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Dita Von Teese and Designer Elie Saab attend the Fashion Dinner for Aids at the Pavillon d'Armenonville on January 29, 2009 in Paris, France.
Couturier Elie Saab who is well-known for his lavish, glamorous designs and popularity amongst show-biz sorts who regularly sport his designs on the red carpet, has signed a 10-year contract with Beauté Prestige International, a division of Shiseido, to develop perfumes under his own name...
Continue reading "Elie Saab To Launch Signature Fragrance {Fragrance News}" »
 Australian niche perfumery Libertine Parfumerie have opened their second store in Brisbane. The boutique is co-directed by Nick Smart, Jason Carlton and Joel Morehu-Barlow whose goal it is to bring exclusive niche perfumery to their country. The trio also heads a niche distribution company named Agence de Parfum. Nick Smart said, "Libertine Parfumerie, coupled with agence de parfum, are dedicated to filling a void for niche perfume houses in the Australian market. "
"Some of the most coveted fragrances in the world are created by niche perfumeries and until now, Australians have had only limited if any access to such high-end brands.
"With the exception of a handful of stores, niche perfumery has not been well represented in Australia and we felt it was time to overcome this and give Australians the opportunity to learn about some of the rarer, prestige fragrances on the market," he said...
Continue reading "New Libertine Parfumerie in Brisbane, Australia {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses} {Fragrance News}" »
NEW YORK, September 21,
2009 -- The Paris-based CREED royal perfume house has signed
a lease to open a 400 square foot boutique in the landmark building at 794
Madison Avenue on the northwest corner of 67th Street in New York City in time
to serve its American clientele for the 2009 holiday season. It will be
CREED's only stand-alone store in America. Among the more than 40 CREED
fragrances and other goods the store will offer men and women will be
Windsor, the fragrance CREED made for the Duke of Windsor in
1936...
Continue reading "Creed Opens Store in New York City Right on Time for the Holidays 2009 {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}" »
 In an effort to restructure the Estée Lauder companies in an efficient manner, their beloved brand Prescriptives developed in 1977 and founded in 1979 by Estée's second son, Ronald Lauder, will cease being in existence. Its first, ex-director, Sylvie Chantecaille said, "It was a great introduction for young
women. It changed the face of makeup. Everyone learned from
Prescriptives about warm and cool."
One of the early factors explaining Prescriptives's demise are seen in retrospect to have been the rise of the makeup-artist brands in the mid-nineties with Bobbi Brown and M.A.C which made it appear less edgy... 
Continue reading "Adieu Prescriptives, but Calyx Stays -- Update {Beauty News} {Fragrance News}" »
 After hearing on September 15, 2009 the announcement that an upcoming Beyoncé perfume would be developed by Coty, Abercrombie & Fitch were quick to react to the news by preemptively lodging a trademark complaint in order to protect their own perfume called Fierce. Although Coty said that the name of the singer's fragrance was as of yet unknown, the clothing brand is considering it a likely possibility that Beyoncé might use the name of her stage alter-ego, Sasha Fierce, to baptize it....
Continue reading "Beyonce Can Have a Perfume, But Not Sasha Fierce -- Update {Fragrance News}" »
 Noah Mills and Carmen Kass in the Mario Testino commercial. Voice-over is by Lauren Hutton.
Leading up to the September launch of Very Hollywood by Michael Kors, a gardenia scent, the brand has set up a website to let you explore their universe. You can go to veryhollywood.com and check out the commercial, the behind-the-scenes, an interview with Michael Kors himself etc. Now is also your opportunity to participate in two contests to win the chance of receiving the red-carpet treatment...
Continue reading "Your Chance to Win 2 Contests with Michael Kors Very Hollywood {Fragrance News}" »
 To fête the popularity of its masculine fragrance 1 Million, Paco Rabanne has decided to launch a luxurious limited-edition suitcase containing a flacon of the cologne covered with 18 carats gold and inserted with a 0,3 carats diamond (yes, it is not solid and they don't say what metal is underneath the gold). The travel suitcase decorated inside like a bank vault with its own lighting is covered with galuchat. There are three drawers for your 3 refills...
