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 Sensuous Noir by Estée Lauder ($48; $60) is the latest feminine launch by the beauty company. It arrives on the market two years after the original Sensuous which was seen as a move to step back from the floral portfolio at Estée Lauder and ride on the woods trend for women. The fragrance was developed by Karyn
Khoury, Senior Vice President, Corporate
Fragrance Development Worldwide, The Estée Lauder Companies and Evelyn
Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President, The Estée Lauder Companies, in
cooperation with Firmenich's Annie Buzantian. According to the press release, the idea behind this new iteration is the following, "Sensuality as an experience and as an emotion has a very broad spectrum of expression. There are many moods, many facets, many shades of sensuality, which range from the more luminous expression of Sensuous to deeper, darker, more mysterious expressions," says Karyn Khoury, Senior Vice President of Corporate Fragrance Development Worldwide, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. "This concept of further exploring a darker, more mysterious olfactive territory and deeper shades of sensuality inspired the creation of Sensuous Noir."
Notes: Exotic purple rose, night blooming jasmine, rose essence,
black pepper / melted woods Nature Print, crème noir, richly faceted,
earthy and elusive Patchouli Prisma, spiced lily / benzoin, creamy
vanilla, rich honey, glowing amber. The fragrance opens on a honeyed woody impression which quickly becomes more animalic and musky. There might even be a hint of leather, an illusion which can be created by a benzoin note. The fragrance after letting out these facets settles for a more linear mode. The composition then gently deepens, becomes more tangibly woody-buttery, thus reconnecting with the signature accord of its forebear, Sensuous (2008). The woody accents this time combine the famous "molten woods" sensation with drier, dustier notes of wood evoking cedar and later sandalwood in the drydown. The alliance of musk and cedar together with light florals is particularly felicitous and pleasurable to smell. It recalls flower beds fertilized with cedar wood chips to my nose. The scent is warm and welcoming. The honey is soft. The amber betrays a hint of water so as to acknowledge the taste for freshness and in order not be polarizing. The woody accord is centering...
Continue reading "Estée Lauder Sensuous Noir (2010): Sensuous in the Evening in Public Spaces {Fragrance Review}" »
Mary J. Blige My Life by Carol's Daughter is one of the latest celebrity fragrances to appear on the market and certainly the one which was most talked about in recent memory for its record-breaking sales on HSN on July 31st 2010, the day of its exclusive on air and online introduction. According to Harlem World, During the first 6 hours, 10 000 bottles of perfume were sold each hour. 20% more customers tuned in. 10 000 people signed up for regular shipping of the fragrance. And all this was based only on Mary J. Blige's charisma, the link her fans feel with her and perhaps a phenomenon of instant, real-time mutually encouraging shopping spree and unfolding popularity. As the media commented again and again, the bestseller's takeoff was solely based on intangibles such as trust and love for the person behind the scent as no one could tell for sure what fragrance would come out of the heart-shaped flacon gilded with the words "My Life." The one note that was released in advance must have been the most laconic press preview ever: expect tuberose. Then 4 days before the HSN launch, Blige unveiled a little more saying that My Life was for women "who love tuberose, love jasmine, love fruit," she says. "It's all there." The name comes from one of the singer's albums, the one through which Blige says her fans have most connected to her. The decision to launch My Life on HSN was deliberate and bold. Next to nothing filtered prior to the official introduction and there was a strategic reason for it. According to the Associated Press,
"A year ago, we were strategizing and asking, `What could we do to
differentiate ourselves in the beauty business?'" adds HSN CEO Mindy
Grossman. "The whole experience of buying fragrance now: I don't find
it compelling. I think it's a big opportunity. ... Buying a scent is
buying a smell, but you're also buying what it means to you, what went
into it."....
