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 Makeup artist Sue Devitt, who hails from Australia, will launch a new, limited-edition fragrance entitled Golden Temple Effusion inspired by her love of travel and encounter with the religious temple architecture of Thailand. The scent, which was developed by IFF, is the olfactory interpretation of an "... early-morning mist rising from Thailand's bamboo forests,"...
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 British designer Vivienne Westwood is paying homage to Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland this fall with a new perfume called Naughty Alice which will debut in late September 2010. We are told it " references magic and mischief." The couturière's talent had already been put to contribution on the day of the world premiere for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland when the cast decided to don on quirky Westwood designs...
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 Amouage will launch a new duo of fragrances on September 22, 2010 called Memoir Man and Memoir Woman. Both perfumes are compositions centering on the absinthe note and evoke a set of complex, dark symbolic references. The inspiration is, "...the decadent mien and genius of the 19th Century French poet, Charles Baudelaire
and the German philosophy of the doppelganger, Amouage Creative Director Christopher Chong, embarks on a deep and inquisitive voyage to unlock the unfathomable mysteries that reside within human nature. He expresses these influences by coalescing the provoking and potent ingredient of Absinth with other floral and wood accords to evoke a sombre mood,"...
Continue reading "Amouage Memoir Man & Woman (2010): The Black Swan {New Fragrances}" »
Mary J. Blige My Life by Carol's Daughter is one of the latest celebrity fragrances to appear on the market and certainly the one which was most talked about in recent memory for its record-breaking sales on HSN on July 31st 2010, the day of its exclusive on air and online introduction. According to Harlem World, During the first 6 hours, 10 000 bottles of perfume were sold each hour. 20% more customers tuned in. 10 000 people signed up for regular shipping of the fragrance. And all this was based only on Mary J. Blige's charisma, the link her fans feel with her and perhaps a phenomenon of instant, real-time mutually encouraging shopping spree and unfolding popularity. As the media commented again and again, the bestseller's takeoff was solely based on intangibles such as trust and love for the person behind the scent as no one could tell for sure what fragrance would come out of the heart-shaped flacon gilded with the words "My Life." The one note that was released in advance must have been the most laconic press preview ever: expect tuberose. Then 4 days before the HSN launch, Blige unveiled a little more saying that My Life was for women "who love tuberose, love jasmine, love fruit," she says. "It's all there." The name comes from one of the singer's albums, the one through which Blige says her fans have most connected to her. The decision to launch My Life on HSN was deliberate and bold. Next to nothing filtered prior to the official introduction and there was a strategic reason for it. According to the Associated Press,
"A year ago, we were strategizing and asking, `What could we do to
differentiate ourselves in the beauty business?'" adds HSN CEO Mindy
Grossman. "The whole experience of buying fragrance now: I don't find
it compelling. I think it's a big opportunity. ... Buying a scent is
buying a smell, but you're also buying what it means to you, what went
into it."....
Continue reading "Mary J. Blige My Life (2010): Sweet Melopia {Fragrance Review}" »
 Luxury jewelry maker Van Cleef & Arpels will launch a new masculine fragrance from September 2010 called Midnight in Paris. It will be readily available in two concentrations, in Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum. The idea behind the perfume was to create a luxurious leather fragrance, a sensual skin effect on which a luminous flower is said to be resting. The composition is signed by nose Domitille Bertier, with the collaboration of perfumer Olivier Polge...
Continue reading "Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight in Paris EDT & EDP (2010): Dark Lily of the Valley for Men {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}" »
 As previously said, Bang is the new Marc Jacobs scent for men after an 8-year lapse in masculine perfumery, since Marc Jacobs for Men. Coty reportedly approached Jacobs with the idea of a new men's launch and while the fragrance is not officially a celebrity fragrance it was conceived in a similar spirit in my view by a company which specializes in this type of autobiographical fragrances. No perfumer names are given except the name of company Givaudan and that of fragrance developer Ann Gottlieb whose name is behind many commercial successes in perfumery. A dedicated Bang website has been set up. The main olfactory idea behind Bang - and not just its starting point as I found out - relies on the effect of showcasing Marc Jacobs's personal taste in fragrance. The designer explained himself that, "I wanted to do something that I would love," said Jacobs. "I
particularly like spice notes, especially pepper, so that became a
starting place."
Smelling Bang is discovering, as befits the genre of celebrity wardrobe fragrance (see Fergie Outspoken), a remix of favorite scents worn by Jacobs and already available on the market, but condensed, blended together.
Notes: Pink, black, white peppercorns, warm primal masculine woods, elemi, benzoin resin, vetyver, white moss, patchouli...
Continue reading "Marc Jacobs Bang (2010): Niche for the Masses {New Fragrance} {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 The dark blue color of the sky above Deauville at dusk © The Scented Salamander Bleu de Chanel is the latest masculine to be launched by the luxury house of fashion. You can read more about the background story here, here, here and here. The composition is signed by perfumer Jacques Polge who usually works with input from perfumer Christopher Sheldrake. Polge said of Bleu, "With Bleu de Chanel, I wanted something frank, direct and pure in a
masculine scent,..I did trials with all of the raw
materials that we are constantly fine-tuning, and I searched for what
we could do and say that was different from what has already been done.
And of course, something that could strike a chord with men today. Bleu
de Chanel is reduced to its essential elements, in other words:
freshness, spiciness and dry woodiness. It's also a very sexy
fragrance!"