Continue reading "Paco Rabanne 1 Million: The 18 Carats Edition: You Must be Kidding Me" »
 Did you know that celebs might be transparent, invisible to consumers? A survey conducted with Linkedln members shows that 78% of respondents were left unmoved by the presence of a celeb on a billboard endorsing a product. At least when it came to buying, as opposed to noticing, the perfume, beauty cream or underwear that was advertised. The article points however to possible denials and inhibitions in acknowledging the influence as the concept is still marred by a certain cheesiness. While it is easy to see that it would not make one buy more readily a product that was lacking, it is hard to deny that celebrity advertising has the overall beneficial effect of attracting publicity for the brand as a whole and helping them surmount competition. Otherwise they don't know what they are doing. It is also suggested that a celeb product is a tribal thing: if you haven't purchased a product based on a famous personality, it is because you haven't encountered the one with which you identify and that will sway you. But this is just one survey whose results do not explain in the end why the celeb trend in beauty remains prolific despite the cries of the Cassandras...
Continue reading "Celebs in Ads Found to Have Neutral Effect by Survey {Fragrance News}" »
 Fragrance expert Michael Edwards was inducted into the Australian Fragrance Foundation Hall of Fame on August 5th 2009. "Over 120 industry representatives attended the cocktail event held in the heritage-listed Westpac Bank Building in Martin Place, Sydney. The special evening included two performances by classical music quartet, Accent Strings. Edwards has classified more fragrances than anyone else in the history of perfumery. He works with every brand and perfumer to check the accuracy of his classifications and work. Today, he divides his time between Sydney, Paris and New York to keep ahead of the avalanche of new fragrances...
Continue reading "Author Michael Edwards Inducted Into the Australian Fragrance Foundation Hall of Fame" »
 The Jardin or Garden series which includes Jardin en Méditerranée, Jardin sur Le Nil and Un Jardin Après La Mousson is now available in a new format of 200 ml which is meant to be used as a bath & body product. In French it is called Eau d'Abondance Parfumée (Perfumed Water of Plenty) like an invitation to be liberal with the scent as you step out of the shower. In English they are called All-Over Sprays. They smell like the originals with perhaps a slightly lighter, more aqua orientation as far as I could tell from the bottle. The text on the packaging mentions some hydrating and softening virtues. A 200 ml bottle is priced at 91€ or $130 at current exchange rate.
 DIESEL
ONLY THE BRAVE AND
GRAMMY-WINNING ARTIST COMMON
HOST A PRIVATE RED
CARPET PERFORMANCE
In
partnership with Macy's, Diesel Only The Brave is giving consumers the
opportunity to celebrate bravery with Common, the face of the brand's courageous
fragrance, at a intimate live performance at Capitale on Wednesday, August 26th,
2009.
Beginning
August 10th, the first 500 people to make a Diesel Only The Brave purchase of $117.50
or more at Macy's in Herald
Square and
other select locations will receive TWO general admission tickets to this
exclusive concert...
Continue reading "You Can Win 2 Tickets to a Private Red-Carpet Event with Diesel Only The Brave & Common" »
 Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra (1934) by Cecil B. DeMille: What to wear this morning? I can't concentrate with all these ladies in waiting swarming about me.
Perfume history buffs will appreciate the effort put out by Japanese company Kanebo and in particular its chief perfumer Ryoichi Komaki in attempting to recreate two fragrances that Cleopatra would have loved to wear in her days. This historical-reconstitution project was undertaken to add a layer of sensory depth to the touring exhibition Egypt Sunken Treasures, now in Yokohama...
Continue reading "Two Cleopatra Perfumes by Kanebo" »
 Guerlain aficionados can expect to see several fragrances by the brand offered to their attention and proposed as new additions to their collections. Upcoming are two new Aqua Allegorias in the works under the names Flora Nymphea and Bouquet Numéro 1...
Continue reading "Upcoming Guerlain Perfumes {Fragrance News}" »
 Elizabeth Arden Chairman
and CEO Scott Beattie and Catherine Zeta-Jones cut the ribbon to reopen
the Elizabeth Arden Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue in New York CIty on
March 6, 2008.
Elizabeth Arden announced last month that the brand will refocus on color cosmetics and skincare and do less perfume business for growth, which would translate in less quantitative development but be replaced by more qualitative focus on the preexisting perfume brands. These news come in the context of a seemingly ever-growing yearly perfume output and popularity of celebrity perfumes. The brand has developed a handsome fragrance portfolio including several celebs brands:...
Continue reading "Elizabeth Arden to Trim Fragrance Business {Perfume News}" »
 According to Bloomberg, the core idea of a ratio of luxury goods including perfume that would be available for sale on the internet vs. brick-and-mortar stores has been approved by the EU commission examining complaints from the industry. Luxury brands LVMH and Chanel have been battling to control the flow of their products on the internet with eBay being a prime target of their actions...
Continue reading "Attempts to Apply Selective Distribution Principle to Online Luxury Sales {Fragrance News}" »
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