Perfume bottle collectors and Shalimar aficionados can rejoice. As briefly reported previously, Guerlain is issuing for the holiday season a special limited edition of the great classic oriental perfume Shalimar called the "Shalimar édition limitée Noël". The striking transformation...
Scented Quote of the Day Archives
Scented Quote of the Day, from Sean Combs:
Sean Combs tells us what's what: "I am going to challenge my female counterparts, from J.Lo, Mariah (Carey), Sarah Jessica Parker to Gwen Stefani that my fragrance is better than theirs. "I am a man, and I know how a...
Interview of Hubert de Givenchy, Floral Scents are In, Q & A with Paco Rabanne, Men Like it Intense {The 5th sense in the News} {Scented Quote of the Day}
Hubert de Givenchy by Kai Jünemann There is a great interview of Hubert de Givenchy in L'Express. Incidentally, we were looking for a testimonial from a member of the signature-perfume school the other day when commenting on the article addressing...
Perfumer & Artistic Director François Demachy {Scented Quote of the Day} {Directory of Perfumers, Artistic Directors, & Fragrance Designers}
François Demachy was born in 1949 in Grasse. He is both a perfumer and a "super artistic director" for olfactory development at LVMH ( Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) since 2006, which oversees brands like Guerlain, Dior, Kenzo, Givenchy, Acqua...
Perfumer Daniela (Roche) Andrier {Scented Quote of the Day} {Directory of Perfumers, Artistic Directors, & Fragrance Designers}
Perfumer Daniela Andrier works for Givaudan and is, incidentally, the wife of its CEO, Gilles Andrier. She is also known under the names Daniela Roche and Daniela Roche-Andrier.Studied at: Ecole de Parfumerie Givaudan Creations include: La Perla Io by La...
Scented Quote of the Day, From Colette:
" The pure sensuality of jasmine, and its close relative bouvardia, the double odor of gardenia, the integrity of white tobacco depend on the one who wears them........
A New Book On Perfume By Christopher Brosius {Fragrant Reading} {Fragrant Shopping} {Scented Quote of the Day}
Perfumer Christopher Brosius of CB I Hate Perfume has a book coming out, which bears the title Scent: Mysteries of Perfume and The Smell of Happiness. The author is widely known for his work as a realistic and psychological...
Scented Quote of the Day, From Serge Lutens & {Fragrant Readings} Interviews of Serge Lutens, Mathilde Laurent, & Dennis Papithis
Yaffa Assouline asks: What is perfume to you?Serge Lutens: One doesn't make perfume uniquely from raw materials. A perfume is a composition of the mind, it's a personal experience, unexpected. It's not created in accord with society - it...
Queen Alexandra Loved to Wear......{Celebrity Perfumes} {What Celebrities Love to Wear} {Scented Quote of the Day}
Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and was reputed for her beauty as well as her sense of style (see center of the photo). She reportedly had an influence on the fashion...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Olivier Cresp:
"20 or 30 years ago perfumers were unknown and journalists would not come to interview them. Today in our industry people know what we create and our names are in magazines, we can be part of TV programs, etc....
Scented Quote of the Day, from Nathalie Rykiel:
I think it was an advantage not being a nose," [...] "The perfumer told me those two ingredients [incense and lavender] hadn't ever been used together, but that he would try. He did, and they smell wonderful. But if...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Pliny The Elder:
"The perfume of iris, from Corinth, was long held in the highest esteem, till that of Cyzicus came into fashion. It was the same, too, with the perfume of roses, from Phaselis, the repute of which was afterwards eclipsed...
Scented Quote of the Day, From Richard Doherty:
"Scents are like fashion -- The beauty is not intrinsic in the odour. It's in the eye of the beholder, or in this case the nose of the beholder." Notes: Richard Doherty is the director of the Smell and Taste...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Mark Helprin:
"At Moocock, an informal dinner awaited and a lively fire burned in cool air fresh with the scents of flowers. "It's very romantic" Fredericka said."I've never understood what it is," Freddy replied, "that moves women to think that a...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Peter Altenberg:
Perfume"As a child, rummaging around in the drawers of my beloved, oh so beautiful Mama, the desk made of mahogany and cut glass, I found an empty perfume bottle which still retained the potent scent of an unidentified fragrance.Many...