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 The 28th annual edition of Fragrances of the World - Parfums du Monde by Michael Edwards is now available for pre-orders. Referenced as the Bible of the fragrance industry, it lists a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the perfume launches that took place in the year prior to its date of publication.
The 2012 edition has now more than 8000 perfumes indexed. For the first time in its history, it saw the addition of more than 1000 fragrances in one year, with an estimated average of 3 new launches per day in 2011...
Continue reading "Michael Edwards Fragrances of the World - Parfums du Monde 2012 Now Available for Pre-Orders {Fragrance News - Fragrant Readings}" »
 Acqua di Parma Est. 1916 released a limited edition new bottle of their classic perfume, Colonia. Milanese Designer and architect Luca Scacchetti took two years to perfect the ideas about the external appearance of the jus, which he says, impact the perception of the fragrance itself...
Continue reading "An Acqua di Parma Colonia Signed by Luca Scacchetti (2011) {Fragrance News - New Flacon - Holidays Shopping}" »
 We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of perfumer Mona di Orio who passed away today. She was a student of master-perfumer Edmond Roudnitska. She founded her own perfume house in Amsterdam with partner Jeroen Oude Sogtoen in 2004. She was now living in Nice.
The house announced the news on Facebook. "Today .completely unexpected and leaving us in great sorrow, our great inspirer, friend, colleague and name giver to her great loves, her beautifull parfum creations, MONA DI ORIO has passed away....
Continue reading "Perfumer Mona di Orio Passed Away Today (1969-2011)" »
 Iconic ballet brand Repetto Est. 1947 by Rose Repetto the mother of dancer and choreographer Roland Petit who had requested it of her, will launch their first fragrance in 2013, in collaboration with Inter Parfums, the label announced on December 7, 2011 .
Jean-March Gaucher, Chairman-CEO of Interparfums commented, after the fact, "Two French companies, Repetto, an iconic global brand in the universe of dance and Interparfums, a highly talented creator of fragrances under license, possess rare and technical know-how. This collaboration provides an occasion for both to write a new page in their respective histories. What could be more natural?"...
Continue reading "Repetto to Launch Debut Perfume in 2013 to Match Ballet Universe {Fragrance News}" »
 Le Figaro published an article on the upcoming Louis Vuitton perfume (see previous article) which reveals further information about the way the brand is approaching the launch of their debut signature fragrance.
Louis Vuitton have a somewhat unique perspective on the project as they do not need a perfume launch like other fashion or luxury labels do in terms of image promotion or financial gain. From what transpires from the article it seems that LV might be nevertheless interested in gaining something akin to a Chanel status in the fragrance world altough it's not been explicitly said...
Continue reading "More News About The Upcoming Louis Vuitton Perfume: Grasse Bound {Fragrance News}" »
 Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa by Hans Silvester, published by Thames and Hudson
We wanted to announce that we will be running a series on perfumes inspired by the African continent and its aromatic cultures. It actually all started in Paris as this blogger was pulled in by some distinctive trails. A little investigation was in order. Not all has been elucidated (of course) but you will be able to follow the progress of this quest and imagining on the blog in the coming months. Please check back today also for an interview with Jean Paul Millet Lage of Maître Parfumeur et Gantier as he remembers perfumer Jean-François Laporte (1938-2011).
Designer Parfums have announced that they have recruited perfumer Thomas Fontaine to be their in-house perfumer to oversee their portfolio of fragrance brands. Those include the houses of Jean Patou, Agent Provocateur, Parfums Sherrer, Aigner, Monsoon Fragrances and Worth, Paris. Normally, perfumers work very much on a for-hire basis and go through a competitive selection process for each perfume that are meant to be launched on the market...
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"The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) today announced the passing of Evelyn H. Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President and Head of Fragrance Development Worldwide, at the age of 75 from complications of non-genetic ovarian cancer. Mrs. Lauder died on November 12, at her home in New York City with her family by her side."...
Continue reading "Evelyn Lauder Passed Away Today (1937-2011)" »
 The British Advertising Standards Authority have struck down the Oh, Lola! by Marc Jacobs fragrance ad (see after the jump) as willy-nilly promoting the sexualisation of children by being too sexually explicit and not socially responsible. It portrays a pre-nubile-looking Dakota Fanning holding a bottle of perfume in a manner as to play upon sexual innuendoes. Coty who produces the fragrance said they admitted being "edgy" but nothing more. Fanning who is 16 going on 17 can look younger, and was made to look like a modern-day Lolita by Marc Jacobs in the advert...
