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 I smelled this new creation by L'Occitane en Provence this morning in store. For all of you devotees of Lauren by Ralph Lauren (like me), this is one to be checked out. It manages to capture the atmosphere of the iconic 70s-80s scent in an intimate fashion: its fruity tonality, its touch of aromatic green and the sensual and dry woods. Rose Jardin Délice (Garden Rose Delight) is the latest launch by L'Occitane, part of their rose collection which already comprises Eau des 4 Reines and Rose de Nuit (no, it's not the Lutens, my bad)...
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Molinard this spring 2011 is reviving the concept of an unisex perfume with the launch of Eau de Molinard described as their first ever unisex introduction since the 19th century in 1849, the year of the house's establishment. A marketing concept first and foremost with a certain social truth invested in it, an unisex fragrance means that a composition was thought out as having a good balance between what can be experienced as characteristically masculine notes (woods) and feminine ones (flowers), say, while aiming to please across the gender gap...
Continue reading "Molinard Eau de Molinard (2011): Reconnecting with Their History of Gender {New Fragrance}" »
Celebrity Paris Hilton is bringing not only a new collection of perfumes to her fans this spring 2011, but a new fragrance concept for them: the storied trio of perfumes. The Passport Fragrance Collection includes Paris (of course!), South Beach and Tokyo, which are three of the Hilton Hotel chain heiress' favorite world destinations...
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Beyoncé has introduced her latest flanker to the original Heat launched in 2010 (you can read our review). It is called Heat Rush; its tag line is "Feel the rush." In between there has been Heat Ultimate Elixir (2010). The composition is signed by perfumer Honorine Blanc of Firmenich...
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 Vera Wang launched a new limited edition fragrance part of the Princess franchise called Preppy Princess. The original Princess launched in 2006 and was followed by Flower Princess (2008), Rock Princess (2009), Glam Princess (2009) and now a new type of modern-day uptown princess that's been popularized by films and TV series...
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Marc Jacobs will launch a new trio of limited-edition Splash perfumes in March 2011 centering for the second time on a gourmand theme after last year's collection devoted to a macaron-inspired library of scents. The Splash Cocktail Collection comprises Cranberry, Ginger and Curaçao which aim to evoke the sensation of a first sip taken from refreshing drinks on a hot summer day...
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Incense Oud signed By Kilian is the latest installment and part of the Arabian Nights collection. It will be introduced in March of 2011. The collection was created in 2009 to meet the demands for the new and somewhat manufactured taste for oud in Europe. More theoretically, I thought of it as the Middle Eastern genre the Orientalist family in fragrance, as I put it in a review of Annick Goutal Musc Nomade in 2008. Oud has become the key material of a new process of fragrance acculturation I dubbed Oud Aromania. It makes you think of a historical parallel, that of the arrival of patchouli in Europe from the mid 19th century.. Perhaps more importantly contributing to the durability of the phenomenon is the fact that there appears to be a dynamic of self-appropriation, a Western liberty and playfulness with revered oud which is apparent and runs parallel to the more heavily Middle Eastern atmosphere of evident oud compositions. An early, non-evident oud perfume is a contrario the little known Nina Ricci Deci-Delà. Incense Oud is an evident oud composition and a less evident incense one. It is, generally speaking, a subtle pairing of the two main materials. If you expected this new opus to be particularly smoky, in-your-face as well as the most mystical to date of the Arabian Nights perfumes, you would have soon to realize that perfumer Calice Becker working jointly with Kilian Hennessy both instinctively decided to turn to understatement and elegant restraint leaving the intensely mystical atmosphere at the door...
Continue reading "By Kilian Incense Oud (2011): Incense and Wine {Fragrance Review} {New Perfume}" »
 Supermodel Heidi Klum is preparing to launch her debut fragrance under the aegis of Coty in September 2011. It is called Shine. The announcement could not be more timely as she particularly shined and glowed on the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards in an outfit to be remembered signed by Marc Jacobs. The association of Klum with the beauty industry goes way back when as she recounts how her father who used to work for the makers of 4711 Eau de Cologne would bring back beauty samples regularly,
“My father worked as the marketing director for 4711, a cosmetics company in Germany, for 20 years,” Klum said. “He would always bring home testers of lipsticks, eye shadows and perfumes....
