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The new Aromatics Elixir Velvet Sheer came in today. I suspected as much after having visited the Clinique website and seeing that the new version of Aromatics Elixir was already available for sale. So I decided to pay a visit to my local Clinique counter. And yes, there it was, the new bottle, standing all prim and elegant in the midst of a perfume tray, surrounded by its predecessors: Happy, Happy in Bloom, Chemistry, and of course Aromatics Elixir which was created 35 years ago in 1971.  The new jus is in a flacon that is sleek, willowy, and sophisticated. As you may have heard already, the juice offers a different physical texture. It is described as a gel but prior to reading about it, it felt to me like an oil of medium thickness on my fingers. For this reason, the new Aromatics is only sold in a splash bottle. The Clinique website has taken pain to specify that the perfume does in fact contain alcohol and that information that was circulated to the contrary in the press is not accurate. The tall stopper is made of transparent glass. It is all very elegant-looking and a pleasure to handle...
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You can order free samples of the new perfume by Lacoste, Inspiration, for yourself and a friend on the Lacoste Inspiration website. You will be asked to fill out a questionnaire. It takes a little while to download the file for the free sample program so don't give up! Update: the offer is no longer available.
The latest fragrance by Jennifer Lopez, Live Luxe, was created by Claudette Belnavis of Takasago. The fragrance is dedicated to J-Lo's love of dancing. Notes are among others, pear, peach, amethyst freesia, muguet petals, diamond musk, and soft amber.  Live Luxe starts with a sharp outburst of slightly tart fruits. It smells of mandarine, perhaps green apple, and overall of the concentrated and juicy smell of a Del Monte fruit salad. Underneath the frutiness, a creamy undertone already indicates the direction in which the perfume will evolve later. As the perfume unfolds a slightly clean ozonic smell envelops the fruits balancing out the creaminess to prevent it from becoming too cloying. (Now that I have read that there is an electric citrus note, that might be it; there is something in the air). Little by little, the fruit medley becomes less indistinct and a juicy pear appears on a peachy background...
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The latest fragrance by Sisley, Soir de Lune (Moonlit Evening) was reportedly 7 to 8 years in the making. Philippe d'Ornano, son of the founder of Sisley Cosmetics stressed, "You can do a fragrance for a season, or a lifetime," (...) "We are choosing to build a fragrance that will last a lifetime."
The perfume comes 16 years after Eau du Soir (1990) and 32 years after Eau de Campagne (1974) the two previous perfumes introduced by the Sisley cosmetics brand established in 1973 by Count Hubert d'Ornano.
Soir de Lune is officially described as a floral chypre but it is just as much a fruity and animalic chypre to the nose. This new composition seems to embody the very Platonic ideas of elegance and refinement bringing those qualities to a new level and in particular making the scent appear significantly more sophisticated than the previous chypre found in the portfolio of the brand, Eau du Soir at the risk admittedly of cannibalizing the first.
The commitment to quality on the part of the d'Ornanos can be felt immediately upon inhaling the scent. You are struck here with a sense of accomplishment and refinement that makes you think that Sisley did not waste their time indeed as the fragrance has benefited from the extra attention and accumulation of experience. Soir de Lune is a great example of how perfumes can progress from one creation to another while paying attention to the same idea. Sisley have thus taken the same concept, the idea of a luxurious chypre, but it has now gained further polish and elegance, further depth in other words, characteristics that would be hard to just improvise or simply will, it seems. One can well imagine the number of trials and errors, the number of suppression of unnecessary details and effects. And the result is outstanding...
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Here is a sneak peek at the flacon for the upcoming Hermès release, Paprika Brasil: Source: Au Féminin
The new men's perfume by Yves Saint Laurent, L'Homme, is described as a masculine floral oriental. It aims to be an elegant mainstream yet sensual perfume. The face for the product is French actor Olivier Martinez.The fragrance was created by Pierre Wargnye, Anne Flipo, and Dominique Ropion. According to Wargnye, [It's] a contrast between some typical masculine notes and then an almost floating mystery of flowers [...] When you bring a touch of femininity to a very masculine scent, you increase its sensuality..."
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Fashion Fragrances & Cosmetics is releasing its third reedition and adaptation of one of the classic fragrances in the catalogue of the former fashion house of Robert Piguet. This time, it is Baghari, named after the evocative exotic syllables of a city's name in India. The jus was introduced in 1950 and was the last fragrance created during couturier Robert Piguet's lifetime. Nose Aurélien Guichard of Givaudan rebalanced the scent. Like its predecessors, Fracas, a rich creamy tuberose soliflore and Bandit, an iconic leather chypre, it will come in the trademark art deco elegant Piguet black faceted glass bottle adorned with a transparent stopper (for the pure parfum)...
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 Montblanc has unveiled its new women's fragrance, Femme, which aims at creating a sense of sophistication and luxury in its wearer. It is recommended for wearing in the evenings and on special occasions...
