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May 10, 2007

A New Bespoke Service Offered by Floris of London {Fragrance News}

Floris of London, sometimes presented as the oldest existing perfume house in the world as it was founded in 1730, is now proposing a new besposke service in response to the perceived revival of the luxury market (we can be optimistic about that)........

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An Upcoming Coleen McLoughlin Perfume For This Summer {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}

Another celebrity fragrance is in the making. This time it will promote the image of Coleen McLoughlin, the fiancée of British footballer Wayne Rooney. I am pretending I am familiar with them, but I just learned about their existences today. The celebrity perfume marketing is already working its magic.

What Coleen McLoughlin says about the making of the perfume is revelatory of a sped-up perfume creation process it seems. A little visit to Grasse et voilà!.......

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May 9, 2007

The 5 Top-Sellers Amongst New Launches in the US Prestige Fragrance Market in 2006 {Fragrance News}

According to the US market-research group NPD, the top five best-selling perfumes of 2006 amongst new launches were, in decreasing order of success:

• Sean John Unforgivable (with a large lead)

• Vera Wang Princess.......

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May 8, 2007

Paris, Cinéma, & Opium Love Sprays by Yves Saint Laurent {Fragrance News}

Yves Saint Laurent is proposing to transform perfume bottles into fashion accessories to be worn attached to one's bag or belt, for example. For the limited edition series of Paris, Cinéma, and Opium in Love Sprays, they have bottled up the classic scents in 25 ml perfume flacons that are made portable thanks to silk ribbons attached to the heart-shaped phials. The heart is a favorite symbol of YSL's.

Paris Love Spray retails for 40 Euros, Cinéma Love Spray for 42 Euros, and Opium Love Spray for 47 Euros.

Source: Beauté Addict

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May 4, 2007

2007 CEW Insider's Choice Awards {Beauty Notes} {Fragrance News}

Here is another list of beauty products that people from the industry thought good things of:

The winners of the 2007 CEW Insider's Choice Awards include:

Bath & Body: Origins Modern Friction for the Body; Unilever's Dove Energy Glow Shimmering Lotion; Bath & Body Works' C.O. Bigelow Lemon Cream Body Wash; Procter & Gamble Olay Body Wash plus Ribbons......

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2007 CEW (UK) Awards {Beauty Notes} {Fragrance News} {What Celebrities Wear}

Looking for inspiration and advice for your next shopping spree? Still searching for the perfect gift for Mother's Day? To help you, here is the CEW (Cosmetic Executive Women) Beauty Awards list of nominees and winners for best beauty products and fragrances in 2007:

Best classic bodycare product

Shortlist: Clarins Body Treatment Oil; Elemis Skin Nourishing Milk Bath; Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Firm Lift Body Lotion; L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream; Primavera Aromatherapy Ylang Ylang & Lavender Hand & Body Lotion.

Winner: Clarins Body Treatment Oil – Tonic.

One of the first products to be created by the Clarins family, Body Treatment Oil Tonic has remained unchanged since its conception in the 1960s. It has become a classic – particularly during pregnancy – as women swear it prevents stretch marks. It contains sage to prevent skin slackening and improves elasticity to tone and smooth.

Celebrity users: Liv Tyler and Meg Matthews.......

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May 2, 2007

Yves Rocher Tomate-Basilic & Poivron Liquid Hand Soaps {Bath & Body} {Fragrance News}

Yves Rocher has created two unconventional fragrances to perfume his liquid soaps called Tomate-Basilic (Tomato-Basil) and Poivron (Red Pepper). The sweet-gourmand trend is overwhelmingly present on the market and so to see a savory-gourmand trend develop in mass-marketed products is a refreshing concept. One could argue that in some countries tomatoes are not considered to be vegetables but fruits and are eaten with sugar, but within the Mediterranean culture context, these scents evoke lovely kitchen memories.....

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Alien Rituel Prodige by Thierry Mugler {Fragrance News} {Bath & Body}

Thierry Mugler is launching a body care set based on the fragrance Alien. It is called Rituel Prodige (Prodigious Ritual) and comprises a perfumed body oil concentrated at 5% and a dazzling gold-colored wax. If you want to approximate the look of the Bond girl in Gold Finger and smell of big white flowers on top of that, well your fantasy is about to come true.

The 125 ml perfumed oil and the 6 g gold wax will retail for 59 Euros.

Source: Osmoz

Photo is from postershop.co.uk

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April 30, 2007

DVD Collector Edition of Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Tom Tykwer {Fragrant Shopping} {Fragrance News}

The DVD of Perfume, The Story of a Murderer is going to be released in France on May 4th 2007. The US Amazon site is not yet offering a release date. Apart from the movie, the DVD Collector Edition of Perfume will comprise two discs with a number of extras that will rejoice perfumistas.......

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Award Winners & Finalists for the US Fifi Awards 2007 {Fragrance News}

The Fragrance Foundation USA announced several initial award winners as well as the top five finalists for the Fifi Awards 2007. The final award ceremony will take place on May 31st 2007.

