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 If you enjoy Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, you might be interested in giving a sniff to You're the Fire by Yardley, the little-known perfume from the 70s that was a source of inspiration for the Yves Saint Laurent global bestseller. The Vermont Country Store have managed to recreate the formula in response to customers' requests...
Continue reading "Yardley You're the Fire is Back on US Soil (1973 / 2010) {New Perfume - Relaunch)" »
 Estée Lauder have introduced a new fragrance and flanker to Sensuous (2008) called Sensuous Noir, which is described as being "intensely rich, seductive" and a woody floral chypre. "Sensuous after dark. The ultimate in sensuality. Sensuous Noir embodies the warm, fluid sensuality of the woman who wears it."
The perfume just debuted in the UK market and will launch in the US from September 2010. It reprises the original signature of "molten woods accord"...
Continue reading "Estée Lauder Sensuous Noir (2010) {New Fragrance}" »
 Jean Paul Gaultier is preparing to launch an extremely fresh version of Le Male called Le Male Terrible in "eau de toilette extrême" concentration. (Normally one should write "Le Mâle" in proper French but the brand prefers to simplify the orthography.) Contrary to the icy olfactory theme, the ad copy oozes hot sexiness calling out to all bad boys, especially the closet ones. The new iteration was created by perfumer Aurélien Guichard...
Continue reading "Jean Paul Gaultier to Launch Le Male Terrible to Bring out the Bad Boy in You (2010) {New Fragrance}" »
  If you don't have the time to peruse a long review, there's a short, more practical Lifestyle-oriented version of it here. Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum has been one of the most anticipated
celebrity perfumes by the internet in part due to tabloid-worthy
material regarding her personal life around the Brangelina axis of
attention as well as her own, rapid fluctuations
and speculations surrounding the name of her debut perfume and finally,
the preview tagline coined by Aniston herself who gave the new
fragrance as being " a nonperfume perfume." Mmmm, interesting. As
an observer of the perfume scene, one can only be struck in the case of
this launch with the constant discrepancy appearing between discourse
and actual juice as if Jennifer Aniston had had time to change her mind
50 times before finally settling on the opposite of what she claimed
she would do. Thus the quirky, inscrutable "Lolavie" is replaced by the
much more sedate and self-evident "Jennifer Aniston eau de parfum" and
the "nonperfume perfume", it turns out, seems to be laughing somewhat
at its own description. Even the official description of the fragrance
is rather misleading, calling attention to the chasm existing between
the copy writer's and the perfumer's languages. In the end though,
Aniston apparently wholly embraces the result, saying '... it's turned out to be an extension of myself as opposed to slapping my name on something." JF
EDP could get our prize for most confusing, complicated and discrepant
fragrance launch so far this year. Even Aniston's own descriptions of
the perfume culled from a Women's Wear Daily interview at the time the
perfume was announced as Lolavie are like hearing someone talk past the
composition: " floral, but not too flowery," and ".. most of all I wanted it to smell natural" and " I am not a big perfume-y fragrance fan"
are not exactly what comes to mind when smelling the perfume -- well,
perhaps the first descriptor is still defensible, but the second and
third ones, hardly. Notes: citrus grove accord, rose water / night
blooming jasmine, wild violets, Amazon lily /
sensual musk, golden amber, sandalwood.... 
Continue reading "Jennifer Aniston EDP (2010): Remake Made in Hollywood {Perfume Review & Musings} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
 Singer Beyoncé Knowles will follow up on the success of her debut fragrance launch Heat ( review here) with a new limited-edition flanker to be introduced in September 2010 called Heat Ultimate Elixir by Beyoncé. The concentration is dubbed a "parfum" one, the highest level of jus concentration in principle although since the term is uncertified it can lead to interpretative dosages and intensity-effects, especially as one can suspect, for a 1.7 fl. oz quantity...
Continue reading "Beyoncé Heat Ultimate Elixir (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
 Pop singer Katy Perry will launch her debut signature fragrance in November 2010. It is called Purr and is inspired by a sartorial accessory, a catwoman suit of hers, as well as clearly the oh-so-fun over-the-top candy-park theme of her song California Gurls which gives its title to her first single album to be introduced in August (video after the jump.) Perry, it turns out, is no novice when it comes to perfume, personally owning at least 50 bottles of fragrance. She also has precise ideas about what she likes promising that after Purr there will perfumes based on her favorites fruits. When you look at the video of California Gurls, you get a sense it's not just about candy and fruits but about a whole coherent aesthetics. " I'm very inspired by the Japanese world and all things completely
cute," she said. "All things edible for me are also intriguing. So if
there are little dancing strawberries, I will be happy. Peppermint is
cute; cotton candy is adorable. We like to keep it cute and classy,"... 
Continue reading "Katy Perry Purr (2010): California Gurls Meet Catwoman {New Fragrance} (Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Singer Britney Spears will release a new fragrance from September 2010 called Radiance following up on last year's Circus Fantasy. It will be her ninth perfume.The look of the packaging is novel; there's been an effort to think outside of the box, so to speak, to renew our vision of the Britney Spears fragrance franchise. See teaser video after the jump...
