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Our thoughts have been turning towards the celebration of Halloween and of course those perfumes that might evoke best the shadows and lights, smells and tastes on that particular night. Meanwhile we happened on three new limited edition collections of scents issued by Black Pheonix Alchemy Lab, which warrant a post on their own. The creepy, lugubrious collections are called Halloween Blends, Halloween Blends: The Haunted House, and Halloween Blends: Pumpkin Patch 2007. The names and notes sound terribly interesting. Since there are 22 perfumes in all, it is best to refer you to the page on which they can be purchased. We already singled out Bonfire Night with notes of Beer, woodsmoke, tar, and treacle; The Death of Autumn with notes of Dark amber, dead leaves, khus, saffron, bitter clove, chrysanthemum, camellia, galangal, and a drop of oud. The Atrocious Attic gives us the chill just reading the description,......
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Icelandic print of Snow White from 1852
Thierry Mugler is launching a collection of five fragrances this holiday season inspired by the theme of the mirror. The scents will be launched in December of 2007 exclusively at Sephora and be distributed more widely in the beginning of 2008.......
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Delicious Night by Donna Karan is said to aim to capture the atmosphere of New York City at night. As is made clear by the website supporting the launch of the perfume, uncoverthecity.com, the scent targets bachelorettes in particular who are believed to be its ideal fragrance consumers and thought to be always potentially interested in a sexy perfume to wear on a night out with a band of girl-friends. Looking sideways at a potential mate is of course not forbidden and even encouraged if you read the perfume clearly.
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Lolita Lempicka is issuing two luxury editions of Lolita Lempicka and L in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand. They are respectively called Transcendant Sin and The Heart-Catcher. Lolita Lempicka perfume flacons, which are already noted for their exceptional designs, will be further enhanced thanks to crystal manufacturers Daum and Baccarat respectively. Lolita Lempicka which already exists in eau de toilette and eau de parfum concentrations, will be offered in pure extract concentration for the first time........
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Givenchy recently launched a new collection of fragrances called Les Parfums Mythiques (Mythical Fragrances), which includes a library of ten perfumes that were recalled from the prestigious past of the house. They are for the men's fragrances, Vetyver (the first Givenchy masculine scent), Monsieur de Givenchy, Xeryus, Insensé; women's scents are: L'Interdit, Le De, Givenchy III, Eau de Givenchy, Extravagance d'Amarige, and Organza Indécence. Certain perfumes had become true rarities. Vetyver is one of them; it comes enshrouded with the aura of legend as one of the best vetiver fragrances ever made.
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Juicy Couture is reported to be currently working on a new fragrance for men called Dirty English. It is scheduled to debut in March of 2008 and will be accompanied by a compilation CD.......
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British milliner Stephen Jones has announced that he is working on the creation of a debut fragrance with Rei Kawabuko of Comme des Garçons. The launch is anticipated to take place in July of 2008 and Jones is already planning to make a hat inspired by the shape of the bottle.........
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Iris Noir (Black Iris) by Yves Rocher is the latest and third installment in the brand's more upscale collection of perfumes called Secrets d'Essences (Secrets of Essences). This new perfume is already out in France but US-based customers will have to wait until the beginning of 2008 to be able to purchase it.
Iris Noir comes after Voile d'Ambre and Rose Absolue. Each fragrance is dedicated to the showcasing of one key exceptionally sourced ingredient be it amber, rose, or iris. The stress for the collection is put on both this use of rarer ingredients and the partnership with "talented perfumers" although it must be noted that Yves Rocher has always had a policy of recruiting excellent and even great perfumers, such as Sophia Grojsman, Annick Ménardo, and Francis Kurkdjian, even for their more mundanely presented fragrance creations. According to Osmoz, 86% of natural ingredients were included in the composition.......
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 L'Occitane has released a new home fragrance called Parfum Pour La Maison Lavande or Lavender Home Perfume. Lavender is one of the best fragrances to use at home; it is soothing, refreshing, and as a bonus powerfully evokes the sounds and colors of the Provence region like few other scents can. Regarding the notes, "This fragrance combines the aromatic freshness of lavender essential oil, the sweetness of vanilla and the intensity of cedar and vetyver." It retails for $23 and is available here.
 L'Artisan Parfumeur is offering a new generation of home fragrance diffuser called Chez Moi (At Home), which sounds like the olfactory equivalent of the Bose Acoustic Wave music system,
"Chez Moi® invents another, completely new conception of home fragrance which imitates the way nature entices our sense of smell with its scents. The new technique, a piezoelectric heat-free system, fragments the perfume molecules into microdroplets, and propels them in soft, sensual waves into the atmosphere of the room." .......
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 Claire Burke who usually specializes in home fragrances has released a limited edition personal Eau de Parfum called Original based on their Original pot-pourri recipe, which is the best-seller of the brand. The launch marks the 50th anniversary of the brand founded by interior decorator Claire Burke.........
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As previously announced, Chloé is preparing to launch a new feminine fragrance that will take the original name of the Chloé Classique, formerly known as Chloé (1973), which is a superbly sensual tuberose perfume......
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Rancé 1795 has released a new men's fragrance from the archival depths of the house for its historic Collection Impériale; it is called François Charles. It was named after the son of Napoléon Bonaparte and Marie-Louise d'Autriche also known as l'Aiglon or Roi de Rome. Previous perfumes in the imperial fragrance series include Le Vainqueur, Joséphine, and Eugénie, which all follow the common theme of a dedication to a member of the Bonaparte family......
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L'Instant Magic by Guerlain is the new - and officially, only a semantic - twist proposed on the original L'instant composed by perfumer Maurice Roucel in 2003 in collaboration with Sylvaine Delacourte, Guerlain artistic director. Guerlain wishes to present the perfume as being novel regarding its contents. The new fragrance was created by perfumer Randa Hammami of Symrise in collaboration with Sylvaine Delacourte. Despite the Guerlain press release that states that the new perfume has little if anything to do with the original L'instant, it in fact appears to us to be a L'Instant rethought. It showcases similar fresh top notes and floral bouquet with the main addition of a delicious, very mellow and rich accord of almond marzipan with slightly grilled edges that brings a certain comforting and abstract gourmand quality to the scent while evoking the elegant texture of a vaporous muslin crinoline dress of the IInd Empire that could have been worn by Eugénie de Montijo. The combination of the nutty facet of almond with florals here is interestingly reminiscent, conceptually mostly, of the rose and amaretto accord in Pucci Vivara (2007).......
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 Etat Libre d'Orange will release a new limited edition for the holidays created for Sephora called Noël au Balcon (lit. Christmas at the Balcony, i.e., at the décolleté). The perfume was created by Antoine Maisondieu.......
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