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Jimmy Choo EDP is the very debut fragrance of the luxury shoe brand. It was long in the making, in the sense of having been announced very early on in 2007 for a spring 2009 release which was pushed back to a winter 2011 one. Will it be capable of generating as much excitement as a pair of Choos? is probably the aim of the label. The bottle, inspired by Venetian Murano glass and red-carpet-ready high heels studded with crystals is pure eye candy. The pinks are delicately vintage. The rounded flacon offers the heft of a paperweight. The cap is a nice, moody blue-black and sets an angular contrast with the faded rosy glass of the honeycombed flacon. The scent creation itself was entrusted to perfumer Olivier Polge who is becoming more and more of an established signature in the fragrance industry. The composition is, beyond its image, one of those Russian-doll fragrances with several famous accords embedded in them which aim to cover all bases or nearly all of them while carrying the mission of making sense to a wider spectrum of the population. The final kicker is that there is even an unadvertised oud note in it which sparkles instead of smoldering, as is more usual. Jimmy Choo EDP was developed under the supervision of creative director Tamara Mellon who says that she loves to wear perfume and is actually posing for the advert. The scent is said to be wishing to create an "aura of strength and beauty" for the Choo woman; smelling the perfume you see how they did that. The perfume is a bit edgy, but also mucho trendy. It is lifestyle-oriented rather than a work of art. It also taps into Polge's anterior work for other brands, in particular Balenciaga and Viktor & Rolf... 
Continue reading "Jimmy Choo, The Perfume (2011): Mix and Match Like a Fashionable Cameleon {Fragrance Review}" »
The lovely children fashion brand Bonpoint has just launched a new line of beauty and bath products for their target customers and are planning to introduce a new variation on their signature scent Eau de Bonpoint created by co-founder Marie-France Cohen's sister Annick Goutal in 1986. The new iteration is called Concentré d'Eau de Bonpoint....
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While I was perusing my latest copy of Gala this past weekend, I happened on an announcement for two upcoming fragrances, by two jewelry brands. Jeweler Mauboussin will launch a new women's perfume called Pour Elle which means "For Her" in French. The bottle has a cap with a wedding band / engagement ring soldered to it...
Continue reading "Mauboussin Pour Elle, Swarovski Aura (2011) {New Fragrances}" »
Fashion designer Douglas Hannant will launch his debut signature perfume under the auspices of the house of Robert Piguet Parfums from Feburary 2011. It is a first for the perfume brand as well which is diversifying its activities by transfering its know-how to transcribing the fashion of a contemporary designer rather than only focusing on the style of Robert Piguet in what sounds like the beginning of a new collection. Hannant said, "I was very excited when Robert Piguet Parfums approached me about creating this extraordinary fragrance with Givaudan, [...] it is a youthful, modern, and feminine scent that I think my clients all over the world will enjoy."....
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 Beauty industry veterans David Jenkins and Walter Johnsen established a new perfume house last fall called Förster and Johnsen, New York. Jenkins can boast on his resumé that he has participated in the conceptions of Davidoff Cool Water, Joop! and Zen. The aromachology-oriented line comprises 8 compositions referring themselves to moods in dual concentrations, in eau de toilette and eau de parfum, plus a unisex scent called It's All About Spa....
Continue reading "Förster and Johnsen Focus on 17 Perfumes that Matter (2010) {New Fragrances}" »
 In a quirky turn of events, a US- and France-based French brand of perfumes, Julian Rouas, Paris will launch a debut duo of men's and women's scents inspired by pop legend Michael Jackson, which were developed together with the Jackson clan, after the death of the icon. Post-mortem celebrity fragrances are a group of their own....
Continue reading "Tribute to Michael Jackson The Jackson Legend, Timeless from Neverland (2011): Made in Grasse, Approved by Jackson Senior {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Perfumes}" »
 Yves Rocher is not only launching a new Comme Une Evidence Green for Men this spring but is also reviving the collection with a women's fragrance, Comme Une Evidence L'Eau to be introduced in April 2011. As its name indicates, the composition becomes lighter with "delicate", "sparkling" and "luminous" notes...
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