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Fragrant Shopping Archive
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We have more details regarding the new collection of decorative scented candles issued by Maxim's de Paris the legendary Parisian restaurant, just in time for the Holidays. We lingered a bit more on the series called Belle Epoque last time, now there is more practical information about the Sem collection named after the famous caricaturist Georges Goursat who used to haunt the restaurant in its early days. Incidentally, please consider all of our new scented products and perfume announcements as ideas for possible presents to be offered this end of the year. These have to be good and if they are new, wouldn't it be even more exciting to offer and to receive as a way of feeling the Zeitgeist? The Sem candle collection comprises Bergamot Eclat, Figuier Blossoms, and Fruit Glace.......
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If you are at least 10 and willing to invest the sum of 19.99 Euros you can now become a perfume developer or at least pretend that you are one on a rainy afternoon. The lessons drawn from the game are rather matter-of-fact. Beauty Factory presents itself as a strategic game around beauty and in particular asks of you to create "perfume formulas that will please consumers the most, then launch the production while choosing the product price and deciding upon the budget for advertising." So it is official? Perfumery is not an art anymore and children should realize that as quickly as possible?.....
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Perfumers sometimes set aside their flacons and notebooks full of formulas and quickly jotted-down notes and instead pick up a more literary or theoretical pen deciding to write a book. Writings by seasoned perfumers are amongst some of the most interesting texts to read on perfume. Edmond Roudnitska, Jean Kerléo, Maurice Maurin, and Jean-Claude Ellena are some of the ones in the contemporary period that have felt the need to express themselves on paper as well as in perfumes.......
Continue reading "New Book: Le Parfum by Jean-Claude Ellena, Master Perfumer {Fragrant Reading} {Fragrant Shopping}" »
Café Scribe, a site selling e-books is taking an innovative step to encourage people to buy its products. Starting in September of 2007, they will send their customers scented stickers with each purchase of an e-book. One will have to stick these onto one's computer to diffuse the fragrances. The selection comprises traditional scents associated with books, either that of musty old books or freshly printed ones.......
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Le Prince Jardinier, a brand whose motto is "Excellence around the garden", is known for its dedication to the art of gardening and interest in perfumes. The label was named after a nickname given to its founder, Prince Louis-Albert de Broglie, also known as the Prince-Gardener......
Continue reading "Tomate Aristocrate, Glycine de Chine, & Scottish Memories by Le Prince Jardinier {Fragrant Shopping} {Scented Candles}" »
 A fun little gadget has appeared, which aims to link more closely the sense of vision with that of smell. You can now plug in an USB drive into your computer and smell a field of roses or jasmine or relax with lavender or get invigorated by peppermint oil while typing away at your desk. The USB drive comes with a bottle of fragrance oil. A few drops last all day and total cost is only $7. It might be worthwhile to give it a try. You can purchase the gadget here.
Absolument, also known under the brand name Parfum d'Interdits, have released a second fragrance creation destined this time to men called Absolument Homme. It comes after Absolument Absinthe in 2006, a green scent based on the mythological wormwood and cannabis....
Continue reading "Abolument Homme & L'Orgue à Parfum Absolument Parfumeur/Absolument Fragrance Organ {New Perfume} {Fragrant Shopping}" »
Duo of authors Luigi Cristiano and Gianni De Martino have written a book entitled Viaggi e Profumi (Urra, 2007) (Travels and Perfumes). It is a descriptive and sensualist travelogue through space and even time in quest of iconic natural essences produced in specific world-renowned locales. Gianni De Martino is a writer and journalist from Milan who has written another book about the fifth sense entitled Odori: entrate in contato con il quinto senso......
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The DVD of Perfume, The Story of a Murderer is coming out tomorrow, July 24th 2007. We will soon review the DVD(s) and especially the Collector Edition from Europe, which contains a number of interesting, nay, fascinating featurettes. Paramount is sending us some copies of the US edition, which contains one behind-the-scenes featurette and we will organize a giveaway of these at the end of our review of the DVD......
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Using a hand-held fan is one of the most elegant graceful gestures one can think of. Ladurée, a Parisian pastry house and specialist of delicately fragrant macaroons established in 1862 is reviving this refined tradition this summer by proposing a scented fan that will be available from July 1st 2007. It was made fragrant with "delicate and exquisite violet", like their home fragrance Paeva.
Also a reminder that after the lily-of-the-valley macaroon in May, the new seasonal flavor is grenadine for the summer.
Perfumer Christopher Brosius of CB I Hate Perfume has a book coming out, which bears the title Scent: Mysteries of Perfume and The Smell of Happiness. The author is widely known for his work as a realistic and psychological perfumer. He was the founder of the Demeter line of perfumes, which offers a library of scents based on the search of simple yet unusual olfactory facets of our world once seen bottled, from Between The Sheets to Dirt to Wet Garden and Sushi.......
Continue reading "A New Book On Perfume By Christopher Brosius {Fragrant Reading} {Fragrant Shopping} {Scented Quote of the Day}" »
 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.......
Continue reading "DVD Collector Edition of Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Tom Tykwer {Fragrant Shopping} {Fragrance News}" »
Michèle Gay is a self-described "culinary creator" who offers a range of products centering on the arts of the table that build a bridge between cuisine and perfumery. Her concept is called Parfums de Table (Perfumes for the Table). If her approach taps into a branch of gastronomy that is very trendy today yet remains original within the contemporary context, it is not entirely novel.......
Continue reading "Parfums de Table by Michèle Gay {Fragrant Shopping} {Fragrant Recipes}" »
 Carole Bouquet is a French actress who has fallen in love with Pantelleria in Sicily and its tradition of wine-making. Over the years she succeeded in buying the small lands of over 70 peasants from the island in order to revive the making of a Passito wine from Pantelleria. The result is reportedly "divine". The grapes, a muscat grape from Alexandria called Zibbido there, are hand-picked and left to dry on the ground so that they can imbibe the aromas of figs and fennels. The result is a rich fragrant wine with further hints of cinnamon, orange blossom, and candied apricots, amongst other notes.
You can read a review of the wine in French on Sommelier-Consultant, Paris. You can buy it here for 40 Euros. Other source: Chroniques du Plaisir
If you think teddy bears are cute but are not exactly your style, check out the Shunga Erotic Art line with their "intimate moment products". Amongst others, you will find a chocolate body paint set: "Combine adult play with romance. Use this chocolate body paint to write love poems, draw hearts, flowers, and reveal your artistic side. It's insanely delicious." A 100 ml bottle retails for $10.99
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