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April 8, 2010

American Beauty Beloved Purple Blossom (2010) {New Perfume}

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A-Letter-TSS.jpgAttention lilac lovers, there is a new lilac perfume in town and it's called Beloved Purple Blossom by American Beauty. This is the latest addition to the collection of clean, sweet-faced florals - at least on the face of it - which is fronted by actress Ashley Judd...


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Joop! Homme Hot Contact (2010) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}


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J-Letter-TSS.jpgJoop! have introduced a new men's cologne called Joop! Homme Hot Contact. To stress the message further the jus is colored a fiery raspberry red and the bottle is literally on fire. Hot Contact is visibly meant to trigger some primal reactions, but for a limited time only as this is the limited-edition for summer 2010 of Joop Electric Heat...

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Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Lavender (2010) {New Perfume}


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E-Letter-TSS.jpgElizabeth Arden have released a new flanker to Green Tea (1999) called Green Tea Lavender. The scent features a relaxing, invigorating ingredient: Givaudan's organic lavender from Bulgaria which presents "a unique character with a very rich aromatic almost ambery note." Efforts have also been made to create an eco-conscious packaging.
 
"Close your eyes and let yourself be transported to a place of peace and endless optimism. Purple waves of blossoms captivate the eye, while the scent of natural lavender awakens your spirit.... "

 

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April 6, 2010

Honoré des Prés We Love New York 100% Natural Trio of Perfumes (2010) {New Fragrances} {Green Products}

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N-Letter-TSS.jpgNewcomer French brand of natural perfumes Honoré des Prés have launched their second collection of fragrances following an initial introduction of 5 scents in 2008. Perfumer Olivia Giacobetti is the nose behind all these creations which want to appeal to the-back-to-nature eco-minded customers. This time it's NYC which is the source of inspiration complete with its coffee cups to go. Hmmm, you might say, what's so special about that? The idea, I guess, is that from a French standpoint, they look so NY, plus the packaging is eco-friendly.

We Love New York includes three perfumes which are said to be 100% natural: Vamp à New York (Vamp in New York), Love Coco and I Love Les Carottes (I Love Carrots)...

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L'Artisan Parfumeur Nuit de Tubéreuse Bottles the Scent of a Secret Summer Night in Paris (2010) {New Perfume}

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L-Letter-TSS.jpgL'Artisan Parfumeur is preparing to launch a nocturnal tuberose composition from May 2010 called Nuit de Tubéreuse (Tuberose Night). The fragrance is said to be evocative of a "secret summer night in Paris." Signed by in-house perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour, the perfume is described as being both "daring and contemporary" while offering the personality of a "secret and narcotic skin-scent."

The richness and complexity of the materials used are underlined in the press-materials while the treatment of the tuberose is said to bring out the ambivalence of the tuberose flower, both its tender, pure facet and its voluptuous and intoxicating one.

This all sounds to me like another illustration of the oxymoronic trend pertaining to New-Depth fragrances...



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April 5, 2010

L'Occitane Paeonia is Created in Collaboration with French Horticulturist Family with 160 Years of Experience (2010) {New Perfumes}


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L'Occitane en Provence have launched both a color and fragrance collection called Paeonia inspired by the natural shades and scent of peony flowers, respectively. The Provençal company relied on the expertise of French horticulturist Jean-Luc Rivière whose family has been breeding and cultivating peonies for 160 years to help them capture the attributes of the bloom.

"According to a legend told in the Mediterranean Basin, a beautiful nymph named Peonia was so courted by the gods that a jealous goddess transformed her into a flower with a thousand petals - the peony. Ever since then, this symbol of femininity has brightened every spring with its dazzling show of colors and scents."...

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Victoria's Secret Life is Pink Wish Pink, Live Pink, Hope Pink (2010) *New Fragrances*


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Lingerie brand Victoria's Secret is not just about intimate apparel but helping you define who you are. Perfume is a more visible expression of that quest - while I do take the point - lingerie can have a similar effect, only even more secretly and indirectly, like a mini butterfly-wing effect from you to them. Wait, where was I? Ah, yes. They say you don't move the same way depending on what you wear for your and your Z's eyes only. Lingerie can also be a personality-enhancer.

Here comes a new collection of three fragrances which were inspired by three different types of personality. Life is Pink is about the "girly girl" but also the "creative and independent thinker" and finally what I take to be the neo-hippie who dreams about world peace and no doubt a green world (where is that fourth fragrance?)...