Continue reading "Mary J. Blige My Life (2010): Sweet Melopia {Fragrance Review}" »
 As previously said, Bang is the new Marc Jacobs scent for men after an 8-year lapse in masculine perfumery, since Marc Jacobs for Men. Coty reportedly approached Jacobs with the idea of a new men's launch and while the fragrance is not officially a celebrity fragrance it was conceived in a similar spirit in my view by a company which specializes in this type of autobiographical fragrances. No perfumer names are given except the name of company Givaudan and that of fragrance developer Ann Gottlieb whose name is behind many commercial successes in perfumery. A dedicated Bang website has been set up. The main olfactory idea behind Bang - and not just its starting point as I found out - relies on the effect of showcasing Marc Jacobs's personal taste in fragrance. The designer explained himself that, "I wanted to do something that I would love," said Jacobs. "I
particularly like spice notes, especially pepper, so that became a
starting place."
Smelling Bang is discovering, as befits the genre of celebrity wardrobe fragrance (see Fergie Outspoken), a remix of favorite scents worn by Jacobs and already available on the market, but condensed, blended together.
Notes: Pink, black, white peppercorns, warm primal masculine woods, elemi, benzoin resin, vetyver, white moss, patchouli...
Continue reading "Marc Jacobs Bang (2010): Niche for the Masses {New Fragrance} {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 The dark blue color of the sky above Deauville at dusk © The Scented Salamander Bleu de Chanel is the latest masculine to be launched by the luxury house of fashion. You can read more about the background story here, here, here and here. The composition is signed by perfumer Jacques Polge who usually works with input from perfumer Christopher Sheldrake. Polge said of Bleu, "With Bleu de Chanel, I wanted something frank, direct and pure in a
masculine scent,..I did trials with all of the raw
materials that we are constantly fine-tuning, and I searched for what
we could do and say that was different from what has already been done.
And of course, something that could strike a chord with men today. Bleu
de Chanel is reduced to its essential elements, in other words:
freshness, spiciness and dry woodiness. It's also a very sexy
fragrance!"
While the meticulous fine-tuning is perceptible in the new composition, Bleu de Chanel is not what one would call a flashily original perfume, but rather it is a subtly original work. The sum of the efforts that were put in the fragrance does translate in the end in a perfume with unique qualities, but if you were to think of originality as being like a shift in a paradigm as evident as the clap of thunder, this is not what takes place here. However, accepting the scent of Bleu de Chanel will mean accepting the idea that a marine accord is not just for sportswear but universally elegant, accept a certain dreamy, poetical quality associated with a mainstream fragrance, and accept a certain blurring of the lines in terms of gender. Notes: citrus fruits, deep blue sea accord, grapefruit, peppermint, pink pepper, nutmeg, ginger, cedar, jasmine, patchouli, frankincense, labdanum. Bleu de Chanel opens on a complex and addictive accord of seascape smells and woods, all this with a suggestion of salty booziness, energized by a wedge of lime, warmed by ambery fruits. The composition evokes a familiar outdoorsy accord of masculine perfumery only here it has been both refined and intensified and made in my view to feel utterly seductive...
Continue reading "Chanel Bleu de Chanel (2010): L'Heure Bleue by Chanel {Fragrance Review}" »
 Nina L'Elixir is the latest addition to the Nina portfolio which was inaugurated in 2006 to popular commercial acclaim with Nina Eau de Toilette. Perfumer Olivier Cresp working in tandem with Jacques Cavallier then, continued doing with it in a way what had been his signature, lucky pairing of sensual oriental notes with gourmand ones in Angel by Thierry Mugler, but also to a lesser degree in Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbanna with its crisp Granny Smith apple note, both major commercial successes. Other Nina flankers have been added yearly both sustained by and encouraging of the success of Nina which has reportedly sold more than 11 millions bottles worldwide. Nina L'Elixir is not just another slavish flanker but a real revisit of the composition by Olivier Cresp signing solo this time. One should not stop at the notes description nor official age-targeting for thinking about experiencing the perfume. The fragrance weaves complex aromatic codes which makes it a veritable mirror of the olfactory sensibilities of today. But most of all it is also a very good composition with a distinct, recognizable and easy-to-remember signature, a rare and coveted quality which can be said to be a holy grail of perfumery achievement...
