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 Duerr, the British manufacturer of jams and marmalades has created an Eau de Marmalade based on one of their recipes using Seville oranges to celebrate their 125th anniversary. The new cologne, if issued, will combine notes of Seville oranges, spicy cinnamon, and Irwell water from the river near Manchester. As Marketing director Richard Duerr explains, “One of our orange suppliers in Seville, Destilaciones Bordan, also makes perfume oils and so we thought it would be a good idea to have a go”. Orange oil is used quite extensively as a scent in Spanish perfumes so we decided to make our own but with bitter orange as the main scent with a drop of water from the Irwell.”...
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 You can request a free sample of Forbidden Fruit here (Update: offer non longer valid). It takes up to 4-6 weeks to receive the sample.
The new perfume based on the popular TV show, Desperate Housewives, is described as a sensual fruity floriental. Each of the five main characters in the series is symbolized by a specific note in the perfume. You can read my previous post about the perfume here. The fragrance is available for sale at Macy's:
Forbidden Fruit at Macy's via Amazon
 Dear Readers, I am planning to write a piece on popular perceptions of patchouli and patchouli-based fragrances and would love to hear your personal thoughts on the scent. I am looking for testimonials from people who relate to that ingredient in one way or another. I will reproduce exerpts of your testimonials as part of the piece and have a separate appendix with the full texts. You can elect to disclose your names or not...
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You can order free samples of the new perfume by Lacoste, Inspiration, for yourself and a friend on the Lacoste Inspiration website. You will be asked to fill out a questionnaire. It takes a little while to download the file for the free sample program so don't give up! Update: the offer is no longer available.
 To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the introduction of 24, Faubourg in 1995, Hermès will issue a limited edition of the perfume, in a bottle designed by Serge Mansau to imitate the lines of the silk scarf issued at the same time. The carré de soie was designed by Benoît Pierre Emery and stylizes the spirals of the flacon and the light shining through the perfume. The fragrance is a creation of Maurice Roucel's.
Source: Cosmoty.de
 The stable of celebrity fragrances managed by Coty, the leader in this area, will soon include a newcomer. A new perfume by Céline Dion called Enchanting will be introduced in September 2006 in Europe and in March 2007 in North America. "Enchanting Celine Dion was developed with perfumer James Krivda of Givaudan and contains notes of osmanthus, cyclamen red berries, orchid, gardenia and freesia. The golden juice comes in a tall six-faceted glass bottle, created in-house." The perfume will be mass-marketed and accompanied by a promotional CD as a gift-with-purchase. The 30 ml edp will come with an amethyst-colored crystal ring by Swarowski. In Europe, the 30 ml eau de toilette will retail for 16.95 Euros and the 30 ml eau de parfum for 19.95 Euros. Source: Cosmetic News
 Hilary Duff has set up a website to showcase her upcoming fragrance, With Love. You can watch a short video showing the shooting of her advertising campaign. With Love by Hilary Duff And here's what Duff has to say about perfume: "I love wearing a beautiful fragrance and don't feel completely dressed without one." Sources: www.hilarynet.org, www.undercover.com, The Moodie report Photo shows how the carton for the perfume unfolds like a flower when opened.
The Hermès boutique in Boston just received the latest release by Hermès, Elixir des Merveilles, which is officially due out in September 2006: Hermès of Paris
320 Boylston St Boston, MA 02116-3917
(617) 482-8707 Source: Hermès boutique
The Editions du Cherche-Midi is going to publish a new book on the house of Guerlain entitled, Le Printemps de Guerlain. It is written by Maryline Desbiolles, the recipient for the Femina literary prize for her book, Anchise. The author traces the 178 year old history of Guerlain. It will be published at the end of October 2006, in the collection "Beaux Livres" and will retail for 50 Euros. The book is 256 pages long and comprises more than 80 unpublished documents. It will be sold in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada in bookstores as well as in the Guerlain boutiques. Source: Au Féminin
After having puzzled over the simplicity of the prestige Baccarat edition, here is the Portieux crystal edition for M.A. Sillage de la Reine. I think that it is beautiful and wittier, if I may say so, than the Baccarat flacon. 1000 copies of it will be released in September 2006. You can already reserve a flacon through the Château de Versailles' website. This flacon or rather phial is inspired by objects having belonged to Marie-Antoinette, such as the bottles found in her travel case. It was created by Magali Sénéquier and Jerôme Dinand.The perfume box is covered with a grey pearl satin in reference to materials used in the 18th century and decorated with Marie-Antoinette's monogram traced in fine gold...
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As previously reported, Chandler Burr will start publishing a regular perfume column called "Scent Strip" in the New York Times' Style Magazine. Look for the first column this Sunday August 27 2006.  We now learn that Burr will be using a rating system ranging from 0 stars to 4 stars based on the restaurants' rating system. The fragrance author says, “I want to focus on the artistic aspect, the beauty and innovation of perfumery,” [...] “Perfumery is a fine art, a commercial art just like movies. Artists are behind the creation of movies and [movies] are systematically reviewed,” [...] “It will be a change for the [fragrance] industry to have criticism but I feel that in the long-run it will help the industry because consumers will be more interested in fragrance creation.” He also promises to be less than complacent, “I slaughter one [fragrance] in the second column and one in the third because they are without innovation, creativity and are not aesthetically beautiful, and I see nothing wrong with calling it like it is!” Source: Cosmetic News
The house of Cerruti will launch Cerruti 1881 Black for Men in Europe from October 2006. It was conceived as a modern twist on the original Cerruti 1881. The scent was created by Michel Girard of Quest. The perfume is said to have been inspired by the balmy yet refined atmosphere of an Italian evening. "The top notes include black pepper combined with cotton lavender micro-absolute and bitter orange. The heart is a blend of Texan white cedar, nutmeg and fresh black cumin; the base features marzipan micro-absolute, plus guaiac and agar woods." Source: The Moodie Report
You can get a complimentary sample of the new Vera Wang Princess perfume on the Vera Wang Princess website if you take the time to fill out a questionnaire.
Update: apparently this offer is no longer valid.
Source: Cosmetic News
"The New York Times Style Magazine broadens its beauty coverage, the 14-times-a-year supplement has signed its first regular critic. Chandler Burr, author of the book, "The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession," will pen a regular column, "Scent Strip," beginning with the Aug. 27 women's fashion issue. Burr has been a contributor to the magazine for the past year and also has written about fragrance for Food + Wine and The New Yorker. T editor Stefano Tonchi said Burr brings a unique intelligence to the topic: "He deals with the world of fragrances in a way that no one else has done before by contextualizing the historical roots and social implications." Isn't that a little overstated Mr. Tonchi? All the perfume historians I read do that...perhaps a little brushing up on the literature is required for the editor? Source: Women's Wear Daily
The latest Hanae Mori, Magical Moon, is now available for purchase on the Nordstrom site for $95 and $65. So is the YSL Collector Fireworks Paris Edition in principle reserved only for duty-free retail. It retails for $67.50.
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