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 Comme des Garçons are preparing to launch a new fragrance from June 24th 2010 in London called Wonderwood which seems to have benefited from a particularly lavish attention on the part of the label, what with a dedicated website incorporating a countdown feature like the best of the very commercial brands but especially a fabulous 3:16 mn stop-motion animated short by the Quay Brothers, Timothy and Stephen. Its only defect is that it doesn't last an hour, and more.
"The piece,
entitled WONDERWOOD, is about a man who loved trees more than words could say. An
allegorical representation of non verbal passion, the film expresses through
visual rapture the beautiful exorbitance of this new Comme des Garçons
fragrance."....
Continue reading "The Brothers Quay Introduce Wonderwood by Comme des Garçons (2010) {New Fragrance}" »
 3B International and Universal Partnership & Licensings (UP & L) have partnered to launch a duo of perfumes inspired by the movie Scarface (1983) starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. The new scents are part the Scarface Fragrance Collection which comprises a set of accessories such as a money clip, key chain and designer scarf(ace)...
Continue reading "Scarface Fragrance Collection for Men & Women (2010) {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Benefit Cosmetics have launched a new trio of fragrances inspired by the Crescent Row story which they started telling last year where three girls are living next door to each other while living in the skins of very contrasted personalities. After Laugh with me LeeLee, There's Something about Sofia and My Place or Yours Gina, Benefit hooks up with Lookin' to Rock Rita, So Hooked on Carmella and Garden of Good & Eva...
Continue reading "Benefit Crescent Row Lookin' to Rock Rita, So Hooked on Carmella, Garden of Good & Eva (2010) {New Fragrances}" »
 To commemorate the event of the 2010 FIFA World Cup which starts on June 11th, TV service Sky + HD released an unisex fragrance called Eau de Stade which is fronted by British celebrity Rachel Stevens. In one of the campaign ad shots, Stevens who announced she is expecting, is shown behind an English-only flag and bowler covering part of her naked self in a remake of the Chanel Coco Mademoiselle ad featuring Keira Knightley behind a bowler hat and a rumpled white shirt...
Continue reading "Sky + HD Eau de Stade for FIFA (2010): Fronted by Rachel Stevens {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
 Chanel have further unveiled their upcoming masculine fragrance Bleu de Chanel. The strip tease ends on August 19th, 2010. The jus is housed in a squarish glass bottle tinted in an elegant blue with a good dose of black in it...
Continue reading "Bleu de Chanel (2010): First Look + Notes {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}" »
  Paco Rabanne have unveiled their upcoming new feminine fragrance, the counterpart to best-selling 1 Million. It is called Lady Million and is fronted by model Dree Hemingway snapping her fingers like her male predecessor. One of the playful concepts for the ad is that Lady Million snaps back her fingers at Mr. Million, she being the only one capable of resisting his every whim. The ad campaign will unfold gradually; at one point Lady Million and 1 Million, who is played by Matt Gordon, will meet in the same commercial ready for a battle of the wills...
Continue reading "Paco Rabanne Lady Million (2010): Snapping My Fingers Right Back at You {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Fragrance expert Roja Dove has collaborated with the Victoria & Albert Museum to release a limited-edition perfume from September 2010 inspired by the personality and art of Serge Diaghilev, the impresario of the legendary Ballets Russes. The V & A will open an exhibition on this turning point in modern European cultural and artistic history in the beginning of the fall entitled Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929 (25 September 2010 - 9 January 2011).
'Diaghilev' has been created in homage to the evocative, exotic
fragrances associated with the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes.
Celebrated perfumer Roja Dove has created a contemporary interpretation
of the famous Chypré fragrances pioneered between 1909 and 1929,
capturing the passion, energy and inspiration of the impresario's
magical productions....
Continue reading "Roja Dove Diaghilev (2010): V & A Pay a Chypré Homage to Founder of Ballets Russes {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Avril Lavigne will roll out a new fragrance called Forbidden Rose in July and at the beginning of August 2010 following her debut scent Black Star. The tag line is " Dare to Discover" which is said to be a message for encouraging girls to push boundaries even further than with the first scent. Despite the fact that celebrity fragrances are often thought to be light affairs, and tween perfumes even more so, the singer pointed out that the process was arduous and took two years to complete. Of course, this doesn't prevent the upcoming Forbidden Rose to feel déjà vu, because sometimes, it's the whole point....
