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 Fragrance Conspiracy presents itself on its business card as an alternative distributor of rare perfumes, the ones in particular created by artistic director Rami Mekdachi a former musician who is now well-known for having a knack in bringing out the soul and personality of a place and translating it into perfumes......
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François Joyaux, who used to be best known as a specialist of political sciences and Asia (cf. La Nouvelle Question d'Extrême-Orient), has become a renowned rose expert and author. He has already written several books on the topic including his latest one bearing the title Les Roses de l'Impératrice: la rosomanie au temps de Joséphine (The Roses of the Empress: rose mania in the times of Joséphine), in which he studies the rose craze in the society of the First Empire which reflected itself in all aspects of culture and society from architectural ornamentation to rose collecting. Joséphine de Beauharnais in particular is famous for having developed a unique collection of roses in the greenhouses at Malmaison, which were drawn very precisely by artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) and published in a book of prints called Les Roses (1817-1824)....... Rosa Gallica Charles de Mills
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The Russian news agency Regnum has announced that a new perfume museum has opened its doors yesterday in the ancient capital of the tsars in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. It is located on the territory of the Severnoe Siyanie (Aurora Borealis) perfume manufactory plant. The collection comprises unique artifacts of the art of perfumery from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, cosmetics from the revolutionary and war periods, samples of fine Soviet perfumes, including legendary ones.....
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Perfumery workshops as well as perfume tourism are becoming increasingly popular in France. Following this trend, the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hôtel is organizing an exhibition and event about perfumes called Parfums d'Eté or Summer Scents that will run next month from July 2nd to the 30th.......
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Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club, a New York retaurant in the Upper East Side is a place where celebrities like to mingle and has already attracted the likes of "...Bill Clinton, Peter Cook, Billy Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Chris Noth, Fat Joe, The Gastineau Girls, Spike Lee, Kim Cattral, and Fergie, the Duchess of York, Joan Rivers, and Cindy Adams." They are offering female readers of The Scented Salamander the exciting opportunity to drink, dine, and dance in style for 50% off on Sunday nights ! We were precisely reading an article about Everybody Eats There and thinking about some analogies with perfume-wearing by celebs; but more on that later......
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I saw that Opus Oils had created a fragrance for Rouge Beauty. For the sake of cataloguing fragrance destinations, here is their address in the French Quarter in New Orleans, next to Hove and French Bourbon (I plan to review some of the latter's scents in a bit by the way): 901 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
(French Quarter)
Tel: 504-528-8686
The French Embassy and the Alliance Française in Bangkok, Thailand are organizing an exhibition on Art & Perfume called Senseless Essences that will take place from June 27 to July 25 2007 at the Gaysorn Plaza........
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Gail Gordon together with her sister Suzan Theriault have opened a new beauty spot in Rockland, Maine called Harbor Beauty Bar. The main concept here is to offer beauty products and fragrances as you would showcase jewelry and to do so in sea-resort towns. The owners are natives of Rockland. They plan to open another boutique in the future in Newport, Rhode Island. Their new sanctuary carries some carefully selected fragrances and beauty products, including men's beauty products. Source: Press release
The Musée Christian Dior à Granville is organizing a new exhibition celebrating the 60 years of the fashion house and the 10 years of the museum. The exhibit is called 60 Années Hautes En Couleur (60 Colorful Years). It will run from May 13 to September 23 2007 (the information is not yet up on the site).....
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Around the time of the 60th Cannes Cinema Festival (16-27 mai 2007), Jo Malone will open a new boutique on the 10th of May 2007 near the Croisette. People are invited to discover the joys of "fragrance combining"and their best-seller, Lime Basil and Mandarin.
Address: 25, rue d'Antibes. Source: Au Féminin
 Perfume designer Stéphanie de Saint-Aignan now has a website through which one can contact her. Each year, she puts out a new collection. However, if one becomes dearly attached to a particular fragrance, one can use the coupon found with each purchased bottle and register. This gives you the possibility to order copies of the fragrance at any time in the future as long as the brand is alive.
www.stephaniedesaintaignan.com Source: Nicolas Olczyk
 This is a picture of a perfume vial salvaged from the Titanic. It will be exhibited at the Ontario Science Center for the exhibition called The Artifact Exhibition. It is described as "a perfume vial from Adolphe Saalfeld, a perfume maker from Manchester who was heading to New York [in 1912]to take advantage of the booming perfume market,"........
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Starting in May of 2007, Guerlain will inaugurate a new series of perfumery workshops that will be open to the public. There will be workshops for adults called Les Contes Parfumés (Perfumed Tales) where 10 people at a time will be initiated to the history of Guerlain and to the creation of a perfume.....
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 The Musée International de la Parfumerie de Grasse will reopen in early 2008 after having closed in December of 2005 to conduct its renovation project. The new museum will have doubled its size to 3000 m2 and will be organized around three locations: the Hôtel Morel-Amic, an 18th century building, the Pélissier building, and the existing museum. The architect for the project is Frédéric Joung.The ARMIP (Association for the International Perfume Museum), led by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena, has contributed to the project. The permanent collection will be curated by Marie-Christine Grasse. Source: Cosmetic News
 Galeries Lafayettes in Paris is organizing two exhibitions inspired by the vegetal world called Jungle D'Eden (Jungle of Eden) and Les Paradis Artificiels (Artificial Paradises). Attractions in the first exhibition include a flower bar where one will be able to taste edible flowers and cocktails mixing flowers and fruits.....
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