At the breakfast for the finalists, the four FiFi Award recipients were:

Editorial Excellence in Fragrance Coverage – Women’s Scent Feature
•ELLE – “Making Scents, Shop Talk” – December 2006

Editorial Excellence in Fragrance Coverage – Women’s Scent Bite
•ELLE – “Vision Quest” – September 2006
Editorial Excellence in Fragrance Coverage – Men’s Feature
•GQ – “Stop and Smell…Haitian Vetiver?” – December 2006

Technological Breakthrough of the Year
•Crescent House Publishing - Scentsa Fragrance Finder

The top 5 finalists in the different categories were:.......

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April 25, 2007

UK Fifi Awards for Best Fragrances 2007 {Fragrance News}

The winners for the UK Fifi awards 2007 were announced yesterday.

Best New Prestige Female Fragrance went to Christian Provenzano's Maîtresse by Agent Provocateur.

Best New Prestige Male Fragrance went to Jean Claude Ellena's Terre d'Hermès by Hermès.......

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April 18, 2007

New Formulation For Dior J'Adore Eau de Toilette {Fragrance News}

According to Osmoz, Dior is offering a new formulation of J'Adore in the eau de toilette concentration. It was slightly modified by the LVMH in-house perfumer François Demachy......

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April 11, 2007

What Are You IN2? Enter A Short Movie Competition by Calvin Klein For A Chance To Win $10 000 {Fragrance News}

To accompany the launch of their latest releases, CK IN2U for Her and Him, Calvin Klein is attempting to better understand/promote the so-called "techno-sexual" generation, a controversial expression they used in their advertising campaign for the new scents. To do this, they are proposing a competition in which participants are asked to answer the question "What are you IN2? The top 3 will receive $1000 and the winner, $10 000......

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April 10, 2007

French Fifi Awards Grand Prix du Parfum 2007 (& 2006) (Updated) {Fragrance News}

The French Fifi Awards, renamed the Grand Prix du Parfum (Grand Perfume Prize) in 2006 so that the import of the event would be better grasped by the French public, selected winners amongst 81 finalists in its 15th edition on April 5th 2007. According to the French Fragrance Foundation press release, 1300 members of the industry were asked to cast their votes and almost 50% of them responded, which is considered to be a very good proportion.

The categories that are judged differ from country to country.

In France the finalists were:

Meilleur Parfum Féminin (Best feminine perfume)
Armani Code / Giorgio Armani
Chypre Rouge, Gris Clair /Serge Lutens
Kenzoamour / Kenzo
Nina / Nina Ricci
L de Lolita Lempicka / Lolita Lempicka
Meilleur Parfum Masculin (Best masculine perfume)
Antidote/ Viktor & Rolf
Encre Noire / Lalique
L'Homme / Yves Saint Laurent
Prada Amber / Prada
Terre / Hermès......

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April 7, 2007

The International Perfume Museum in Grasse Will Reopen in 2008 {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}

The Musée International de la Parfumerie de Grasse will reopen in early 2008 after having closed in December of 2005 to conduct its renovation project. The new museum will have doubled its size to 3000 m2 and will be organized around three locations: the Hôtel Morel-Amic, an 18th century building, the Pélissier building, and the existing museum. The architect for the project is Frédéric Joung.The ARMIP (Association for the International Perfume Museum), led by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena, has contributed to the project.

The permanent collection will be curated by Marie-Christine Grasse.

Source: Cosmetic News

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May 10, 2007

A New Bespoke Service Offered by Floris of London {Fragrance News}

An Upcoming Coleen McLoughlin Perfume For This Summer {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}

May 9, 2007

The 5 Top-Sellers Amongst New Launches in the US Prestige Fragrance Market in 2006 {Fragrance News}

May 8, 2007

Paris, Cinéma, & Opium Love Sprays by Yves Saint Laurent {Fragrance News}

May 4, 2007

2007 CEW Insider's Choice Awards {Beauty Notes} {Fragrance News}

2007 CEW (UK) Awards {Beauty Notes} {Fragrance News} {What Celebrities Wear}

May 2, 2007

Yves Rocher Tomate-Basilic & Poivron Liquid Hand Soaps {Bath & Body} {Fragrance News}

Alien Rituel Prodige by Thierry Mugler {Fragrance News} {Bath & Body}

April 30, 2007

DVD Collector Edition of Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Tom Tykwer {Fragrant Shopping} {Fragrance News}

Award Winners & Finalists for the US Fifi Awards 2007 {Fragrance News}

April 25, 2007

UK Fifi Awards for Best Fragrances 2007 {Fragrance News}

April 18, 2007

New Formulation For Dior J'Adore Eau de Toilette {Fragrance News}

April 11, 2007

What Are You IN2? Enter A Short Movie Competition by Calvin Klein For A Chance To Win $10 000 {Fragrance News}

April 10, 2007

French Fifi Awards Grand Prix du Parfum 2007 (& 2006) (Updated) {Fragrance News}

April 7, 2007

The International Perfume Museum in Grasse Will Reopen in 2008 {Fragrance News} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}

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