Continue reading "Oh, Lola! Perfume Ad Goes Too Far Says the ASA {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Adverts}" »
 Following up on an earlier announcement, Coty Prestige released more news about the fragrance venture signed "Madonna." The perfume will be the prelude to the launch of a lifestyle brand called Truth or Dare by Madonna. The singer is said to have confessed that,
"I have always been obsessed by fragrance and for years wanted to create something personal that was an expression of me but that other people could relate to as well: something honest, and yet daring, hence the name Truth or Dare," Which in French gives (Coty France release) (you knew that Lourdes goes to the French school in London, right?) « J’ai toujours été obsédée par l’univers des parfums », a confié Madonna à Women’s Wear Daily. « Cela fait des années que je rêve de créer une fragrance personnelle, qui soit non seulement l’expression de moi-même, mais que les autres puissent également s’approprier. Un parfum sincère et audacieux à la fois, d’où son nom, Truth or Dare*.”...
Continue reading "Madonna Truth or Dare (2012): More News {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Perfumer Thierry Wasser, CEO Laurent Boillot, Michelle Yeoh, Makeup Director Olivier Echaudemaison
Malaysian actress and producer Michelle Yeoh will be the next face of a Guerlain fragrance, it has been announced by the house. The name of the perfume has not been revealed yet. The thinking heads at Guerlain are pinning their hopes on the actress' popularity to help the Asian markets warm up to the idea of wearing perfume, a cultural habit which remains yet to be developed in the region. The CEO of Guerlain, Laurent Boillot was transparent about their goals,...
Continue reading "Michelle Yeoh to be the Spokesperson for a Guerlain Perfume {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
La maison Guerlain a annoncé le 2 novembre 2011 que l'actrice et productrice malaisienne Michelle Yeoh sera la prochaine ambassadrice d'un parfum de Guerlain dont le nom n'a pas encore été révélé. Connue pour être une actrice physique jouant notammment dans des films d'action de l'école de Hong Kong, réputée pour être capable d'exécuter ses cascades sans doublure, la voici désormais chargée d'incarner un idéal de rapprochement entre le parfum à la française et la culture asiatique encore quelque peu récalcitrante à son égard. Laurent Boillot, le PDG de Guerlain n'a ainsi pas fait mystère de leurs ambitions et déclaré,...
Continue reading "Michelle Yeoh Sera L'Egérie d'un Parfum de Guerlain {Fragrance News} {Parfum de Célébrité}" »
 Tarkine rainforest by Rob Blakers
Symrise, one of the major fragrance designer companies in the world, went for their latest scent expedition to Tasmania, after having previously sent their perfumers on exploratory trips in search of brave new scents to India and China. The theme of the expedition this time was "The Cleanest Air on Earth." One of the geographic spots the specialists wanted to travel to was Cape Grim, which according to scientific research has been assessed to have the cleanest air in the world. Karen Solari, Vice President Home Care Marketing Scent & Care North America, said: “Based on the results of a recent consumer study, we wanted to concentrate on the concept of purity. That's why we decided to make the place with the purest air our destination for this expedition. The rainforest, on the other hand, allowed us to experience a plant and scent environment unlike any other, providing us with new horizons for fragrance creation.”....
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Luxury leathergoods and fashion brand Louis Vuitton will propose a debut fragrance bearing the famous, coveted monogram. If in 2009, the internet were making jokes about a faux Vuitton perfume to come recognizing that a glaring void needed to be filled in the midst of the unrestrained number of fragrance launches, in June 2011 Marc Jacobs hinted that a Vuitton scent was actually in the making...
Continue reading "Louis Vuitton to Launch Signature Perfume and Have In-House Perfumer {Fragrance News}" »
 Hermès 24, Faubourg is so much steeped in classicism and grand French perfumery tradition, that it is hard to believe it was launched only in 1995. If you want to experience what "timeless" smells like as in "timeless elegance", this is one to inhale...
Continue reading "Hermès 24, Faubourg Eperon d'Or Limited Edition (2011) {Fragrance News - New Flacon}" »
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