Continue reading "Nina Ricci Nina L'Elixir (2010) {Fragrance Review}" »
  The history of Quelques Fleurs (1912) by Houbigant Est. 1775, is so compelling and interconnected with that of other significant perfumes that it is today a reminder to me of why I do not review those deep historical fragrances more often: they reveal so many ramifications and further pockets of shadows to shed light on, that it is difficult to contain all the information and questions within one article. It is probably actually laughable to try to do so. In fragrance anthologies, and for some reason, Quelques Fleurs is often overlooked as preference is usually given to L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain when proposing a canon of classics for and around the year 1912. I had therefore to simplify and decided to offer three short comparative reviews of three versions of Quelques Fleurs which I have available at hand and make them be preceded by a general historical summary. This is a project which was triggered by the reception of the most recent version of the perfume, a recreation entrusted to fragrance expert and unflagging defender of the great classics, Roja Dove of Haute Parfumerie at Harrods. He worked in collaboration with the Perris family who are now the proprietors to the rights to Houbigant fragrances as their grand-father had ties with the original Houbigant family, we were told. The re-worked jus was re-introduced in 2009, the last one in a series of relaunches and tribulations in the course of its existence. Again, for some reason, Quelques Fleurs does not merit a separate treatment even in the book signed by Dove, The Essence of Perfume. Quelques Fleurs is an early floral aldehydic perfume which inspired in particular the creation of Chanel No.5 in 1921, with a detour for Ernest Beaux the nose of No.5, via Le Bouquet de Catherine (1913) which was meant for the Russian market. I happen to have at my disposal the version which was reintroduced in 1985 as "Quelques Fleurs l'Original." The Neiman Marcus site, which also sells the Quelques Fleurs Royale version, states about the 2009 version that, "The true Quelques Fleurs formula has never been published. An ancient
formula still kept in the family archives, this fragrance will never be
duplicated. The blend of soft, sensual florals uses over 250 different
raw materials and more than 15,000 flowers to create just one ounce of
Quelques Fleurs eau de parfum."...
Continue reading "Houbigant Quelques Fleurs (1912 / 2009): 3 Stages of its Existence {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 The weather has been rather ambiguous this year in Paris, alternating between regular spring and summer and odd bouts of atypical, quirky weather. As we progress into August, again the temperatures seem to hesitate between muggy and hot and cool and autumnal. In the mornings, you can feel an anticipatory atmosphere of crisp fall air with in the background promises of burning fall leaves and mounds of apples. In the afternoons, it still can be sultry inviting you to wear a big moaning tropical floral while you get a chance...
Continue reading "Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia (2010): Wanted Rustling Russet Leaves {Fragrance Review} {New Perfume}" »
 Warm Vanilla Sugar Eau de Toilette by Bath and Body Works (2007) (to be distinguished from the 2006 limited-edition BBW Seductive Perfume Mist Warm Vanilla Sugar) has an interesting background story to it. It was specifically designed by perfumer David Apel, like a puzzle to be solved, to consist of the most popular common notes which he could find both in the European and American markets at the time he was inspired to create it. Veltol, which is another name for Ethyl Maltol and which smells of cotton candy and caramel, is one of the 8 transatlantic notes. "I looked at [the top fragrances in the] US Market and the European market -- they were completely different." At the time, gourmand notes dominated in Europe, while the US list was ruled by "very aquatic, sheer" scents. I made a compilation of just the raw materials that were common between the two," he says. "There were only eight. Those eight raw materials in that proportion is Warm Vanilla Sugar by BBW. Everyone said, "This will never sell,"but we presented it and [the client] snapped it up. It's fun to find some kind of puzzle." [Perfumer & Flavorist Magazine]
Notes: sheer florals, vanilla absolute / Basmati rice, coconut, vanilla absolute / vanilla absolute, heliotrope, musk, Veltol, sandalwood. The perfume opens on an airy floral, orchid-like note of vanilla with a nuance for me of exotic Jackfruit followed next by a more toffee-like impression of sweets but enlivened and spiced up by a hint of smokiness. Yes, smoke can feel like spice for its wake-up-call effect and light jolt given to the nerves...
