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 Inspired by the Twilight movies comes the label Twilight Beauty. Mostly the items in both the Luna Twilight and the Volturi Twilight collections created by the brand are beauty products. But in the latter library a series of four colored shimmering body mists were issued which are scented...
Continue reading "Twilight Beauty Volturi Reign Scented Body Mists (2009) {New Perfumes} {Beauty & Olfaction}" »
 Parfums Corolle which are developed by the Millenium Essence Company just launched a collection of perfumes for children, little girls in fact, whose bottles can be used to play dress-up as with a doll. The flacons which proved to be challenging to design are signed by a famous name, Serge Mansau. The technical realization was entrusted to Pochet. "Serge Mansau's key idea was to create the shape of a little girl
embossed on the bottle, a shape that little users can dress up in
different outfits, just like they do with their Corolle dolls."...
Continue reading "Parfums Corolle Cerise, Fleur, Rose, Vanille (2009): Playing Dress-up with a Perfume Bottle {New Perfumes}" »
 Humiecki & Graef continue to develop their artistic project of an emotional perfumery in collaboration with perfumers Christophe Laudamiel and now Christophe Hornetz with the addition this year of a new scent called Clemency. The composition aims to offer an interpretation of the mother figure. "As the name suggests, Clemency expresses the exaltation of the mother figure: regal yet highly feminine, she exudes an authentic and justified pride and stature - with a status so naturally lofty and well deserved that she never dwells on it. Clemency displays a complex of contrasting characteristics as only a mother can: it is at once tender, generous, glowing and forgiving, proud, serious, stern and inscrutable. "....
Continue reading "Humiecki & Graef Clemency (2009): The Scent of a Mother {New Perfume}" »
 Okay, no, not really. We don't know if there will be an Eau de Maverick by Sarah Palin in 2012 although someone had the idea of doing a spoof inspired by the opening paragraph of her memoir, Going Rogue, which clearly shows that Palin is sensitive to smells although the resulting bottled blend would probably be too meaty for my nose. Nice in the open air though. I nevertheless appreciate the priceless line inserted in the middle of that paragraph,...
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 Right on time for Valentine's Day, Avon will release a duo of perfumes from January 2010 getting inspiration from the aphrodisiac, sexual tradition of perfumery. The new scents are called Aromadisiac for Her and Aromadisiac for Him. Aromadisiac for Her is a floral-ambery fragrance with notes of fiery pink peppercorns, orange blossom, jasmine and amber. A 75 ml bottle of Eau de Toilette is priced at 27,50€. Aromadisiac for Him is a fruity-oriental with notes of spicy coriander, fig fruit, smoky and leathery patchouli. A 50 ml bottle is priced at 22,50€. Via Cosmoty.de
 Bond No. 9 will release a new fragrance in March of 2010 inspired by yet another corner of New York City. This time the subject of inspiration is the original idea of the reconverted High Line into a green public space. The perfume is said to be a "marine green floral" composition created by perfumer Laurent Le Guernec of IFF. The scent takes inspiration from the duality of the High Line setting. There is the rural charm of the re-conceptualized rail road, whose gardening design by Dutch horticulturist Piet Oudols is said to be particularly rustic peopled with a majority of local breeds, which ensures longer blooming seasons... 
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 Magazine Monocle have released a second fragrance created in collaboration with Comme des Garçons following Hinoki in 2008. It is called Scent Two: Laurel. Interestingly, the creative team cites as a source of inspiration one that is often decried by niche perfumery aficionados often on the lookout for rarer sensations, that is soap...
Continue reading "Monocle x Comme des Garcons Scent Two: Laurel (2009) {New Perfume}" »
 Last October, Costume National released a new masculine perfume called Costume National Homme described as "a new approach to fragrance". Founder of the brand Ennio Capasa said " The harmony between natural and rare elements creates an original,
sensual and charming fragrance, for an essential and timeless man".The Eau de Parfum was composed by perfumer Dominique Ropion and features notes of cardamom, bergamot, cinnamon, thyme, clove, patchouli, sandalwood, labdanum. Predominant notes are said to be bergamot, cinnamon and patchouli.
 As I was already writing in my review of Wanted by Helena Rubinstein, macaroons are the new Swarovski crystals. I did not phrase it this way exactly but for anyone who is living in Paris and paying attention it is hard to escape the fact that macaroons or macarons in
French are the new iconic signs of luxury. Even art galleries use the
icon to advertise their artists. I sabella Blow is credited for having had the idea of introducing the widespread use of Swarovski crystals in the field of fashion as a means to add an affordable touch of luxury. Today, macaroons are studding the fashion and beauty scenes as well. Marc Jacobs will launch a new trio of oversized Splash perfumes next summer " inspired by an array of macaroons in a Paris patisserie," They are called Apple, Pomegranate and Biscotti. ..
