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Estée Lauder Sensuous Noir

Mary J. Blige My Life

Lisa Hoffman Madagascar Orchid

Marc Jacobs Bang

Chanel Bleu de Chanel

Nina Ricci Nina L'Elixir

Bio' Rêve Sensuelle

Houbigant Quelques Fleurs l'Original

Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia

Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar

Armani Acqua di Gioia: Take 2, The Lifestyle Fragrance Review

Armani Acqua di Gioia

Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum: Take 2, The Lifestyle Fragrance Review

Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum

Marc Jacobs Lola

Chloé Eau de Parfum Intense

Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights

Pacifica Malibu Lemon Blossom

Lush - Gorilla Perfumes Tuca Tuca

Parfums DelRae Coup de Foudre

Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle

Lubin Vétiver Bluff

Hermès Eau Claire des Merveilles

FlowerbyKenzo La Cologne

Gucci Guilty

By Kilian Rose Oud

Paco Rabanne Lady Million

Serge Lutens L'Eau

Dior Escale aux Marquises

Serge Lutens Bas de Soie

Gucci by Gucci Sport pour Homme

Chloé Capucine

Beyoncé Heat

Chanel Eau de Cologne (English Version)

Chanel Eau de Cologne (Version française)

Diptyque Vétyvério

Guerlain Vétiver pour Elle

Marc Jacobs Splash Collection 2010: Apple, Biscotti, Pomegranate

Caron Tubéreuse

Avon Outspoken by Fergie

PureDKNY

Jo Malone Iris and White Musk Cologne Intense

Jo Malone Cologne Intense Rose Water and Vanilla

Chanel Chance Eau Tendre

The Popularity of Clover Aroma and L.T. Piver Trèfle Incarnat in Literature and Perfume since the 19th Century - Part 1 

Balenciaga Paris Eau de Parfum

Perfume Images & Adverts Archive

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August 20, 2010

Be Unexpected, Bleu de Chanel: New Commercial by Martin Scorsese {Perfume Images & Ads}


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NUVO magazine have posted a preview of the new commercial signed by Martin Scorsese for Bleu de Chanel featuring Gaspard Ulliel and Ingrid Schram. There is also a second segment which is presented as a "trailer." You can watch them right after the jump...

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Gucci Guilty & Batman Logos Meet in New Commercial by Frank Miller {Perfume Images & Ads}


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Did we expect luxury designer Gucci to turn to Batman author Frank Miller to deliver a cartoon-inspired version of the Guilty girl (Rachel Evan Wood) meets the Guilty boy (Chris Evans)?...

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August 16, 2010

Dior Homme New Ad Campaign Signed by Guy Ritchie with Jude Law {Perfume Images & Adverts}


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Dior have released a teaser for their upcoming new fragrance ad campaign for Dior Homme (2005), an elegant root-y iris composition by perfumer Olivier Polge. Jude Law is the face of the cologne in a film directed by Guy Ritchie bathed in blue, reminiscent of the upcoming, pre-advertised Chanel Bleu de Chanel film directed by Martin Scorsese. At the same time, the color blue for Dior recalls their Lady with a blue bag extravaganza filmed in Shanghai with Marion Cotillard.

The next unveiling will take place on August 18, 2010. The film debuts on September 6th, 2010.

You can watch the teaser commercial after the jump. Music is Exogenesis Symphony by Muse...

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August 2, 2010

Penhaligon's Launches a Fleet of 5 Perfumed London Cabs {Fragrance News} {Perfume Images & Ads}


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Penhaligon's are playing both with the mystique of London cabs and fragrance by associating the two worlds in a creative ad campaign designed by the advertising agency DHM London which started this summer and will last for a year.

The cabs go further than sporting Penhaligon's stickers and want to create a special experience while crossing the city. They include a knowledgeable driver ready to answer questions about the fragrances created by the house and the brand...

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August 1, 2010

Commercial & Behind-the-Scenes for Armani Acqua di Gioia (2010) {Perfume Images & Ads}



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The launch of the latest fragrance by Armani, Acqua di Gioia, is the occasion for the brand to display a sense of lush cinematography. While marine and beach scents are often marketed and perceived as seasonal fragrances, the ambition of the commercial film seems to be rather to convey a sense of timeless romanticism and pure land of eternal joy as if to invite you to go back in mind always to a simpler and more beautiful place thanks to a few drops of perfume. Water becomes a symbolic element not just of relaxation and pleasure but taps into a more profound association with the idea of purification and its being an elemental building block of life.

The film features model Emily DiDonato. The music is Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra. The commercial evokes feature movies such as The Piano by Jane Campion and Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes and of course the documentary film about pink flamingos from which the music is excerpted, Les Ailes Pourpres. You Tube viewers are star struck by the commercial...

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July 21, 2010

First Look at the Outer Packaging for Jennifer Aniston EDP The Debut Fragrance {Perfume Images & Ads}


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We reported earlier on today that a new fragrance name had been proposed by Harrods for the new Jennifer Aniston perfume on the occasion of its worldwide premiere in London. Now entitled The Debut Fragrance on their merchant website, we wondered if we would find it printed on the outer box for the bottle of scent or just on a removable sticker given the rather dramatic upheavals which took place around the naming of the fragrance? Dramatic because Aniston herself made it seem like one of the earlier names for the eau de parfum, Lolavie, was so pregnant with meaning it was virtually impossible to explain what it meant exactly. 

