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 More details on the introduction of the latest batch of M.A. Sillage de la Reine are now available. The perfume will be officially introduced to the public (well, in fact, really only to the happy few) on June 26th at a "grande soirée" (grand reception) in the gardens of the château de Versailles. Prices for the Baccarat and Portieux crystal editions of the fragrance have been announced: the 10 flacons of the Baccarat edition will cost 8000 Euros apiece (an unwittingly humorous reminder of the reason why the French Revolution took place and illustration of the fruits it bears in contemporary France) and the 1000 flacons of the Portieux edition will cost 350 Euros each for a 25 ml quantity. I have reviewed the French edition of A Scented Palace, the book on Marie-Antoinette's perfumer Jean-Louis Fargeon here. You can find more information on Sillage de le Reine in a previous post here Source: Cosmetics International
Photo is from Sofia Coppola's movie Marie-Antoinette
 • Aedes de Venustas has just received Kisu (kiss in Japanese) by Tann Rokka (house talk in Romany), the famous and hip lifestyle store located in the old Primrose Hill train station in London. Tann Rokka specializes in fabulous contemporary, antique, and world decor elements. To make the experience more complete they decided to team up with perfume designer Azzi Pickthall, the nose behind Agent Provocateur, to create a fragrance that would be evocative of Japanese bathing rituals. Notes include ylang-ylang, rosewood, cedar, and Eastern musk.
"Kisu evokes the transition of culture from the past to the present with its heady, empowered and sensual aroma. Blending sensual notes of ylang-ylang and aromatic essences of rosewood, Kisu is a spicy and evocative scent. A base of cedar wood and Eastern musk warms and stimulates the senses, while the underlying Asiatic marine accord harmonizes with rare and traditional Japanese elements into a smooth and exotic fragrance. It is a luxurious and sophisticated scent that captures the imagination and senses, and transports the wearer to exotic, foreign lands. For men and women alike."
• The Institut Très Bien just sent me a note to say that their line comprising Cologne à la Russe, Cologne à la Française, and Cologne à l'Italienne (please see my review) can now be found exclusively at Henri Bendel in New York (666 Fifth Avenue). They also now carry the Institut Très Bien candle, Bougie Très Bien. Sources: Aedes, Tann Rokka, Institut Très Bien
 Serge Lutens who lives in Marrakech, Morocco most of the year was visiting Paris yesterday to present some of his latest products. While Chypre Rouge has not yet been released, another upcoming Lutens perfume has been unveiled called Mandarine Mandarin. It will be introduced in September. Wax samples will be available by mail starting in mid-August. The new fragrance will be part of the exclusive line and will be sold at Salons Shiseido. Here's an initial description of Mandarine Mandarin: "Peels of mandarins of Sicilia, candied and burnt to the point of making you lose your mind. Black mandarin... musk from Cashmere, clove, an ambergris note exclusively created upon Serge's request! A warm, sensual perfume (not a "citrus"), honey, beeswax...subtle but with a strong personality! Its color is similar to that of Fleurs d'Orangers but with a dash of blue. Update: There are also notes of smoked Chinese tea, thyme, nutmeg, and clove.
A limited edition of 30 flacons decorated with a Chinese dragon painted in a blue ink color will be issued for Christmas. Source: Autour de Serge
 Perfume forums are buzzing today with news regarding the upcoming Serge Lutens fragrance, Chypre Rouge. According to someone who had the opportunity to test it, the fragrance smells quite a bit like Arabie, except for the fact that it is sweeter. The only notes that are mentioned in the documentation received were beeswax and moss. Reportedly, the perfume smells like caramelized pecan on a base of oak. It does not really smell like a chypre, except in the base notes. Update: notes include oakmoss, oak wood, labdanum, honey, beeswax.
This perfume continues to be the product of a collaboration between Serge Lutens and Chris Sheldrake despite the fact that Sheldrake has now transferred to the house of Chanel. The perfume was created a year and a half ago, before Sheldrake's departure. Some people seem to think that the situation is a bit complex, but it has been officially confirmed that their collaboration will continue according to the French journal L'Express...
Continue reading "Fragrance News: More on Chypre Rouge by Serge Lutens (Updated)" »
I just visited Marina's perfume blog, Perfume-Smellin' Things, and learned that Made by Blog has undertaken the project to create two perfumes for two of my fellow-bloggers, namely Katie from Scentzilla! and Marina from Perfume-Smellin' Things. If you felt frustrated that you won't be able to follow the episodes of the new British reality TV show focusing on perfume-making over 6 months which is set to start next week on Living TV in the UK, you might instead elect to follow the different stages of the perfume creation process in the blogosphere.