Continue reading "Britney Spears Unveils Teaser for Radiance (2010) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 In interesting - no, wait, make that earth-shattering fragrance-onomastics news, we learn
through the press office of Harrods of London that the new perfume by
Jennifer Aniston to launch tomorrow at the department store is not called Lolavie anymore
but simply Jennifer Aniston. If you care to remember, there had been prolonged media coverage of the name of the fragrance which started by being floated as maybe going to be "Aniston" then went on to be Lola Vie, then Lolavie (we're simplifying.) Was this all a big Jen joke on us? Fortunately, because suddenly I am feeling a bit like "did this really happen or did I just dream it?" there is still a visual of the fragrance on the blog with the name "Lovavie" emblazoned across it... 
Continue reading "Lolavie is Out, Jennifer Aniston is In: Name-Change Shocker, or Not {Fragrance News} {New Perfume} {Celebrity Scent}" »
 Fancy Nights by Jessica Simpson is the third fragrance by the pop star following Fancy (2008) and Fancy Love (2009.) This time around, we were forewarned that the perfume would be particularly sensual. While I cannot deny the work on a deepening of sensual accords, what strikes me even more than this velvetier atmosphere are rarer things such as a sense of humor and a certain spirit of anti-conformism. Labeled as a spicy floral oriental, Fancy Nights is one of those fragrances that are not just an inert addition of notes that will smell pretty like an image. It reveals a certain psychological depth and dynamism. Right along the material perfume notes of citrusy bergamot,
papyrus, patchouli,
Bulgarian red rose, Night Blooming Jasmine, creamy vanilla, soft sandalwood, amber and
oakmoss, you'd need to write: a good dose of humor, playfulness, a spirit of independence. I am almost tempted to use the word "wit" but it wouldn't fit completely as I do not sense that indispensable pinch of cynicism that you need to add to shake it and get wit. This is not the perfume made by someone observing Jessica Simpson from a distance, Oscar-Wilde-like, pulling a well-rehearsed line written on a folded paper from his pocket - Wilde was a dreadful histrion and left nothing to chance - but rather a fresh pop art portrait of Jessica Simpson painted by perfumer Steve de Mercado, which additionally captures well a more general American pop-culture ambiance. This may sound odd, but to me, there is very much of an Independence-Day accord in this perfume...
Continue reading "Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights (2010): American Gum-Popping Princess {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scents}" »
 French niche perfume house Teo Cabanel, originally established in 1893 and reopened more recently in 2005 will launch a new fragrance this fall called Early Roses from September 2010. The eau de parfum is described as being " floral, aerial and subtle," inspired as it is by the vision of a stroll taken in a rose garden in the early morning....
Continue reading "Teo Cabanel Early Roses (2010): Morning Roses {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}" »
 Irish perfume house Inis, based in Wicklow dubbed "The Garden of Ireland", released a new fragrance inspired by the smells of the end of the summer and the onset of fall. It's called Caru taking its meaning from the word which signifies "love" in Old Gaelic. "Inspired by the changing seasons; rich aromas of harvest and the last
blooms of the Summer still scenting the breeze, CARU is warm and rich
and yet just as the Autumnal air adds freshness there is a wonderfully
crisp delicacy to CARU."...
Continue reading "Inis Fragrances of Ireland Caru (2010): Inspired by Summer & Fall {New Fragrance}" »
 The Observer unveils yet another one of the three new fragrances in the 1001 Nights collection under the Armani Privé label. It's called Oud Royal, if we needed any more confirmation that the new library is fashionably slanted in the direction of the Middle East's taste for agarwood or aloeswood. And please note that yet another oud scent is born...
Continue reading "Giorgio Armani 1001 Nights Oud Royal (2010) {New Perfume}" »
 Giorgio Armani will reportedly launch a new collection of fragrances called 1001 Nights under his Armani Privé label featuring three new compositions. Only one has been mentioned so far as being Rose d'Arabie, which seems to want to propose the Armani take on the classic rose-oud accord. Added: another 1001 Nights scent is called Oud Royal. Amouage with Lyric or Homage Attar, Bond No.9 with Bond No.9 Perfume, By Kilian with Rose Oud or Jo Malone with the just-out but already reviewed Cologne Intense Rose Water and Vanilla are a few of the ones who have previously and in the recent past offered adapted versions of this standard of Arabian perfumery. The 1001 Nights moniker sounds also like an answer to the recent establishment of the By Kilian Arabian Nights collection (2009). This plethora of related releases show the shift in the mainstream Western markets towards the traditional Middle Eastern taste and historical legacy in order to meet the demands of emerging markets but also taking into account evolutions at home. The French will perhaps ban officially the wearing of the Burqa and Niqab in public spaces in France by the end of the year, but they will still welcome oud...
Continue reading "Giorgio Armani Rose d'Arabie in a New 1001 Nights Collection (2010) {New Fragrance}" »
 Halston are launching a new duo of perfumes this summer to follow up on the success of the relaunch of Halston Woman and Man in 2009. Halston Man Amber and Halston Woman Amber come bottled in the same iconic Elsa Piretti flacon. This time the metallic sheen is gold-toned instead of silvery like last year...
Continue reading "Halston Woman Amber & Man Amber (2010): Sneak Peek {New Fragrances}" »
 Pucci have introduced their latest fragrance called Miss Pucci. The perfume rests on a magnolia and rose accord and is described as a sparkling musky-floral. It was co-created by perfumers François Demachy, Christine Nagel and Benoît Lapouza; Demachy is the olfactive director of LVMH. "Youthful, fresh, and seductive, miss Pucci is undeniably modern
while opening a window to the retro Pucci lifestyle of vibrant color,
perpetual motion, and sun-soaked destinations."...
Continue reading "Emilio Pucci Miss Pucci (2010) {New Fragrance}" »
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