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May 30, 2008

Guerlain Homme (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}

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Guerlain is preparing to launch a new perfume for men starting in August 2008 called unequivocally Homme.

The brand owned by LVMH has the ambition of making it a pillar fragrance on a similar standing as L'Instant and has invested in it accordingly. The main concept is that this man recognizes that he has a dual nature, both human and animal.......

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May 27, 2008

Paco Rabanne 1 Million (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}

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Fashion designer Paco Rabanne known for his daring use of metals in the 1960s-1970s on fashion runways as well as for his life-long interest in astrology and numerology is bringing together these two sources of inspiration in a new fragrance for men to be launched in August 2008 called 1 Million.

The new cologne is said to feature a coppery note seldom used in men's perfumes and is packaged in a spray bottle looking like a gold bar.....

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May 19, 2008

Airness Instinct Cool, Instinct Musk, Instinct Power & More Instincts (2008) {New Fragrances} {Men's Colognes}

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Ex-boxer Malamine Koné the founder of sportswear brand Airness, reported to be the # 1 French sportswear brand, has partnered up with L'Oréal to propose a new line of 3 Eaux de Toilette and 3 déoparfums for men.

The perfumes are called Instinct Cool, Instinct Musk, and Instinct Power while the deo-perfumes are titled Instinct Urban, Instinct Deep, and Instinct Fresh. They were developed by perfumers usually working for the prestige fragrance sector but will be marketed as masstige products.....

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Quicksilver (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}

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Surf and lifestyle Australian brand Quicksilver is launching their first fragrance, a masculine cologne, this summer called Quicksilver. It follows their sister brand Roxy's two women's perfumes Roxy and Roxy Love. As a "transgenerational" fragrance Quicksilver aims to reach a broad audience while reportedly leaning towards the 15-35 years old demographic.

The perfume was created by Antoine Lie and Antoine Maisondieu of Givaudan (they are known in particular for their co-signed creations for niche brand Etat Libre d'Orange)..... 

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May 16, 2008

Porshe Design The Essence (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}

 
 
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Porsche Design as the result of a joint effort between Groupe Clarins and the Porsche SE subsidiary will launch a new masculine fragrance in October of 2008 called The Essence. It is reported to have been originally inspired by a single molecule named "Artical" which has the property of conveying a sensation of extreme freshness without the usual reference to a marine atmosphere. In this case the freshness alluded to is that of the North Pole.

Historically this is very interesting as it is not a first despite the forward-sounding name of the molecule; the classic Chanel No. 5 is also said to have been partly inspired by the sensation of freshness experienced by its perfumer Ernest Beaux while in the vicinity of a lake in the Arctic region.......

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May 9, 2008

Jennifer Lopez Deseo for Men (2008) {New Fragrance}

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Jennifer Lopez is adding a masculine scent to her portfolio this September of 2008, for the very first time. Following this spring-and-summer Deseo for women, the new scent, Deseo for Men, represents an effort to broaden the appeal of the brand and challenge its creativity......

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April 25, 2008

Ferre Acqua Azzurra for Men (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}

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Ferre has launched a new perfume titled Acqua Azzurra for Men. The perfume which is described as being woody and fresh with a salty and aqueous accord in the base was created by nose Mark Buxton.....

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Tim McGraw McGraw (2008) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

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Country singer Tim McGraw is set to launch his first signature perfume called McGraw in August of 2008. The simple rather virile name of the fragrance already sets the tone,

"Tim resonates with the American consumer — he is admired not only for being a great musician, but also for being a great husband [to Faith Hill] and father [of three]. We see this as one of the most significant mass market fragrance launches since [Coty launched] Celine Dion five years ago.".....

 

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April 16, 2008

Dolce & Gabbana The One for Men (2008) {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}

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The latest Dolce & Gabbana The One for Men is said by Gabbana to be an all-man's perfume, "I wanted to create a real man's fragrance" and the designer according to WWD emphasized the word "uomo" in the conversation. The ad fronted by Matthew McConaughey in the role of a (fully-dressed for once) Latin-inspired masculine icon was photographed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. A micro site was set up to promote the new cologne.