While the meticulous fine-tuning is perceptible in the new composition, Bleu de Chanel is not what one would call a flashily original perfume, but rather it is a subtly original work. The sum of the efforts that were put in the fragrance does translate in the end in a perfume with unique qualities, but if you were to think of originality as being like a shift in a paradigm as evident as the clap of thunder, this is not what takes place here. However, accepting the scent of Bleu de Chanel will mean accepting the idea that a marine accord is not just for sportswear but universally elegant, accept a certain dreamy, poetical quality associated with a mainstream fragrance, and accept a certain blurring of the lines in terms of gender. Notes: citrus fruits, deep blue sea accord, grapefruit, peppermint, pink pepper, nutmeg, ginger, cedar, jasmine, patchouli, frankincense, labdanum. Bleu de Chanel opens on a complex and addictive accord of seascape smells and woods, all this with a suggestion of salty booziness, energized by a wedge of lime, warmed by ambery fruits. The composition evokes a familiar outdoorsy accord of masculine perfumery only here it has been both refined and intensified and made in my view to feel utterly seductive...
Continue reading "Chanel Bleu de Chanel (2010): L'Heure Bleue by Chanel {Fragrance Review}" »
 Avon have launched a new fragrance called Rare Diamonds which features a diamond-orchid note in its heart. The tag line is " Capture the Brilliance." "Rich, romantic and positively brilliant. A brilliant jewel faceted with
sparkling plum blossom, diamond orchid and the sophisticated elegance
of rich cashmere woods,"...
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 Ed Hardy will launch a new women's fragrance in November 2010 called Born Wild. The composition is signed by perfumer Calice Becker of Givaudan ( Dior J'Adore; Estée Lauder Beyond Paradise; By Kilian Love, and many more.) The nose explained the source of her inspiration, "I imagined the feeling of being on a tropical island watching the vibrant sunset, sipping on brilliantly colored cocktails and being intoxicated with the aromas around me,...To me, fragrance is full of life and effervescence, like a tropical paradise."....
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 Kate Moss has launched a new perfume called Vintage Muse; the tagline is " Kate Moss is the ultimate muse," a reference to a line heard at the well-publicized event of the MET gala which took place last year entitled "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" where Moss wore an Orientalist-cum-Grecian one-shouldered lamé dress with a turban to play the role of the muse. The Eau de Toilette is a flanker to Vintage (2009), which was an attempt to capture a certain retro atmosphere and reflect Moss's taste for nostalgia. Vintage Muse is, "Sophisticated and memorable, Vintage muse is a beautifully elegant yet sexy fragrance that reflects Kate's multi-faceted charm."...
Continue reading "Kate Moss Vintage Muse (2010) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Department store Saks Fifth Avenue have once more partnered with Bond No. 9 of New York City to release an exclusive limited-edition fragrance dedicated to the state of Texas this time called Bond. No. 9 Saks Fifth Avenue Texas. It is the 6th addition to the collection baptized The Scent Apprentice Program which regroups the perfumes inspired by locales outside of the Big Apple which originally inspired the concept behind the fragrance house...
Continue reading "Bond No.9 Saks Fifth Avenue Texas (2010) {New Fragrance}" »
 Nina L'Elixir is the latest addition to the Nina portfolio which was inaugurated in 2006 to popular commercial acclaim with Nina Eau de Toilette. Perfumer Olivier Cresp working in tandem with Jacques Cavallier then, continued doing with it in a way what had been his signature, lucky pairing of sensual oriental notes with gourmand ones in Angel by Thierry Mugler, but also to a lesser degree in Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbanna with its crisp Granny Smith apple note, both major commercial successes. Other Nina flankers have been added yearly both sustained by and encouraging of the success of Nina which has reportedly sold more than 11 millions bottles worldwide. Nina L'Elixir is not just another slavish flanker but a real revisit of the composition by Olivier Cresp signing solo this time. One should not stop at the notes description nor official age-targeting for thinking about experiencing the perfume. The fragrance weaves complex aromatic codes which makes it a veritable mirror of the olfactory sensibilities of today. But most of all it is also a very good composition with a distinct, recognizable and easy-to-remember signature, a rare and coveted quality which can be said to be a holy grail of perfumery achievement...
Continue reading "Nina Ricci Nina L'Elixir (2010) {Fragrance Review}" »
 Good quality cheap thrills are aplenty at Bath and Body Works. Here is their latest perfume in the redesigned Signature Collection bottles which aim to captivate visually just as much as olfactorily. It seems to work as customers declare themselves ready to cave in just for the tabletop-worthy flacons. Forever Sunshine is meant to help you savor an early, long and risk-free Indian summer as a "fresh fragrance that captures the romance of warm days that linger into cool autumn,"...
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 Niche perfumery Linari have announced the introduction of a new fragrance called Acqua Santa (Holy Water). The composition is signed by perfumer Maurice Roucel, the author of Hermès 24, Rochas Tocade, Guerlain L'Instant, Guerlain Insolence, Lolita Lempicka L, Dunhill Fresh, Guess, Marc Jacobs Splash Orange and many more...
Continue reading "Linari Acqua Santa (2010): Like Crystal-Clear Holy Water {New Fragrance}" »
 Last year, French milliner Jean-Charles Brosseau, the name behind the
1980s hit Ombre Rose, has launched a new perfume in the Fleurs d'Ombre collection
(Flowers of the Shadow) called Bergamote. It follows Violette-Menthe (2005), Ombre Bleue (2005), Jasmin Lilas (2006), Rose (2008)...
Continue reading "Jean-Charles Brosseau Fleurs d'Ombre Bergamote (2009) {New Fragrance}" »
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