Monthly Archives from March 2006

December 11, 2009

Ida Delam Le 6 (2009): Homage to Chanel No5 & Gabrielle Chanel {New Perfume}

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Parisian spa Le Six founder and owner Ida Delam has launched a perfume inspired by the personal fantasy of the soul of Gabrielle Chanel having crossed Delam's path one day.

The fragrance called Le 6 (The Six) is said to be "a wink at or homage to" the mythical perfume of the house of Chanel, Le No. 5...

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Burberry Sport for Women & Men (2010) {New Perfumes}


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Burberry will launch a duo of scents inspired by their sports fashion label next year. The perfume bottles will look less familiar than usual as the brand's checkered pattern will not be included in the designs. Instead, bold red and black were used.

The perfume notes themselves are meant to evoke the feeling of dynamic sports movement. According to artistic director Christopher Bailey,

"I wanted it to feel like there was movement in the scent,"... "I kept saying I wanted it zingy; I wanted to feel alive; I wanted to feel like it's jumping." ...


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December 10, 2009

Eau Jeune L'Echappee Belle Signed by Dominique Ropion (2009) {New Perfume}


echappee-belle-eau-jeune-2.jpgPerfumer Dominique Ropion, a recipient of the international perfumer of the year award who is known both for his confidential creations (Frederic Malle Carnal Flower, Géranium pour Monsieur...) and mainstream creations (Ysatis, Amarige, L'Homme by Yves Saint Laurent...) is continuing to show his involvement in the creation of widely accessible mass-marketed fragrances with the composition L'Echappée Belle by Eau Jeune, a brand that is distributed in drugstores in France....

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December 9, 2009

Custo Barcelona Custo Man (2009) {New Fragrance} {Men's Colognes}


custo-man-bottles.jpgCusto Barcelona has launched a new men's cologne to complement last year's Custo Barcelona for Women. The new fragrance was created by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. It is said to be a fresh, citrusy floral-oriental with an "avant-garde bouquet" in the lingering notes. Custo Barcelona sees the Custo man as,

"A humanist, a philosopher, a communicator, an open man with ideas. He is an adventurer, a sportsman and a student of culture -- he is a man of action."...

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Renato Balestra Diamante Nero (2009): Uncanny Resemblance {New Perfume}


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Italian fashion designer Renato Balestra named his 2009/2010 Fall/Winter collection after his new fragrance Diamante Nero (Black Diamond) to honor its launch.

The collection featured designs illustrative of the stone. The presentation culminated in an outfit called Il Diamante Nero...

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December 4, 2009

Van Cleef & Arpels Oriens (2010) {New Perfume}


Oriens-perfume-van-cleef.jpgVan Cleef & Arpels will introduce a new women's perfume in March of 2010 called Oriens, Latin for the Orient. The fruity floral chypre was composed by perfumer Bernard Ellena of Symrise in collaboration with licence holder Inter Parfums SA. The nose is from a family of perfumers which includes brother Jean-Claude Ellena and niece Céline Ellena....

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December 3, 2009

JLO Blue Glow (2010) {New Perfume} {Celebrity Fragrance}



JLO BlueGlow.jpgJennifer Lopez just released a perfume called My Glow inspired by motherhood topped with a cutesie cherub. While her twins are growing, the Glow portfolio obviously wants to do the same. In February 2010, there will be a new Glow scent called Blue Glow by JLO.

It's a fruity-floral eau de toilette blended with exotic fruits, a vintage rose and even -- confession time -- a wizard perfume aromachemical designed by Givaudan, the giant fragrance supplier, called Florymoss...

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Aftelier Trevert (2009) {New Fragrance}


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Mandy Aftel the owner of and perfumer for Aftelier the all-natural perfumery has released a new perfume called Trèvert, a portmanteau word meaning "very green" in French.

"Verdant pine absolute, leafy flouve absolute, and ambery clary sage contribute to this "very green" eau de parfum."

Flouve Odorante or Anthoxanthum odoratum is reputed for its coumarine-like scent.

Available 30 ml for $150 at aftelier.com

December 2, 2009

Sean John Unforgivable Night & I Am King of the Night (2009) {New Fragrances} {Celebrity Perfumes}

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Sean John aka P Diddy is entering winter with two new nocturnal perfumes, Unforgivable Night for Men cologne, a flanker to Unforgivable and I Am King of the Night for Men, a variation on I Am King. The "night" motif is more often than not used in perfumery to denote a more intense and sometimes sexier composition.

For Unforgivable Men Night EDT, the blend is now more intense and even boozier...


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Balenciaga Paris EDP: More News {New Perfume}


balenciaga paris ad.jpgBalenciaga decided to launch their new perfume Balenciaga Paris which signs their return to the fragrance world in London yesterday on December 1, 2009. Coty Prestige UK Managing Director Liz Garrett stressed the importance of the event by calling it "The birth of a new house." The new fragrance, a "violet chypre" is presented as the fulfillment of a 10-year-old dream by Balenciaga artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière who had been wanting to rekindle the perfume identity of the brand ever since his first days at the couture house...

