is priced at $21 for 3.4 oz. The original Shea Butter cream gets repackaged, $38 for 7 oz.

In February an eau de toilette ($46), will join the Honey Lemon collection featuring "sweeter base notes of apricot and vanilla" together with a massage oil ($17) in the same scent as the edt. No name is given thus far, but it sounds like a flanker rather than a frankly-announced reformulation although the phrasing is a bit ambiguous. Also expect to see a new lip gloss for $9 and a candle for $23, in the same range.

L'Occitane is having a big sale right now: up to 50% off on 150 products.

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Perfume Greed by Francesco Vezzoli, Part the 2nd {Fragrance News}

January 20, 2009

Free Cosmetics & Fragrances: It's Inauguration Day 2009 {Fragrance News}

January 17, 2009

Major News from Balenciaga: The Classics Will Be Re-Edited! {Fragrance News} {New Perfume}

January 9, 2009

Top 10 Most Iconic Fragrances of All Time according to UK survey & Top 3 Bestsellers in France {Fragrance News}

Hermes Vanille Galante, More Info {Fragrance News}

January 7, 2009

Rich Hippie Introduces Purse-Sized Roll-Ons {Fragrance News}

Parfum Sur Mesure: A New Bespoke Fragrance Service {Fragrance News}

January 6, 2009

Serge Lutens Chergui Now in Export Format {Fragrance News}

January 5, 2009

Interesting Hybrid Perfuming Concept by Memo: Grapefruit from Argentina & Orange Blossom from Italy (2008) {Fragrance News}

New Scents from L'Occitane {Fragrance News}

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