Continue reading "Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar (2007): Euro-American Cultural Curio {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 For a shorter, lifestyle fragrance review of Acqua di Gioia, please see here. Armani's latest launch is Acqua di Gioia, the soul sister to Acqua di Gio a perennial masculine bestseller. Offering a less neutral image, it may come across as a limited-edition marine for summer while in fact the rain-forest and sea backdrop are arguably more like the creation of the conditions of mental escapism to be experienced at leisure. What struck me the most about this work is its sophisticated fragrance structure and its ability to please the senses each time in a varied fashion, something that has less to do with natural raw materials as is traditional than with precisely the structure of the scent. Notes: crushed mint leaves, Calabrian Limone Primo Fiore Femminello / pink pepper, aquatic jasmine and dewy peony / cedarwood heart, brown sugar and labdanum. Marine, aquatic fragrances can suffer a priori from the perception that they have issues with paleness, lack of substance and the suspicion that like milk during WWII during the occupation of Paris, they were watered down. Unless their very temperament is exaggerated and idealized so as to become pure style, they will always appear to feel a bit famished and vanquished next to their richer sisters. In a certain sense, introducing the idea of water into the palette of sensations covered by perfume is going against the ages-old ideal representation of a fragrance as a special quintessential distillation meant to intoxicate the senses thanks to its sheer complexity and opulence. Water is traditionally the refuse and by-product part of an essence-extraction process, you turn it into a floral water, not perfume actually. Fy! The relationship of wine to fine perfume therefore reveals probably materially more affinities than that of water to perfume (see Kyphi), unless we are talking about archaic symbolism translated into fragrance motifs and effects, something I could experience when reviewing L'Eau by Serge Lutens. Although I am not averse to watery perfumes, I can feel less urgency when spotting a new fragrance which is clearly going to replay the water-fall theme in any obvious manner. The fact that the print advertising for Acqua di Gioia is like a feminine version of Homme by Guerlain (same color palette, same jungle thematic) did little to make me feel this could be a distinctive launch. The TV advertising is more atmospheric and soigné and better conveys the desire of the fragrance to be lasting and timeless. There was also a bus-shelter ad campaign in France...
Continue reading "Armani Acqua di Gioia (2010): Jukebox-Fragrance {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance}" »
  If you don't have the time to peruse a long review, there's a short, more practical Lifestyle-oriented version of it here. Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum has been one of the most anticipated
celebrity perfumes by the internet in part due to tabloid-worthy
material regarding her personal life around the Brangelina axis of
attention as well as her own, rapid fluctuations
and speculations surrounding the name of her debut perfume and finally,
the preview tagline coined by Aniston herself who gave the new
fragrance as being " a nonperfume perfume." Mmmm, interesting. As
an observer of the perfume scene, one can only be struck in the case of
this launch with the constant discrepancy appearing between discourse
and actual juice as if Jennifer Aniston had had time to change her mind
50 times before finally settling on the opposite of what she claimed
she would do. Thus the quirky, inscrutable "Lolavie" is replaced by the
much more sedate and self-evident "Jennifer Aniston eau de parfum" and
the "nonperfume perfume", it turns out, seems to be laughing somewhat
at its own description. Even the official description of the fragrance
is rather misleading, calling attention to the chasm existing between
the copy writer's and the perfumer's languages. In the end though,
Aniston apparently wholly embraces the result, saying '... it's turned out to be an extension of myself as opposed to slapping my name on something." JF
EDP could get our prize for most confusing, complicated and discrepant
fragrance launch so far this year. Even Aniston's own descriptions of
the perfume culled from a Women's Wear Daily interview at the time the
perfume was announced as Lolavie are like hearing someone talk past the
composition: " floral, but not too flowery," and ".. most of all I wanted it to smell natural" and " I am not a big perfume-y fragrance fan"
are not exactly what comes to mind when smelling the perfume -- well,
perhaps the first descriptor is still defensible, but the second and
third ones, hardly. Notes: citrus grove accord, rose water / night
blooming jasmine, wild violets, Amazon lily /
sensual musk, golden amber, sandalwood.... 
