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 Earlier this year, Creed launched their own oud opus called Royal-Oud. It has become a must to release an oud fragrance these days. Faithful to their usual privileged sources of inspiration, Creed are moreover proposing a cross-cultural oud perfume which reflects the luxury of both Parisian and Persian palaces.
"Wood, leather marble and gold,” elements of a royal Persian palace, inspire Olivier CREED, sixth-generation master perfumer of France, an architect of fragrance, to create new Royal-Oud for men and women. Rare, hypnotic, sumptuous oud, an ingredient coaxed from Agarwood trees of India –- and more costly per ounce than palladium –- lends its power to this blend."...
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 If you want to explore fragrance fashion, be ecologically-minded and benefit from aromatherapy, all at the same time, you can turn to two new creations which are offering natural, organic alternatives to more mainstream oud perfumes, which usually rely mostly on synthetic substitutes. Two green versions of oud scents have been introduced which are called Oudh Jasmin by Sama and Black Classic by Undergreen....
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 Black Up, the leading French makeup brand whose vivid, saturated tints are dedicated to "black and mixed-race beauties", have launched their first fragrance called Black Up. The eau de parfum, composed by perfumer Dora Baghriche-Arnaud of Firmenich, is described as a floral-oriental aiming 25 to 35 year-old women.
"An addictive perfume offering noble and warm nuances, which combines the gourmand tonalities of spices with the carnal trail of musk."...
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 Jo Loves, the new brand by Jo Malone - the private person as opposed to the public brand owned by Estée Lauder cos. - launched its new collection of fragrances yesterday following up on an earlier announcement in the spring of 2011.
In a very hands-on approach, Jo Malone herself appears in videos on the brand's site to speak about the emotions provoked in her by Pomelo, Green Orange & Coriander, Orange Tulle and Gardenia...
Continue reading "Jo Loves Pomelo, Green Orange & Coriander, Orange Tulle, Gardenia (2011) {4 New Fragrances}" »
 Vera Wang will extend their Princess franchise with Princess Night to be launched on January 11, 2012. The fragrance is labeled as an exotic-floral-woody concoction...
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 Dior have launched a new, limited edition of a perfume which they call Miss Dior Couture Edition. The confusing part can be felt over the choice of the name of the fragrance.
"Miss Dior" designates the original green leather chypre from 1947, which is still available today. The look of the" flacon on the other hand, with its palette of nude pinks, seems to be a reference to the new-generation "Miss Dior Chérie." Either there was a printing mistake on the label or the brand is playing an obscure branding strategy...
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 With recurring references to scents and that of Bella in particular, the Twilight Saga creates at times a sense of disquietingly perceptive olfactory sensations. As Breaking Dawn Part 1 is set to open in theaters on November 18, 2011, company Twilight Beauty are launching a new perfume called Immortal Twilight which is the interpretation of how Bella smells to Edward,
"Bella’s scent is irresistible to all vampires, especially Edward. The way she smells is otherworldly and one of the reasons Edward is powerfully drawn to her from the moment of their first encounter...."
Continue reading "Bella's Scent Captured in Immortal Twilight (2011) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scent}" »
 Lancôme are revealing a patrimonial mind-set this fall of 2011 with the launch of a new collection of perfumes which makes room for three re-editions from their archives. They are Peut-Être a women's perfume introduced first in 1937 which was also re-introduced in 2008 (see review); Balafre, a men's scent which originally launched in 1967; Mille et Une Roses, a fragrance meant to celebrate the new millenium and launched in 1999, with a later re-edition as well...
Continue reading "Lancôme Launch New Curated Collection Les Parfums Exclusifs (2011) {New Fragrances}" »
 L'Heure Convoitée II (The Coveted Hour) is the newest and 9th addition to the collection Les Heures du Parfum by Cartier which assembles the freer compositions of the house by in-house perfumer Mathilde Laurent. It is what Les Exclusifs are to Chanel, Hermessences to Hermès and La Collection Privée to Dior, only more selective still in terms of distribution and price. These collections are the special preserves of perfumers where one always expect to happen on rarer ideas and more personal introspections. The atmosphere of these selective libraries can be so choosy as to allow for the luxury of compositions that are more sketches than magisterial works.
This time, the inspiration is taken from the color red, like desire, and the atmosphere of a certain brand of light-hearted, playful French sensuality as built up in the song "Déshabillez-Moi" written by Robert Nyel, composed by Gaby Verlor, and interpreted by Juliette Gréco. Fetishistic notes have been used to suggest parts of the feminine body, but the composition turns out to be centered on carnation supported by two other main floral notes: red roses and iris....