The One for Men is a warm, sweet and fruity tobacco perfume in the oriental genre. The brand describes it as "a spicy, oriental perfume developed on the harmony of tobacco with refined boisé notes". The flacon is meant to directly reflect the fashion sense of the brand as "the proportions of the bottle recall a tailor suit made by the fashion house" (see also Narciso Rodriguez for Him).

Noteworthy points are the fact that the scent emphasizes the fruity tonality - less common a phenomenon for masculine fragrances than for feminine ones currently (see Calvin Klein Man) - and that you can find a well-developed quote in the heart from a famous discontinued Italian oriental classic.......

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April 15, 2008

Ted Lapidus Altamir (2008): The Trail of Orange Blossom {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}

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Fashion design brand Ted Lapidus has released a new masculine perfume called Altamir. The scent is described as an oriental featuring a delicate yet intense note of orange blossom further encased in an orange-y accord.

Last year, Jean Paul Gaultier put the spotlight on this floral note in his (officially) gender-bending masculine fragrance, Fleur du Mâle....

 

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April 4, 2008

Thierry Mugler AngelMen Pure Coffee (2008) {Perfume Review} {Men's Cologne} {New Fragrance}

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Thierry Mugler AngelMen Pure Coffee is a new interpretation of Angel Men launched in 1996, four years after the original women's Angel which revolutionized our perception of the seductive oriental fragrance by pulling all the stops on extreme edible sensations such as chocolate, honey, and caramel but darkened and turned into a dusky-voiced femme fatale thanks to indomitable notes of patchouli. Shalimar had met its match in gourmand and alluring shock-value nearly seventy years later. One can well imagine that smelling the overdose of vanilla in Shalimar in the 1920s when Vanillin was but an unfamiliar sensation in the world of fragrances must have been the equivalent of inhaling Angel in the 1992 and finding it curiously voluptuous, intense, and almost edible.....

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Izod Fragrance (2008) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

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Fashion brand Izod is launching a new men's signature fragrance called Izod, targeting the 18-35 year-old market. For a month, it will be sold exclusively at Nordstrom......

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March 27, 2008

Unforgivable Black & Unforgivable Woman Black (2008) {Perfume Reviews} {New Fragrances}

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Unforgivable Black and Unforgivable Woman Black by Sean John are the two latest additions to the Sean John perfume portfolio. His debut scent was Unforgivable for Men in 2006 which was a commercial success earning the brand $150 million globally.

Last year Sean Diddy Combs also designed a women's version of Unforgivable, which he noted had nothing to do with the original men's version except for a subtle "synergy note" of bergamot as he wanted the feminine scent to stand on its own. He told Women's Wear Daily,

"I didn't want to take the easy way out as far as just making a feminine version of the men's. Women and men are totally different. I like a woman to smell like a woman, and a man to smell like a man."

After everyone has had time to take in this statement and digest it, we can point out that this time the Black duo takes the synergy route that was rejected the first time around. The two perfumes are very much two birds of the same feather but this time they seem to belong to one of those species of birds where the male's plumage is more colorful than the female's one due to male active sexual competition over female mates......

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March 15, 2008

David Beckham Instinct After Dark (2008) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume} {Men's Cologne}

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Coty will release a new limited edition fragrance as part of the David Beckham Instinct franchise inaugurated in 2005. The new scent is called Instinct After Dark,

"Intinct After Dark, according to various report, opens with sparkling, tangy-fresh citrus notes of grapefruit, Italian bergamot and mandarin leaf. The middle note is pure elegance with pimento, star anise and cardamom, culminating in the magnetic sensuality of vanilla and white amber."....

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March 14, 2008

Avon & Ungaro U for Her & Him (2008) {New Fragrances} {Men's Cologne}

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Following the developments of higher profile fragrances in collaboration with luxury designers Christian Lacroix for Rouge and Noir and Cynthia Rowley for Flower and Petal, Avon will now offer a new duo of perfumes created in partnership with couturier Emmanuel Ungaro from August of 2008.

The fragrances are called Ungaro U for Her and U for Him, not to be confused with last year's Ungaro by Ungaro fragrance bottled in a U-shaped flacon.....

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