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 The French jeweller from Saint-Tropez, André Gas, just introduced his first fragrance in 2006. It is called Ensoleille-Moi (Cast Sunshine on Me, Bathe me in sunshine, literally). It was composed by perfumer Mathilde Laurent. This profane prayer to the sun-god is yet another take on a beach scent, this time centered on Monoï. In Maohi, monoï means "sacred oil". In this case, it is more particularly a reference to a popular brand of suntan oil in Europe called Monoï Tahiti, but the Gas perfume derived from it is more sophisticated and polished than the original fragrant oil itself in which a tiare flower is seen macerating in coconut oil contained in a glass bottle. The original oil smells great but is more simply structured.
As the summer wanes, a little too soon alas in New England, my appetite for summery aromas may already feel a little décalé and out-of-season but how could I resist the luscious notes? If you like tropical beach scents you will fall for this one; it is a very good quality, complex, and elegant beach fragrance. If you uncork its flacon in winter it will easily ressuscitate for you the best days of summer or of past sojourns in tropical countries. Top notes are bergamot and tiare, heart notes are ylang-ylang and coconut, base notes are vanilla and white musk...
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 The Mustang brand of jeans has issued a twin set of fragrances for her and for him. "I just wear Mustang" is the catchy slogan for the ad.
Mustang Woman, a fruity floral perfume, has head notes of pear, grapefruit, rhubarb, and red berries. Heart notes are rose, sweet pea, and ylang ylang. Base notes are sandalwood, cedarwood, moss, and musk. Mustang Man, a fresh and aromatic fragrance, includes top notes of cardamom, bay leaf, bergamot, and lavender. Heart notes are comprised of green notes and nutmeg. Base notes are cedar, Gaiac wood, musk, and amber. Both fragrances will launch from mid-September 2006. Source: Cosmoty.de
The new Emporio Remix for Him by Armani (dark blue bottle) is meant to pay an homage to disco dancing. The perfume is described as offering the remix of a vintage fougère fragrance. Top notes are bergamot, basilic, and anise. Heart notes are cardamom, mace, lily of the valley, a fougère accord. Base notes are licorice wood, vetiver, and musks. Source: Osmoz
Cacharel has introduced an Orientalized version of Amor Amor. It retains the fruity-floral characteristics of its predecessor while adding a new warmth and sensuality to it. The perfume was composed by Laurent Bruyère and Dominique Ropion. Top notes are blood orange, blackcurrant, and mandarine. Heart notes are tiare, Melati jasmine, lily of the valley. Base notes are sandalwood, Palmyre wood, and benzoin. Source: Osmoz
 The Beckhams are launching a duo of fragrances in the wake of the success of Instinct by Beckham. "The Intimately Beckham for Him juice, concocted by International Flavors and Fragrances features notes of bergamot, grapefruit zest, cardamom, violet, nutmeg, star anise, sandalwood, patchouli and amber. The women's scent, blended by Firmenich, offers notes of white flowers, bergamot, rose petals, Casablanca lily, tuberose, orange blossom, vanilla, sandalwood and musk." They are scheduled to launch this week in the UK and worldwide, except in the US, in September 2006. The perfumes will retail for $37, $49, and $62 in the 30, 50, and 75 ml sizes. Source: Women's Wear Daily
 "Horowitz-Thran’s desire to celebrate the phenomena of inner-beauty has given rise to the latest of Creative Scentualization’s fragrances, the “Comes From Within” Trio.
Recently launched in Barneys, Light, Peace and Love each express an inner-beauty quality of the wearer, and are individually formulated to evolve differently on everyone. Based on the powerful connection between the heart, mind and soul, the overall result of this trio is a powerful yet free spirited blend that can be unique as its wearer." You can find more information about these fragrances on the Creative Scentualization website. Source: Press release.
 When one looks for a musk scent, and more than with any other scents, one hopes to find that sexy musk that will prove to be the perfect marriage of seduction and intimacy. When one searches high and low for a lovely powdery scent (like I used to), one hopes to find a scent evocative of something rare and precious, a concoction that will transport one through the sense of smell to a refined ancient boudoir, a lady's powder room in the 18th century. Both Musk and powder share this in common that they can powerfully call to imagination the skin of the perfume wearer through a series of olfactory, historical, and cultural associations. The latest offering by Les Néréides, Musc Samarkand, is a powdery musk scent that would have been even more evocative in my opinion had it seized upon an imagery such as that of "Madame de Pompadour à sa toilette" painted by François Boucher. I must say also that I have been several times to Samarkand and I have trouble connecting the perfume to that city. We need more spices to succeed in doing that. Of course, the word "Samarkand" is mainly used here as an Orientalist motif and probably in reference to the vegetal musk found there called "sumbul" which I believe is the same thing as or related to spikenard. On the other hand, had it been called Musc à la Pompadour or Boudoir et Musc, I would have accepted those hints without any hesitation...
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