The blog's readers will be allowed to participate as informal evaluators of the 2 perfumes in progress as samples of the trial fragrances will be put on sale on the Made by Blog website. Clement Gavarry and Laurent Le Guernec, both of IFF, are the two perfumers entrusted with the tasks. No limits will be put on cost nor time. Nobi Shioya, the instigator of the project, wishes to offer some creative space to the perfumers and sees this as an opportunity for them to create outside of the logic of the mass-market. He is also interested in breaching the gap between the secluded and rarefied world of the big perfume industry and the individual consummer. In this case, the only constraints set on them will be those set by Katie's and Marina's dreams of an ideal fragrance for themselves. The question is, from which side will the perfumers, in final analysis, get more pressure? From the mass-market or from the educated, picky noses of Marina and Katie? I am sure that their dialogues will prove to be fascinating.
Stay tuned...
 Nina Ricci will launch a new women's fragrance this summer called Nina. The fragrance is touted as the brand's single most important release in 10 years.
Nina was composed by noses Olivier Cresp and Jacques Cavallier of Firmenich with the Asian consumer in mind. The brand hopes to strengthen its position in the international fragrance market and in particular in Asia. "Notes include lemon, apple, peony and praline over a base of apple wood and white cedar and musk. The juice comes in a raspberry-pink tinted apple-shaped glass bottle topped with silver leaves around the cap, designed by French agency LOVE. " (updated 5/31/2006) Escentual offers a pic of the flacon as well as a more detailed description of the notes: "TOP NOTES: Calabrese Lemon and Lime Caipirinha. MIDDLE NOTES: Red Toffee Apple, Vanilla Infusion, Moonflower and Peony Petals. BASE NOTES: Apple Tree Wood, Cotton Musk and White Cedar." The fragrance will be introduced in France in July and will roll out to international markets in September and the US in 2007. Nina will be distributed in edt concentration: 30ml for 29 Euros, 50 ml for 45 Euros, and 80 ml for 55 Euros.
Sources: Article by Oonagh Phillips for Cosmetic News, 30 May 2006, Escentual, and WWD 10 June 2006. Photo credit: Escentual.co.uk
•A new women's scent, Spirit of Scotland, inspired by Scottish malt whiskey will be released in Great Britain in the fall. Initial reviews appear to be vastly positive. Its author, perfumer George Dodd is the creator of a line of fragrances, drawing his inspiration from the Scottish landscape and history. They are available here. A precursor to the new fragrance is one called Robbie Burns named after the great Scottish bard; the masculine version, Robbie Burns - Gentlemen, is based on notes found in whiskey while the feminine version, Robbie Burns - Lady, is centered on a rose theme. The earthenware flacons are reminiscent of the types of flacons that would have been commonly used in the 18th century during Robert Burns' lifetime. • Manufacturer Lotus "...has blossomed into the driver-care business and launched its own perfume. Lotus eau de toilette fragrance is said to have an invigorating character reminiscent of the thrill of the cars. Each bottle is shaped like an engine cylinder, with the brand logo etched on the side, and is available only from the Perfume Shop (0845 601 1950, The Perfume Shop ) at Pounds 19.99 for a 50ml bottle." Source: The Sunday Times, 21 May 2006 • Elizabeth Arden had also announced earlier this year that the company would launch a fragrance called Daytona 500 "...to capture the exhilarating thrill of this racing spectacle and put it in a bottle." Its launch is planned for the second or third quarter of 2006.
Source: Brand Sense Partners  • Valentino V ete is now available at Neiman Marcus. It is described as a modern oriental fragrance.
Top notes of bamboo leaves, lychee, and violet.
Heart notes of Turkish and Bulgarian rose, peony, jasmine, and geranium leaf.
Base notes of musk, cedarwood, sandalwood, and patchouli
• A new Salvador Dali perfume called Purple Lips will be released in September. Notes are blueberry, crocus, pomegranate, violet, lilac, vanilla orchid, amber, sandalwood, musk.
Source: aromat.ru
Forbidden Fruit, concocted by perfumer Richard Herpin of Firmenich, is a fruity floriental. Top notes are of crisp Rome apples, orange flowers and ripe, juicy peaches, with a heart of wisteria (naturally, given the fact that the characters live on Wisteria Lane), jasmine, ylang-ylang and passion lily. The drydown is of cedarwood, sandalwood, vanilla and tonka bean. Forbidden Fruit's bottle of frosted glass with a scarlet cap is intended to be reminiscent of an apple, noted Siegel...
Continue reading "Fragrance News: Desperate Housewives will Bite into Forbidden Fruit by Coty; Inspiration by Lacoste" »
Following its success as well as repeated requests from the public, a recreation of Marie Antoinette's fragrance by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian from Quest International called M.A. Sillage de la Reine (Marie-Antoinette The Queen's Silage) will be more widely available in June and July 2006. It was first created in January 2005 and offered to a select group of people at a party at Versailles on the occasion of the publication of a book on the original 18th century author of the perfume. It was also sold to some patrons in 2005 but at a very high price, around $2500. This perfume was originally composed by one of the perfumers of Marie Antoinette (Houbigant was one of them) called Jean-Louis Fargeon. It was originally named Trianon. Elisabeth de Feydeau, a French perfume historian, has written this book focusing on the details of the relationship developed between Marie-Antoinette and Jean-Louis Fargeon. Her book has recently been translated into English in Great-Britain under the title, A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie-Antoinette's Perfumer and is available here. It will also be available on Amazon, here in the US, starting June 22; you can place pre-orders now.