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Victoria's Secret Parfums Intimes Chiffon Peony Freesia (2010) *New Fragrance*


vs-chiffon-peony-freesia.jpgI know, this visual could be better but that's the one the brand offers on their site. It's hard to tell it's a fragrance bottle, but it is, behind the chiffon pouf.

Victoria's Secret is sharing a new secret of seduction with you this spring and summer with the addition of a new perfume in their collection of Parfums Intimes (Intimate Perfumes) which first launched at the beginning of 2009. This fifth scent is called Chiffon Peony Freesia and like the other fragrances in this collection is originally inspired by the texture of a soft, luxurious and close-to-the-body material,

"Chiffon Peony Freesia was designed to evoke the unique sensation of chiffon - the airy softness, the ethereal beauty, the romance."...

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Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue Gold (2010) {New Perfume}



Arden_5thAvenue_Gold.jpgAs part of the brand's 100th anniversary celebration (see also Red Door Red lipstick), Elizabeth Arden have introduced a limited-edition flanker to the original 5th Avenue (1996) called 5th Avenue Gold. The fragrance was composed by perfumer Olivier Gillotin of Givaudan...

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Hilfiger Woman by Tommy Hilfiger (2010): Inspired by the American Woman {New Fragrance}


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Tommy Hilfiger who has helped define the mythical olfactory personality of the American woman with her ascribed taste for clean and sparkling 7-Up notes with a fragrance such as Tommy Girl, is now conspicuously going back to his source of inspiration.

Hilfiger Woman takes on key notions such as "the simplicity of American glamor", "classic-new", the importance of experience over tradition in the American woman's definition of herself, and finally the idea that "she is someone who enjoys being a woman." At a time when 69-year old Raquel Welch is publishing an autobiography entitled Beyond the Cleavage in which she bemoans the loss of feminine identity in America as a result of a simplistic current of feminism content with copying male identity, this perfume is sending off a similar back-to-your-femininity message...

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Les Parfums de Rosine Une Rose au Bord de la Mer (2010) {New Fragrance}


une-rose-au-bord-de-la-mer.jpgLes Parfums de Rosine are continuing their focused exploration of the rose note with a limited-edition this summer called Une Rose au Bord de la Mer (76€) (A Rose by the Sea Shore.)

This marine-rose composition is inspired by the hedonistic picture of a summer spent at the beach. The breeze is lightly blowing, the sea is blue as can be and dotted with white. A white rose in a garden above the coast is rocked to and fro by the breeze; its petals are lightly covered by sand, dust and sea-air film...

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April 2, 2010

Le Parfum Josephine Baker (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}

josephine-baker-sephora.jpgSephora will launch a second perfume this May 2010 dedicated to the world of showbiz and to Josephine Baker in particular. After having announced Le Parfum Sex Pistols, here comes Le Parfum Josephine Baker. And guess who is behind this new venture by Sephora?...

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Celine Dion Launches New Fragrance Pure Brilliance (2010) {New Perfume}


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Singer Celine Dion is adding yet another perfume to her portfolio of scent offerings with Pure Brilliance which will be introduced in September 2010. The name is meant to refer to a concept of inner and outer beauty.

"Pure Brilliance is about the radiance and beauty at the heart of every woman," Dion stated. "It's the energy within that makes every woman unique."...


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March 31, 2010

Thierry Mugler A*Men Sunessence Edition Orage d'Eté (2010) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}


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Thierry Mugler have introduced the first limited-edition of A*Men called A*Men  Sunessence Edition Orage d'Eté (Summer Storm Edition) for spring-summer 2010.

"The energy of the sun regenerates A*Men in the midst of a summer storm. Between a sensual warmth and an uplifiting freshness, a new tonic woody fragrance unveils itself..."

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Guerlain Habit Rouge Gentleman Driver Edition (2010) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}


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Guerlain has released a limited-edition green woody interpretation of Habit Rouge Sport called in French Habit Rouge Edition Gentleman Driver. It is in a manner of speaking a nesting flanker to a flanker. The original matrix of this line is called Habit Rouge, is considered a classic and was released in 1965.

"The new youth of Habit Rouge. For the space of a season Habit Rouge Sport explores the intoxication of automobile racing with a Gentleman Driver collector."...

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