Continue reading "Cartier Les Heures du Parfum L'Heure Convoitée (2011): Killer Carnation {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance}" »
L'Heure Convoitée II est la dernière oeuvre en date et la neuvième à paraître dans la collection très exclusive de Cartier, Les Heures du Parfum. Cette bibliothèque d'oeuvres choisies est destinée à regrouper les compositions plus libres de la parfumeuse-créatrice Mathilde Laurent qui se trouve être d'autre part le nez maison, chargée de créer tous les jus lancés sous le nom de la marque. Est-il besoin de le rappeler? Les Heures du Parfum sont à Cartier ce que Les Exclusifs sont à Chanel, Hermessences à Hermès et la Collection Privée à Dior. Ce sont là les prés carrés des parfumeurs où l'on s'attend plus qu'ailleurs à trouver des idées neuves et personnelles, les perles de la parfumerie contemporaine. Ces composition s'offrent même parfois le luxe d'être des esquisses plus que des oeuvres magistrales, car semble t-il, les idées priment et l'art est difficile. La composition, un fleuri oriental poudré, s'inspire, entre autres, de la couleur rouge désir et de l'atmosphère de sensualité mutine exprimée par Juliette Gréco chantant "Déshabillez-Moi", une chanson écrite par Robert Nyel and composée par Gaby Verlor. Des notes comme des allusions de fétichisme sexuel sont censées suggérer différentes parties du corps féminin. L'Heure Convoitée est un parfum d'oeillet accompagné de notes de roses rouges et d'iris....
Continue reading "Cartier Les Heures du Parfum L'Heure Convoitée (2011): Oeillet Oeillade {New Fragrance} {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 If you buy a celebrity fragrance for the celebrity and not the jus, then it must be because you want to purchase a piece of them. Madonna herself was inspired by the charisma of her own mother seen through her child's eyes and the memory of her fragrance to create her upcoming perfume, Truth or Dare. Although she doesn't say what compositions her mother wore, she picks out the notes as being those two great American pop icons, gardenia and tuberose,
“She always smelled like gardenias and tuberose, an intoxicating mixture [that was] feminine and mysterious. I wanted to re-create this scent, but with something fresh and new about it as well. Something honest and yet daring — hence the name Truth or Dare.”....
Continue reading "Madonna Makes Herself More Accessible with Truth or Dare (2012) {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Perfume}" »
 Spanish fashion brand Loewe have a new high-end, artisanal collection of four perfumes called La Coleccion which is aimed at capturing and presenting the four personalities of the house of Loewe established in 1846. The scents are named Loewe 1, 2, 3, 4 and were composed by perfumer Emilio Valeros...
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 Dolce & Gabbana have been working on a library of plush, velvety scents inspired by the aromas of the Mediterranean - Sicily in particular - and their fashion designs. The result looks like a baroque Italian version of Tom Ford Private Blend. Their constant themes of inspiration find new echoes in the collection called The Velvet Collection which is more niche, i.e., exclusive in tone, fragrance design, bottle styling, and price point. There are six new fragrances, three with mood titles and three with perfumery-ingredient titles: Velvet Sublime, Velvet Love, Velvet Desire, Velvet Wood, Velvet Vetiver, Velvet Patchouli...
Continue reading "Dolce & Gabbana Go Nicher with The Velvet Collection (2011) {6 New Fragrances}" »
 Jacomo have decided to address in a frontal manner the issue of the loss of personality and identity in a world which cultivates conformism with two new perfumes, a duo called It's Me for Her and It's Me for Him.
"it's me" is an affirmation of our singularity in a world which has a tendency to erase it :
it's my life, it's my love, it's my friends, it's my dreams, it's my feelings... it's me !....
Continue reading "Jacomo It's Me for Her and Him (2011): "So Me" {New Fragrances}" »
 Yves Saint Laurent have launched their latest iteration of Parisienne edp initially introduced in 2009 with muse Kate Moss. The fourth installment in the franchise is called Parisienne L'Essentiel and is fronted by French actress Marine Vacth. Each time, the brand has taken the original formula and attempted to insert it into a new fragrance family. It comes after the eau de parfum (woody-floral), eau de toilette (fruity-floral) and Parisienne à l'Extrême (floral chypre), now being billed as an ambery floriental...
Continue reading "Yves Saint Laurent Parisienne L'Essentiel Wants to Mesh Sensuality & Sophistication (2011) {New Fragrance} (2011) " »
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