Continue reading "Avril Lavigne Forbidden Rose (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
 Chanel have let out further information about their upcoming masculine fragrance after releasing preliminary information in February 2010 which confirmed the participation of Martin Scorsese as the director for their new advertising campaign. A picture bathed in blue light from the film shoot and featuring Scorsese conversing with French actor Gaspard Ulliel was one of the official clues at that point, together with less official ones, courtesy of Dossier Journal. It's now been confirmed that the next men's fragrance by Chanel is called Blue, a name which is a throwback to one of three color-named fragrances that Coco Chanel released together as a trio in 1930 and called Le 1940 Beige, Le 1940 Bleu, Le 1940 Rouge...
Continue reading "Chanel Taps into House Symbols for New Masculine Scent while Asking Scorsese to Direct his Bleu {New Perfume}" »
 Singer Kylie Minogue is going the way of bread-and-circus and that infamous line attributed to Marie-Antoinette " give them cake", with her latest fragrance to debut in July 2010 called Pink Sparkle. It is inspired by the luxury drink pink champagne yet will be more accessible than the champagne blend itself thanks to the illusory nature of perfume...
Continue reading "Kylie Minogue Pink Sparkle (2010): The People's Pink Champagne {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
 Since 2004 when the first flanker Sheer Stella was introduced as a spring/summer edition of the original Stella launched in 2003 and signed by perfumer Jacques Cavallier, an annual edition has been released each year. In 2010, there is a nature-bound Persian organic-rose twist to the lovely first rose composition which is out as a limited-edition...
Continue reading "Stella McCartney Sheer Stella(2010): Organically Yours {New Perfume} {Rose Notebook}" »
 Marc Jacobs is preparing to launch a new men's fragrance called Bang from July 30th 2010. It's his first men's cologne since 2002 when the designer introduced Marc Jacobs for Men, a fig-centered composition. The added twist here, visually speaking, is that Marc Jacobs himself will lend his physical appearance to the advertising campaign for the scent, bringing the celebrity factor to bear on the destinies of the scent. He appeared wearing makeup last year in a nude picture for the 15th anniversary book for Nars (see below).  This year, he will be lying on a silver Mylar bed holding a strategically placed giant bottle of Bang so as not to offend public morality. Tom Ford also thought that the best attention-catching spot to present a bottle of perfume to the public is the crotch and the cleavage. This has been called the Crotch Pose in advertising agencies since then (it's a just a guess.) Jacobs's business partner Robert Duffy is the originator of the advertising concept, 'Marc, you look so great now -- you should be the model for men's
fragrance.' My immediate reaction was, I don't know. But then I came to
see that it made sense. Men's fragrance, unlike women's in a certain
way, is very personal. It's a layer on top of skin -- for women, it can
be like changing a makeup color, but not for men...
Continue reading "Marc Jacobs Sees Codpiece Usage for Bang (2010) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne}" »
 Biotherm have launched a new perfume in their range of fragrances meant to promote both psychological and physical well-being called Eau de Paradis (Paradise Water).The fragrance was composed by perfumer Bernard Ellena who answers a Q & A by the brand on the conception of the scent...
Continue reading "Biotherm Eau de Paradis (2010) {New Fragrance} + Q & A with Perfumer Bernard Ellena" »
 English grooming label Molton Brown have released two new men's fragrances called Cool Buchu and Bracing Silverbirch which are both playing on the register of Icy.  Cool Buchu, ex-Cool EDT (2007) (see pic on the right) according to the US website but not the UK one, is "Like jumping into an ice-cold pool on a blazing summer day - sparkling,
crisp, clean and energizing fragrance leaves bystanders feeling
parched. South African Buchu plant and Wild Watermint lead the way
while an undertow of Guatemalan Cardamom and Italian Tangerine lingers."...
Continue reading "Molton Brown Cool Buchu, Bracing Silverbirch (2010) {New Fragrances} {Men's Colognes}" »
 After L'Eau de Serge Lutens and Bas de Soie, Serge Lutens will launch a third opus this year called Boxeuses (Boxers in the feminine) to be introduced in September 2010. Perhaps because the composition is even more complex than Bas de Soie and somewhat inexpressible, we are told of just one perfume note, the most important one, leather, and then something more enigmatic, skin, but Boxeuses seems to be better described by allusions...
Continue reading "Serge Lutens Boxeuses (2010) {New Fragrance}" »
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