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 Australian singer Kylie Minogue has released a spin-off of her debut fragrance Darling called Sweet Darling. The names are so close we almost overlooked it!......
Continue reading "Sweet Darling by Kylie Minogue: Limited Collector Edition {New Perfume}" »
 Rumour had it that Serge Lutens was preparing to launch a new fragrance based on almond. Well the rumour has been confirmed, together with the announcement of yet another creation to be also expected in the fall, in September of 2007. One is named Louve (She-Wolf), which centers on a soft balm-like bitter almond note "white like a snow castle atop a mountain". The other one is a velvet-like floral called Sarrasins (Saracens) inspired by Moresque culture and showcases a "petrifyingly beautiful jasmine, gloved in black ink the color of bats."......
Continue reading "Louve, Sarrasins 2 New Fragrances by Serge Lutens + New Moscow Address {New Perfumes} {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}" »
 Time to get seriously flirty! As the temperatures are rising, The Body Shop is launching a series of new fragrance products based on its ever-popular best-seller White Musk oil. The scent is now available in eau de toilette and eau de parfum concentrations as well as in a Sensual Shimmer Fragrance to be applied to the pulse points and a Body Mist and more. Reading the description of the notes, the scent sounds like it could be one of those new chypres or at least offer a chypre facet to it.....
Continue reading "The Body Shop White Musk edt, edp, Sensual Shimmer, & Body Mist + White Musk for Men {New Perfumes} {Fragrance News} {Shopping Tip}" »
The young Paris-based niche perfume house Nez à Nez, with roots in Grasse, founded by Christa Patout and her husband Stéphane Humbert in 2005 is planning to further expand this year. You can read the interview we had with them last year. Their collection of fragrances, composed by perfumer Karine Chevallier, will be available in the US from September 2007 in department stores such as Barneys, Bergdof Goodman, Bloomingdales, and elsewhere. That same month, Nez à Nez will also debut in Russia and Ukraine. Earlier in July, Spain will also be on the brand's map.......
Continue reading "L'Hêtre Rêvé, Presqu'il by Nez à Nez {New Perfumes} {Fragrance News}" »
 Oscar Red Orchid is a new limited-edition summer fragrance from Oscar de la Renta, which will be available from July 15 2007 in travel retail. "The juice is described as a “voluptuous fragrance filled with the seductive scent of red orchids and the sparkle of summer”. Aside from its floral heart, key notes include mandarin, blackberry, blueberry, sandalwood and iris. Oscar Red Orchid will be priced in travel retail at €32 for a 60 ml." (Source: The Moodie Report)
 Sonia Rykiel is offering a new fragrance for the summer called Woman Hot! With a wink at consumers who might feel tired by one too many fruity-floral perfume falling into their laps, the brand audaciously and with some humor states that it purports to reinvent the fruity-floral genre with it. Well, who knows?
Top notes are blood orange and grapefruit. Heart notes are tiare flower, gardenia, and violet. Base notes are amber, sandalwood, musk, and vanilla. It is sold exclusively at Marionnaud, 46 Euros for 75 ml. (Sources: Madame Figaro, Marionnaud.fr)
Diabolo Rose is the latest rose perfume creation by Les Parfums de Rosine, a niche perfume house established in 1991 and located at the Palais Royal in Paris, which centers its collection exclusively on the queen of the flowers, her majesty the rose. The perfume was composed by nose François Robert interpreting an idea proposed by Marie-Hélène Rogeon, the founder and owner of the brand. The scent is described as a fresh floral, which is adequate enough, except that this does not do entirely justice to the central showcasing of the heavier sensual character of the rose absolute......
Continue reading "Les Parfums de Rosine Diabolo Rose {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Perfume}" »
 In pure naughty Agent Provocateur style, the brand has issued a collection of three massage oils based respectively on the sultry Rose Passion, Sensual Ylang-Ylang, and Tuberose Intoxication. Ready for a threesome? The coffret of 30 ml bottles of oils is available for $60 from their website. If you prefer one scent in particular, each 125 ml bottle of one oil retails for $55.
(Sources: Madame Figaro, Agent Provocateur)
Opus Oils is a perfume brand based both in Hollywood and Paris, which proposes several collections of perfumes that are whimsical, narrative, and retro in their appeal. We received a press release regarding their latest creation, a burlesque fragrance called Roller Girl "inspired by our love for the rough and tumble game of Roller Derby & the beautiful, skilled & talented women that play it." Visiting their website, we were drawn towards their for-her and for-him wormwood fragrance duo, each fragrance being respectively named Absinthia (notes of wisteria, vanilla sugar, actual absinthe...) and Absintheo (same notes, with added fig and sandalwood). In our book, it is always worthwhile to stop to smell the wormwood and get dazzled by a beautiful emerald-green color. (Read our review of Absolument Absinthe)....
Continue reading "Opus Oils: Perfume Collections From the Burlesque To The Divine {Fragrance News} {New Perfume} {Niche Perfumery Directory}" »
Yves Rocher fragrances can be surprisingly good, the more so since their price points are extremely reasonable. The brand employs excellent, even great perfumers, thus discreetly developing a democratic ideal for perfume-wearing. Not all of their scents are immediately available in the US, but when they do, it is worth trying them. In a very timely fashion, as Father's Day on June 17 is approaching, a new men's scent called Altikä is now available in the US. It is described as a fresh woody cologne with notes of ozone, polar mint, and cedar. It is inspired by the sensation of intense mountain winds in the Alps. It retails $21 for 2.5 oz....
Continue reading "New & New-To-The-US Fragrances by Yves Rocher: Altika, Jardins des Iles, Désir de Pivoine, Eau de Cologne Verveine {New Perfumes}" »
 Pierre Guillaume's Parfumerie Générale has released a new fragrance called Un Crime Exotique (An Exotic Crime), which is already available at Luckyscent, $105 for 50 ml. Apparently, this gourmand gingerbread fragrance comes from a stash of super private perfumes from the house and is deemed to be no less than"...the most unique fragrance created by this wonderful brand." Notes are: Chinese osmanthus, gingerbread, tea, cinnamon, star anise, mate absolute, vanilla sugar, South Sea Island sandalwood. (Source: Luckyscent)
French company Inter Parfums, the owner of the Burberry franchise, is going to launch a new brand named Roxy. Its first fragrance will be simply called Roxy and will be introduced this summer. The line of eaux de toilette wishes to entice adolescents and young adults aged between 15 and 25......
Continue reading "Roxy by Roxy {New Perfume}" »
Dior will issue a new fragrance, the fifth in the Poison franchise, called Midnight Poison, not to be confused with Midnight Charm. Actress Eva Green (Vesper Lynd in "Casino Royal" and Isabelle in "The Dreamers") will be the face for the new scent. Green said.....
Continue reading "Midnight Poison by Christian Dior {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
Upscale Italian niche perfume house Profumum Roma will launch two new perfumes on June 20th 2007. One is an incense scent called Olibanum. The other one is named Acqua Viva and is an hesperidic scent. We will review Acqua di Sale today, continuing our series on salty perfumes. (Source: Profumum Roma website)
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