Well, we were able to check the concrete object itself, namely the outer packaging, after receiving the following first two pictures of the event at Harrods. Pauline contributed the photos from London...

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June 24, 2010

Sento il Tuo Profumo: An Exhibition on Perfumes and Aromas in Art, 23 June - 8 July 2010 {Perfume Images & Ads}

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An exhibition organized by "Colletiva 5 Sensi" (The Five Senses Collective) opened on June 23, 2010 in Ferrare in Italy at Spazio d'Arte L'Altrove and will end on July 8, 2010. It is part of their series on Perfumes and Aromas in Art.

Sento Il Tuo Profumo (Smell Your Perfume) is curated by Elena Camomi and Francesca Mariotti. The exhibition features the works of a dozen artists.

Via exibart.com

June 21, 2010

Videos of Belle d'Opium Launch Party: Forbidden City + Psychedelic 70s {Perfume Images & Ads}

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The mood at the YSL Belle d'Opium launch party drew on several influences. The main stage was set to feel like a dark Parisian boîte but there were clearly references to the red lacquers of the Forbidden City in Beijing in homage to the Opium Wars which inspired the name of the original scent and the red bottle design. One progressed from a red light zone to a purple ambiance pulsating like a psychedelic show from the 1970S....

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June 18, 2010

Party Pictures from YSL Belle d'Opium Bash {Perfume Images & Ads}

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More party pictures from the Belle d'Opium bash in NYC have come in. Above is a glimpse of the new advert featuring actress Mélanie Thierry whose styling echoes the one for the more  canonical Opium Eau de Parfum. The bottle designed by Fabien Baron is beautiful and turns a deep shade of purple for Belle d'Opium. The nargileh accord that perfumer Honorine Blanc mentions for the new jus sounds great (hence the swirls of smoke on the ad). We're not sure if it is voluntary but the suggestive pose seems to refer to the traditional practice of fumigating your yoni, no?...

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Chloé Love, Chloé (2010): Launch Party Video: Welcome Back Charlie {New Fragrance} {Perfume Ads & Images}

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Further details emerged after our announcement yesterday about a new feminine fragrance by Chloé called - now we can confirm it - Love, Chloé. It will be available from September 2010.

The launch party was held in a 1970s revivalist atmosphere in Paris and when you catch a glimpse or two of the commercial directed by Roman Coppola (the son of and brother of), it really feels like Raquel Zimmerman's springy step and way of wearing her trousers and hair were inspired by the iconic Charlie commercials of the precisely said decade...

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June 17, 2010

Retro Commercials for Hai Karate Aftershave: "Be Careful How You Use It" {Perfume Ads & Images}


Hai Karate commercials from the 1960s-70s wanted to play upon the commonplace notion of the overwhelming seductive power of scent in a comical fashion. These ads are also called the Revenge of the Nerd and of The Guy Next Door (bed actually)...

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May 25, 2010

James Franco Lampoons Gucci Commercial: Gucci by Gooky {Perfume Images & Ads}


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The Harvard Lampoon and James Franco got together to make fun of the Gucci by Gucci pour Homme commercial. The video was up for while on You Tube it seems, then got taken down. Now it's back with the embed function disabled on the site but still sharable via Funny or Die (video after the jump)...

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May 24, 2010

New Advertising Campaign for Dior J'Adore with Charlize Theron {Perfume Images & Ads}


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Dior have launched a new advertising campaign which continues to feature actress Charlize Theron who has been the face of the best-selling fragrance since 2004, the year she won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Monster. The new campaign kicked off as Mother's Day in France on May 30th, 2010 is fast approaching and fragrance gift sets are appearing in every perfumeries...


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May 18, 2010

Beyoncé Heat (2010) {Perfume Review} {Celebrity Fragrance}


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O-letter-TSS-B.jpgOne question that people keep asking themselves when they think about buying a celebrity fragrance is how authentic is the affiliation of the celeb to the scent? Did the persons really put anything of themselves in it besides their names? Beyoncé preempted any doubts by saying,

"Everything, from the bottle design to the name and the ideas for the commercials -- that's me. When I commit to something, I do it 100 percent, and I've never had [creative control over a fragrance] until this project. I learned a lot of great things from the past -- but I always asked myself, 'If I could have my own scent, what would it be?' I wasn't worried about deadlines. It could have taken me three, four, however many years -- this was my first fragrance, and I wanted to make sure that it was something I would love forever." [WWD]

After discovering several celebrity fragrances that attempted to answer this nosy-parker question in a similar way and with their own means, I can say that I am pretty sure Heat reflects Beyoncé's preferences....

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May 9, 2010

Avon + Fergie Outspoken (2010): The Commercial & Behind-the-Scenes {Perfume Images & Ads} {Celebrity Fragrance}

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A-letter-tss-quaint-B.jpgAvon released the commercial for the new Outspoken by Fergie, "Say it like you mean it!" Fergie also appears in a behind-the-scenes shoot where by the way she appears much sweeter than in the commercial, did you notice? Perfumer Laurent Le Guernec of IFF makes an appearance to explain the ideas behind the fragrance which I reviewed here...


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