One day, Marie-Antoinette asked Fargeon to come meet her at Trianon and showing him around she requested from him a perfume that would capture the charm of her beloved retreat. Later, Fargeon was to see her just before she attempted to escape from France through Varenne. He tells us that on the day of his last visit to her and as a sort of premonitory sign of her impending demise, the queen seemed to smell more strongly and almost sickeningly so of the tuberose found in her perfume Trianon Elisabeth de Feydeau says that the perfume unleashes unknown emotions in people, something qualitatively different from what you experience with contemporary perfumes.
 Le Sillage de la Reine has been recreated using 18th century techniques and 100% natural essences. Its notes include orris, rose, jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom, cedar wood, sandalwood, Tonkin musc and ambergris. 10 prestige copies of it, bottled in Baccarat crystal bottles will be available in June; the price has not been divulged. In July, 1000 limited editions copies will be released in crystal bottles made at the crystal manufacturies of Portieux (founded by Marie-Antoinette's grand-father) and will be available for between 300-400 Euros for a bottle of 25 ml. You can reserve a bottle of M.A. Sillage de la Reine here. Proceeds will go towards the remodeling of parts of the palace that were historically linked with Marie-Antoinette.
Visitors to Versailles can currently smell the queen's perfume in Marie-Antoinette's bathroom through June 2006. Photos are from the Château de Versailles and Osmoz.
Jean Madar, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for Inter Parfums, Inc. announced today that their prestige product launch schedule for 2006 was on course. The major products will come out in the second half of the year. We can thus expect to see a new Lanvin fragrance for Women, Burberry London for Men, and a new Paul Smith fragrance for Men. In the spring and the summer there will also be new men's fragrances unveiled for S.T. Dupont and Nickel.
Source: Business Wire
I just got the news that the 2006 Guerlain reedition of Sous le Vent is now available --They just put it on display today! Some perfume lovers said on TSS that they were eagerly awaiting its release, so I gave them a ring. It will be exclusively sold in their Champs-Elysées flagship store. It costs 180 Euros for a 100 ml flacon of edt. It is not a limited edition (it is not numbered) and will be on sale during the whole coming year. The fragrance is part of the collection "Il était une fois" (once upon a time) and is a reissue of the fragrance created in 1933 by Jacques Guerlain. It is classified by the Guerlain people as an aromatic chypre ("un chypre aromatique"). "Top notes are aromatic": lavender, tarragon, basilic, citrus...
Heart notes are: carnation... Base notes are: oakmoss, iris, woods, patchouli... You can place an order by calling the House of Guerlain: 68 Avenue des Champs-Elysées 8th arrondissement 75008 Paris Tel: +33 (0)1 45.62.52.57 Métro: Franklin D. Roosevelt There's a review-rêverie of Sous le Vent by Cait Shortell here on Legerdenez
 •Montana will release three new perfumes composing a trilogy and describing three different moods: Montana Mood Sensual, Montana Mood Sexy, and Montana Mood soft. They are expected to be issued in May-June, date to be confirmed. •Cartier will release a limited edition of Eau de Cartier starting in May. •Lacoste will introduce a new fragrance in August called Inspiration. The notes are: pink pepper, pomegranate, mirabelle, lemon peel, jasmin, tuberose, lilly of the valley, sandalwood, vanilla, iris, musk. •Montblanc will launch Montblanc Le Parfum in October to celebrate its 100th anniversary. •Issey Miyake will introduce a limited edition of L'Eau Bleue d'Issey Eau Fraiche for Men on May 29. •Boss Femme Eau de Parfum will be issued in October.
 •Although Serge Lutens Chypre Rouge Haute Concentration is officially slated to be released in September-October 2006, it will be available in a few specialized perfume stores in Paris by the end of July. A 15 ml purse atomizer will be offered with the purchase of your Chypre Rouge bottle since this is a Haute Concentration perfume. •A new fragrance is in the works at Givenchy; it is inspired by the daughter of French Prime Minister, Marie de Villepin. It has been tentatively called Bourgeois. •Perles de Lalique, a floral chypre, is slated to come out in May or June 2006 in both edp and extract concentrations. The design of the bottle is inspired by a creation by Rene Lalique, la boite a poudre Cactus. The bottle for the extract will be in crystal. Notes are: rose, black pepper, iris, patchouli, Cashmere wood...
•A new Agent Provocateur fragrance called Eau Emotionnelle will be introduced in June 2006 in Great Britain. It has notes of pink pepper, wine dregs, white tea, osmanthus, cedar wood, musk...
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