Continue reading "Jennifer Aniston EDP (2010): Remake Made in Hollywood {Perfume Review & Musings} {Celebrity Fragrance}" »
 Lola by Marc Jacobs, we were told when it was set to come out last year, is a more smoldering Daisy. The flacons containing the perfume look fab. They are putting frilly back into fashion. When the bottles seem to have sucked all the energy out of the creative team, you can usually hear a rumor of suspicion arising that the jus inside is bound to have been trimmed of its best ingredients. All you can hope for in this economy where real perfumes are dead and faux shampoos abound is to get a luxury version of a hair rinse, some would say. But, surprise! This is counting without the extremely skilled perfumer who created the fragrance Lola, Calice Becker, the author also of J'Adore by Dior and many others (see here). Her style, from what I have seen of it, can attain perfection from a technical point of view, and although she seems to refute the term, appear neo-classical in its capacity to balance out almost any jus into a curvy formula which leaves no room at the seams. As for herself, she prefers to talk of an assemblage of moods and I agree with this characterization for this perfume, as I find it very atmospheric when you discover it for the first time especially. Her style is also commercial in the best professional sense of the term in that she seems to be able to juggle successfully marketing and aesthetic concerns instead of being weighed down by tensions inherent to her profession. She co-created the scent with perfumer Yann Vasnier. Fragrance consultant Anne Gottlieb is also credited for the job. Calice Becker said about the main idea for the perfume, "I was inspired to create a feeling to reflect the color violet, a very saturated, rich, warm color of femininity. I wanted the perfume to convey the same intensity and vibrancy of this jewel-like violet which is fun, sexy yet elegant. Just like Lola." ....
Continue reading "Marc Jacobs Lola (2009): Femme-Fatale Accord {Perfume Review & Musings}" »
 Fancy Nights by Jessica Simpson is the third fragrance by the pop star following Fancy (2008) and Fancy Love (2009.) This time around, we were forewarned that the perfume would be particularly sensual. While I cannot deny the work on a deepening of sensual accords, what strikes me even more than this velvetier atmosphere are rarer things such as a sense of humor and a certain spirit of anti-conformism. Labeled as a spicy floral oriental, Fancy Nights is one of those fragrances that are not just an inert addition of notes that will smell pretty like an image. It reveals a certain psychological depth and dynamism. Right along the material perfume notes of citrusy bergamot,
papyrus, patchouli,
Bulgarian red rose, Night Blooming Jasmine, creamy vanilla, soft sandalwood, amber and
oakmoss, you'd need to write: a good dose of humor, playfulness, a spirit of independence. I am almost tempted to use the word "wit" but it wouldn't fit completely as I do not sense that indispensable pinch of cynicism that you need to add to shake it and get wit. This is not the perfume made by someone observing Jessica Simpson from a distance, Oscar-Wilde-like, pulling a well-rehearsed line written on a folded paper from his pocket - Wilde was a dreadful histrion and left nothing to chance - but rather a fresh pop art portrait of Jessica Simpson painted by perfumer Steve de Mercado, which additionally captures well a more general American pop-culture ambiance. This may sound odd, but to me, there is very much of an Independence-Day accord in this perfume...
Continue reading "Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights (2010): American Gum-Popping Princess {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scents}" »
 Coup de Foudre by Parfums DelRae is the new fragrance by the San-Francisco perfume brand founded by DelRae Roth in 2000. It is offered as a rose composition signed by perfumer Yann Vasnier who also created last year's iris composition by the same house called Mythique. The name which means "Love at First Sight" in French is an allusion to DelRae Roth's as well as Yann Vasnier's love of roses rather than to a throbbing love story. As Roth confirmed when I asked her about the inspiration for the scent, which I thought might contain an allusion to Diane de Poitiers's known predilection for rose and lily of the valley, (she dedicated an iris perfume to Diane de Poitiers in 2009.) She confirmed that " Diane de Poitiers was not part of the inspiration for Coup de Foudre, although I do, without a doubt, think she would love Coup de Foudre. My personal love of roses and my own romantic sensibilities were my inspiration. And, Yann loves roses too!"