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November 30, 2009

Jacques Zolty Lily Beach (2009) {New Perfume}


Jacques-Zolty-Lily-Beach.jpgFollowing the masculine Saint Barthelemy, Jacques Zolty is releasing a new perfume for women this time called Lily Beach. Described as a rich composition it is inspired by,

"...the famous flower symbol of the island but also the embodiment of a delicate, sensitive, spiritual  woman who exercises an irresistible power of seduction on all those who approach her."

Notes include: ivy leaf, ginger, cardamom.

The Eau de Parfum is priced at 80€ for 100 ml in France. Colette ships internationally duty-free with the scent being priced then at 66,89€.

November 28, 2009

L'Eau Serge Lutens: The Enduring Scent of Anticonformism or the Anti-Anti Perfume + The Film/ Un Parfum d'Anticonformisme qui Perdure ou L'Anti-Anti Parfum + Le Film {New Perfume} {Fragrance Images & Adverts} {Scented Thoughts}


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Perfume-review-logo-3-B.jpg{A fragrance review of L'Eau Serge Lutens has been added to the blog!}




Foreword: This is not a review. This started as a teaser, then an introduction and ended being a more developed commentary on the idea of the perfume, as I see it today (courtesy of the blog medium).

You can watch a short film that was shot for the launch of the fragrance after the jump.

*La version française de ce commentaire se trouve à l'intérieur de l'article.* 


L'Eau Serge Lutens: The Enduring Scent of Anti-Conformism or the Anti-Anti Perfume


Serge Lutens is preparing to launch his new opus co-created by four hands or rather two noses with his old accomplice, perfumer Christopher Sheldrake, who is now working at Chanel. In an interview from the press release, he said,

"I wanted to create an "anti-fragrance" whose notes and impressions would create a lasting sensation of wearing a "clean" scent, not a "perfume." My intention was not to have it supplant perfume, but to help restore the original pleasure of wearing fragrance. This creation is my response to a world that is overscented... I might even say "embalmed"... in the sense that the ritual of wearing perfume is no longer about romance but part of a meaningless ritual.
 
L'eau Serge Lutens is my riposte. it expresses a longing for cleanliness and a reaction against society's compulsion to fill the air with artificial scents. it's like a breath of pure, bracing mountain air." 


This new perfume called L'Eau Serge Lutens (lit. The Serge Lutens Water/Eau) is a clear departure at the theoretical level at least from the aesthetic path taken by the Lutensian perfumery on exhibit at the Palais Royal but, I would argue, not so much in essence as it is a perfumery which is intrinsically and morally motivated by an anti-conformist movement. Where Lutens's perfumery seemed to be committed without fail to a deepening of the complex Orientalist writing streamlined nonetheless by a style that is reflective, intellectualist and always a little cathartic on the personal plane, the new scent aims to stand as an iconoclastic tract penned against the outrageously perfumed air of the Zeitgeist.

Has Lutens done anything different in the past? I would argue that no, his perfumery has been an anti-perfumery from the start, based on a movement of rejection of the mold as he has explained himself. In a world where olfactory refinement, of which Lutens is a key figure and an exemplar for fine perfumery, is giving way to vulgarity and facile virtues, how to reorganize the universe of ideal aesthetic values?...

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November 27, 2009

DKNY Delicious Candy Apples (2010) {New Fragrances}


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DKNY will release a trio of gourmand fragrances in February of 2010 all based on the candy-apple-at-the-fair theme. The collection called Delicious Candy Apples further expands the Delicious portfolio with Sweet Caramel, Ripe Raspberry and Juicy Berry. The debut fragrance in the series was Be Delicious in 2004, a crisp green-apple inspired scent concocted by perfumer Maurice Roucel remarkable for its clean and sensual drydown, perfect for flirting at the office...

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November 25, 2009

Autographed Patrick Dempsey 2 by Avon Giveaway (US & Canada Readers Only) {Contests & Giveaways} {Celebrity Fragrance}


Patrick-Dempsey-2-Bottle-B.jpgAfter launching his debut signature fragrance with Avon last year called Unscripted, Patrick Dempsey has now released a new fragrance simply called Patrick Dempsey 2.

The cologne was inspired by his feelings for his wife, makeup artist JIlian Dempsey who is also a color director at Avon and has a signature line of makeup with the brand,

"There's a very personal dimension to the fragrance," says Dempsey. "This scent evokes the feeling of strength and intimacy you experience with the person you love."

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Kew's Orchidelirium or O (2009): The First Luxury Fragrance for Kew's Gardens {New Perfume}


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The Royal Botanics Gardens, Kew have just launched their first luxury fragrance. It is called Orchidelirium and was created by perfumer Christophe Laudamiel. The composition is said to be made of "...sustainable plant extracts and orchids sourced from the Mascarene Islands and Madagascar."

"Orchidelirium captures the natural breezy azure of the Indian Ocean, sea breezes, lush tropical vegetation and the swaying emerald leaves of sugar cane."...

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