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 New-York-City based Bond No. 9 have launched two limited-edition Chandelier editions for Xmas 2010. In a new twist on their already ostentatious Amphora fountains, in a novel take which even Donald Trump might think might be perfectly showcased by the shiny golden walls of his pad, the brand proposes a Chandelier Amphora edition ($2,500 for 42 fl oz)...
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Lubin parfums, or "le parfumeur Lubin" as people would colloquially say in French in the 19th century have inaugurated a brick and mortar store in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, rue des Canettes, a street located bewteen St Sulpice and St Germain des près in a very attractive neighborhood of the capital city where it will be easy for sight-seeing tourists and strollers to make a stop-over...
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the brand's landmark building, Elizabeth Arden have launched a new 100th anniversary / 100ème Anniversaire Red Door Edition for the perfume described as a "sensuous and sophisticated mélange of rare florals." The jus does not budge but the color of the flacon and sleeve becomes a deeper blood-pigeon red ruby....
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A Limited-Edition of one of the most representative perfumes of the 80s, Diva, has been introduced to fête the Holidays 2010. Originally launched in 1983 and manufactured by Chanel, it has been officially attributed to perfumer Jacques Polge for the longest of time although more recently his colleague François Demachy has started calling it his own in public...
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François Demachy: visual for the Dior Diva Auction campaign Dior are organizing several exclusive auctions to benefit the Look Good, Feel Better foundation, entitled the Dior Diva Auction. The one event which has to do with the 5th sense is the possibility to win a 5-day training course with the director of the Givaudan school of perfumery (Fine Fragrances division) Jean Guichard,...
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 An article in the New York Times reports on the renewed attempt by Procter & Gamble to nail down the dry cleaning business with a new chain called Tide Dry Cleaners. A notoriously difficult industry to succeed in,....
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Don't you love discovering a new niche perfume house which is truly flying under the radar (I have a second one coming up and maybe a third and a fourth)? I just happened on the site of a new fragrance brand with definite roots in Grasse while being officially located in Paris, in the Place Vendôme. It was set up a year ago and opened for business 10 days ago. A more general advertising campaign is planned from February 2011. Brecourt was founded by perfumer Emilie Bouge whom I happen to have listed in my work-in-progress: Directory of Perfumers, Artistic Directors and Designers. The co-founder is her sister Marie-Eugénie Bouge who acts as artistic director for the house. Both are graduates of the school of perfumery ISIPCA and come from a two-century-old family of Grassois noses. Perfumer Jean-Marie Santantoni is said to have collaborated with Emilie Bouge on the fragrances. He is the author of Calvin Klein Escape for Women, Ralph Lauren, Rykiel Homme...
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Company SC Johnson have announced the introduction of a new Family Standard of Transparency which goes beyond industry standard and will include full disclosure of fragrance ingredients on products, as well as of dye ingredients. From November 25, 2010 an ad campaign entitled "Honesty" debuted which can be viewed here. It is animated by 5th generation Johnson family member Fisk Johnson diffusing the message that SC Johnson are staunch believers in family values and therefore, transparency of information, “The truth is, companies often don’t have to tell you everything that’s in their products,” said Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson, the fifth generation leader of SC Johnson. “But we’re a family company that believes in working hard to do what’s right for the families who buy our products – and one of the things that means is being transparent with what’s in our products.”...
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This post could be titled "The angst of birthing a celebrity fragrance" According to WWD, burlesque icon Dita Von Teese, who is now living between Paris and LA, has been shopping around for a fragrance deal. A triggering event has reportedly been her relationship with her new beau, Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, the son of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, whose mother happens to be wearing the same signature scent as hers, the relatively less well-known classic Quelques Fleurs by Houbigant, a direct ancestor to Chanel No.5...
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A new advanced school of perfumery will train its first contingent of students from September 2011 in Paris, France with the mission to develop a transversal approach to the field. So-called "noses" will be able to develop their creative and technical skills but so too will other professionals needed by the fragrance industry in the sourcing of materials, marketing, evaluation, international distribution etc. It is called L'Ecole Supérieure du Parfum...
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While some North-American activists may want to finish the sentence One Drop (of Perfume) and You're...Dead or as good as dead (see for example here and here and here), it is precisely on the very soil of contestation that the Fragrance Foundation America have decided to sensitize people to the inoffensive yet potent beauties of perfume by launching last year their One Mighty Drop campaign...
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 Like each year, fragrance industry expert Michael Edwards will release the latest edition of Fragrances of the World also nicknamed "The Fragrance Bible" in January of 2011.
Continuing to expand the references found in the guidebook, 850 new perfumes have been indexed in the 27th annual edition. The illustrations of the book have been entrusted this year to Givaudan, "stunning images of scent notes courtesy of Givaudan, one of the great creative houses. "The photographs take us, visually speaking, to the core of raw materials,” explains Hugh Wilson, Givaudan’s Head of Marketing Fine Fragrance - Europe." ....
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 Comme Une Evidence eau de parfum has been revamped for the 2010 Holidays season and is being proposed in a newly adorned bottle as a limited-edition. Created in 2003 by perfumer Annick Ménardo, the green floral chypré scent has been reportedly puchased by millions of women and is a steadfast bestseller of the brand.
Prices: $25 in the US and currently 19,50€ instead of 34€ in France. A festive coffret is available in France comprising the edp in 50 ml, 7,5 ml and a soap, all for 29,90€.
British niche perfumery Ormonde Jayne founded by Linda Pilkington have opened their third London boutique in Sloane Square. "Ormonde Jayne's third and newest address in London is 192 Pavillion Road (site of the old General Trading Company) and like the first boutique in Old Bond Street, it neighbours with Tiffany's, Cartier & Links of London. Designed by Caulder Moore, the smoked glass & antique gold shagreen walls give the store Ormonde Jayne's trademark sophisticated decadent look."....
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 Coty Inc have announced on Tuesday November 23, 2010 that they had acquired beauty company Philosophy from the Carlyle Group, an investors' group, a move which is meant to help them diversify the activities of their Coty Prestige branch.
Founded in 1904 by François Coty considered to be the founder of the modern perfume industry, Coty Inc has had more recently to come to terms with a weakening of the fragrance market. Philosophy, which is known for its qualitative skin products stamped with inspirational messages and simple, casual and fresh fragrances as well as whimsical bath products have caught the eye of the giant company first and foremost for its prize-winning contributions to the field of skincare...
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