In her newsletter, DelRae Roth penned her background story, "Roses have always been my favorite flowers. In their infinite variety
they never disappoint. For years I collected books on roses and made
lists of my favorites. I often went to the various rose gardens in the
area; the Berkeley rose garden, the rose garden in Golden Gate Park and
others. But I never had a rose garden. And then-- years ago I rented a
small cottage in Berkeley hidden at the back of a very large and
overgrown parcel. On my birthday one year, I came home from work to
find my brother Patrick had transformed this urban jungle into a rose
garden."
Notes: spicy pink peppercorn, bergamot, Italian lemon 'sfumatrice', pink grapefruit, Rose de Mai France Orpur absolute, Purple Peony, Egyptian jasmine absolute, creamy magnolia Orpur, geranium bourbon, tonka from Venezuela, vetyver, white moss, velvet musks... 
Summer Roses by Cora Ogden
Continue reading "Parfums DelRae Coup de Foudre (2010): Rose Lover's Cup of Tea {Perfume Review & Musings} {Rose Notebook}" »
 Une Rose au Bord de la Mer (A Rose by the Seaside) by Les Parfums de Rosine is the latest opus by the house destined to women
(Rosissime is their latest masculine cologne) and the third one in the
range of the Eaux Légères (Light Waters) for the summer. It is a limited-edition which
was released in May of 2010 in a timely fashion to coincide with
the period of anticipation of holidays by the sea. The Eau Fraîche was
composed by perfumer François Robert and is his second "marine floral" for the house after Ecume de Rose (Rose Sea Spray) (2002). At
this point in the genealogy of modern marine perfumes (see A 19th Century Precursor of Marine Scents), it appears
that the challenge is to refine the concept, if not necessarily renew it, while
still carving out the
possibility for fine perfumery to paint artistic, evocative marine
landscapes. The fresh seaside
breeze accord having become such a signature in home fragrances, not to
mention the more localized bathroom fragrances, there is the risk of an
automatic sentiment of a lack of refinement when smelling a scent which feels too much like a smell counterfeiting the sea. Indeed, a
seaside holiday is a symbolic currency worth something these days...  Roses and Koi by David Kroll, 2008
Continue reading "Les Parfums de Rosine Une Rose au Bord de la Mer (2010) {Perfume Review & Musings} {Rose Notebook}" »
  Tubéreuse Crimininelle (Criminal Tuberose) must be the most medicinal tuberose
composition that breathes under the sun. It smells for the first part
of its life like a tuberose escaped from a psychiatric ward after
having been committed there by a malevolent, evil perfumer who wanted to drown her floral beauty in antiseptic Listerine and shut her out behind closed walls. Serge Lutens together with Christopher Sheldrake seem to weave the tale of a tuberose murder plot where one twin disappears to be replaced by her identical, much tamer one. In perfumery, some notes are reputed to be difficult in a technical sense. Where tuberose is concerned, it would be how to showcase it without it taking over all the other fragrance notes due to its sheer natural heady presence. The solution which was found here seems to have been to have her be subjugated by one of her facets, the one most susceptible to come across as bitchy and cold as she can be: camphor. Both tuberose and camphor have this uncanny gift of being able to suggest stillness and death. Later on, the perfumers tuned down, lobotomized the tuberose to make her more adaptable to the norms of society and the difficulty of creating a narrative tuberose soliflore, not just a rebottled tuberose absolute. Notes: tuberose, jasmine, orange blossom, hyacinth, styrax, musk, vanilla. At first, the perfume is like a distortion of the scent of tuberose seen through the
eyes of someone who wants to embalm the beautiful, lushious tuberose in
cryogenic fluids. Or make her a necklace with moth balls. Or hide her
away in a camphor sarcophagus. The nose that created it both hates it (1st
part) and loves it (2nd part.) -- maybe just "likes it" on second
thoughts as the tuberose seems singularly quiet and gentle after having been seemingly ready
to freeze you with a glacial Medusa stare...
Continue reading "Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle (1999): The Perfumers Killed the Tuberose {Perfume Review & Musings} " »
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