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April 17, 2011

The Top Three Best-Selling Fragrances in the World in 2010 Were... {Fragrance News} {Perfume List}

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Who were the mega global fragrance bestsellers of 2010? You could say the earth wafts of three major compositons. The first one was launched in 1999, the second one in 1921 and the third one in 1992. They are probably all familiar to you, if only in appearance, but the news in the Olympe of fragrance sales are that...

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April 15, 2011

Top Ten Best-Selling Celebrity Fragrances in 2010 {Perfume List} {Celebrity Perfumes} {Fragrance News}

 

Elizabeth_Taylor_White_Diamonds.jpgBusiness magazine Forbes says that celebrity fragrance still makes for good-business sense these days. Here is a list of the top ten best-selling charismatic juices of last year, with a few ties. White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor remains on the Mount Everest of sales while some newcomers surprise. Although I reviewed NYC by Sarah Jessica Parker, I did not expect it to come fourth place. Who knew strawberry could be so attractive? At least the olfactory message is easy to remember...

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March 23, 2011

Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79 {Fragrance News - News Flash}

elizabeth_taylor_1993_A.jpgElizabeth Taylor poses with her Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 65th Annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on March 29, 1993 in Los Angeles, California.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor died today at age 79 of a cardiac arrest. One of her children, son Michael Wilding said,...

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Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Fragrance DVDs: Not Just a Duo, a Duet Too {Fragrance News - Limited Editions}

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Husband and wife country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will release a special limited-edition of Fragrance DVDs at Walmart from April 2011.

"Each distinctive Faith Hill and Tim McGraw set includes a classic fragrance paired with a limited edition DVD featuring never-before-seen concert video of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw performing a song live, as well as behind-the-scenes footage."....

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March 21, 2011

Make it Smell Unisex Mariah: a Plea by the Lambies {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}

 mariah_carey_unisex_perfume_petition.jpgRams have been trying to make their voices heard from amongst the lambs. Mariah Carey's fans, also known as Lambs, have set up a petition page over at Facebook in an unprecedented move to make the celebrity be more gender-sensitive to her masculine followers... 

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PCD Awards 2011: The Best in Fragrance & Beauty Packaging {Fragrance News}

 

PCD_awards_2011.jpgTechnological tour-de-force in the field of beauty and perfume packaging was rewarded at the The 7th edition of the PCD congress-exhibition, held on the 8th and 9th February 2011 at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris. The PCD Awards or Parfums, Cosmétiques, Design Awards distinguished a roaster of recipients...

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March 17, 2011

Eva Mendes is the New Angel at Thierry Mugler's {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Ads} {Celebrity-Endorsed}

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Actress Eva Mendes will be the new face of fragrance Angel by Thierry Mugler, one of the most memorable scents to appear towards the end of the 20th century and a current global bestseller (see interview with Pierre Aulas, artistic director at Mugler.) She succeeds her colleague Naomi Watts to hopefully bring back some idea of spice and fire to the franchise, per the brand.

While Naomi Watts’ ethereal beauty embodied the angelic aspect of the fragrance, Thierry Mugler chose to reignite the enticing and explosive dimensions of the fragrance with the sultry Mendes,”...

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March 14, 2011

Emma Watson to be Face of Trésor Midnight Rose by Lancôme {Fragrance News} {Celebrity-Endorsed Perfume}

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Actress Emma Watson will be the face of a new women's fragrance by Lancôme called Trésor Midnight Rose, a flanker to the modern classic Trésor created by perfumer Sophia Grojsman in 1990. Chosen by the company to embody a new generation of women, she will succeed the daughter of Isabella Rossellini, Elettra Wiedemann who was the spokesperson for another flanker, Trésor in Love, aimed at touching a similar age group. Sassi Sam blog reports that the president of Lancôme International Youcef Nabi confessed being impressed by the millions of followers of the Harry-Potter franchise actress on Facebook...

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March 1, 2011

Rechristening of Perfumes at l'Artisan Parfumeur and Odin {Fragrances News}

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Two perfumes (at least) have changed their names in the recent past. Lest this might spoil your fragrance experience by getting you confused, here are reminders of those changes.

L'Artisan Parfumeur initially launched a vanilla composition under the name Havana Vanille in 2009...

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Jo Loves will Capture the Spirit and Cherished Flavors of Jo Malone Herself {Fragrance News - New Brand}

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Jo Malone, the creator of the brand Jo Malone which has been part of the Estée Lauder Cos. group since 1999 and is out of her hands since she left in 2006 as their artistic director, is going back to fragrance-making after a four-to-five-year hiatus.

The stay-at-home-mom-and-entrepreneur is now tapping back into her entrepreneurial dreams. Inspired by her recent homey experiences. Jo Loves, her new brand, will be devoted to exploring flavor-inspired fragrances aka "gustatory" and "gourmand" perfumes in industry lingo...

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February 26, 2011

Roger & Gallet Fragrances Now Available in the US Pharmacy Circuit at Duane Reade {Fragrance News}

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Roger et Gallet Est. 1862, although they once upon a time created luxury perfumes, boasting in the 1920s - before the era of the more famous Joy by Patou - that Fleurs d'Amour (Flowers of Love) was "The most luxurious perfume in the world" have more generally reclaimed their apothecary heritage born out of the original recipe of Jean-Marie Farina's Eau de Cologne. Today, they prefer to describe themselves as having "a tradition of perfumer-apothecary." In France, they are sold through the pharmacy circuit and in the larger distribution sector at places like Monoprix....

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February 24, 2011

Julia Restoin Roitfeld to Launch Signature Scent {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}

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Julia Restoin Roitfeld, the daughter of ex-French Vogue Editor-in-Chief Carine Roitfeld, has announced that she is currently working on the development of her own signature perfume, twitting during a pause right after Fashion Week in London. The young model's face is already familiar to perfume aficionados as she played the role of a femme fatale to be the advertising icon for Tom Ford Black Orchid in 2006 as well as that of a dual woman for Jil by Jil Sander in 2009...

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February 21, 2011

Roger et Gallet Voyage des Sens {Fragrance News}

roger_gallet_voyage_des_sens.gifRoger et Gallet were already proposing their fragrances in 30 ml travel sizes. From mid-Februray 2011 and as long as stocks last, they are offering a "leather" casing to stress the idea of bringing along a small bottle of perfume during your travels. The limited-edition is called Voyage des Sens. It seems to be a trickle-down effect, inspired by the Hermessence series by Hermès.

 

February 18, 2011

Dita Von Teese is Working on a Perfume with a Dash of Vulgarity, Yum! {Fragrance News} {Celebrity Perfume}

dita_von_teese_A.jpgActress Dita Von Teese walks the runway at the Heart Truth Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Theatre at Lincoln Center on February 9, 2011 in New York City.

 

The little bird tweeted that there is a new celebrity perfume on the horizon. Dita Von Teese, who recently was evoking her problems finding a business partner to develop her signature perfume seems to have finally found the right people to work with. Thanks to modern means of communication, the burlesque actress was able to tweet from the depths of the French countryside where she was holding a meeting with perfumers at a château...

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February 17, 2011

In France, The Perfume Market Progressed in 2010 {Fragrance News}

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An end-of-the-19th-century perfume set representing Queen Marie-Antoinette in a medallion

According to a study by the NPD Group, the French perfume market progressed by 2% in 2010 heralding a new upswing dynamic. France, true to its pre-modern and modern historic tradition since the Renaissance when Italian cultural influence was key in helping establish the phenomenon, retains a dominant fragrance sector within the beauty industry with 65% of the business share taken by perfumery...

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