Continue reading "Marc jacobs Splash Collection Apple, Pomegranate, Biscotti (2010) {New Fragrances}" »
 Salvatore Ferragamo launched a new flanker to their original fragrance F for Ferragamo issued in 2006, which was then created by Francis Kurkdjian.
F for Fascinating Night is meant to be a nighttime twist and was composed by perfumer Olivier Polge who already did their F pour Homme...
Continue reading "Ferragamo F for Fascinating Night (2009) {New Perfume}" »
 Cosmetics and perfume brand Orlane have launched a quatuor of perfumes each centering on an interpretation of a floral note. The collection is called Les Bouquets d'Orlane (Orlane Bouquets) and includes Autour du Coquelicot (Around the Poppy), Autour de l'Iris, Autour du Muguet and Autour de la Rose....
Continue reading "Orlane Autour du Coquelicot, de l'Iris, du Muguet, de la Rose (2009) {New Perfumes}" »
 Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier will introduce a duo of fragrances for women and men called Hearts & Daggers in the first quarter of 2010. The perfumes are meant "... to reflect the striking nature of the clothing brand." The women's Eau de Parfum features top notes of blood orange orpur, violet leaf and
apple; middle notes of mango, apple blossoms and pink jasmine; and
drying notes blending cashmere musk, amber, benzoin tears orpur and
blond wood....
Continue reading "Ed Hardy Hearts & Daggers for Women & Men (2010) {New Perfumes}" »
 As previously announced, Sweden-based perfume house Byredo have released their ninth perfume which pays homage to the poet Charles Baudelaire. It is called Baudelaire. The perfume was inspired by a passage, 5-8, from a poem from Les Fleurs du Mal entitled "Parfum Exotique" (Exotic Perfume). This passage is about the conjuring-up of the aromas and images of an exotic island on a warm fall evening in Paris (Baudelaire loved Paris like nothing else and famously hated the bucolic charms of the countryside) while breathing in the perfumes emanating from the bosom of his lover, « . . . a lazy isle to which nature has given
singular trees, savory fruits,
men with bodies vigorous and slender,
and women in whose eyes shines a startling candor . . . »
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 As I already remarked in 2007, there is a sub-branch of the celebrities fragrances business that is that of the dead-celebrity perfume. Now My DNA Fragrance which specializes in harvesting your DNA to propose custom-tailored scents replicating your pheromones has taken an even bolder step after POTUS 1600. It has now turned to the slightly lugubrious idea of creating perfumes based on the DNA of dead celebrities. The tag line is " ENGINEERED from the DNA of some of the most recognized Celebrities and Famous people in the world." The brand has partnered with the foremost authority on and collector of dead illustrious persons' hair, not that there must be a ton of such collectors attracted to the weird and the bizarre, nor that much hair around. John Reznikoff has the distinction of having earned the title of "pre-eminent hair collector" "My DNA Fragrance has analyzed Reznikoff's private collection of celebrity hair and has engineered exclusive fragrances of each one.
Reznikoff was an expert witness for the US Justice Department and has aided the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. He has appeared on The Wall Street Journal Video Channel, CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, ABC Nightline, and Good Morning America and has written for nationally circulated magazines. Reznikoff has the largest authenticated hair collection of famous people in the world."....
Continue reading "My DNA Fragrance Antiquity Line Based on the DNA of Dead Celebrities (2009) {New Perfumes} {Celebrity Fragrances} " »
 Natori by Josie NatoriThe perfume starts with a subtle, surface powdery impression soon followed by a beautiful both intense and understated aldehydic white floral bouquet like a cleaner but no less feminine Joy by Patou. It is a Joy Americanized, made easier to wrap your mind around, offering the clarity of lines of a beautiful race automobile. The impression of Joy came to me before I went to check some background information about the scent. Josie Natori said that growing up she was used to reveling in rich perfumes: Joy by Patou that her grand-mother wore, as well as Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez, both which can be described as old-school French perfumes. This is just the introduction as it turns out. While you were checking the box next to the word "linear" in your mind as one more sign of Americanization in the jus, the fragrance starts to slowly fade into a deeper, darker and fruitier atmosphere reminiscent of the oriental base with myrrh in Gianni Versace (1981) which has aldehydic, fruity, and chypre facets as well...
Continue reading "Natori by Josie Natori (2009): Abstract Lingerie Perfume {Perfume Review}" »
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