Yesterday saw the unveiling of the new Emporio Armani underwear campaign fronted by soccer player David Beckham at Union Square Park in San Francisco, California.Ads used to be called sexist when women were undressed on them; we don't know what...
June 2008 Archives
Scented Quote of the Day About Guerlain Bon Vieux Temps...
Parisian Café by Gaetano de Las Heras, 1903 A conversation is "overheard" during the Belle Epoque in 1903 between two persons wearing Bon Vieux Temps by Guerlain. Note how the perfume was worn in an unisex fashion and the coquettry...
The New Perry Ellis for Men •• More Info {Fragrance News} {Shopping Tip}
The new Perry Ellis for Men is generating quite a buzz,what with the handsome bottle, the glam Italianate advertising and the teasing scent strips in the glossies from the end of spring 2008. After TSS posted earlier on about...
Ivanka Trump Likes To Wear....{What Perfumes Celebrities Like To Wear}
Ivanka Trump at the Whitney Contemporaries' Art Party and Auction on June 17, 2008 at Skylight in New York. Polaroid © Wireimage Ivanka Trump's Favorite Perfumes Ivanka Trump, the daughter of mogul estate developer Donald Trump - who himself...
Wolfgang Joop (2008) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}
Wolfgang Joop launched its first masculine cologne called Wolfgang Joop named after the founder of the fashion label who fronts the ad campaign. The brand is distinct from Joop! which was definitely let go of by its founder in 2001....
Serge Lutens Serge Noire (2008) •• "For You Ethereal Beauties! White Skins and Black Serge..." {New Perfume}
Photo © Alain Beulé/Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido The word "serge" may not be as commonly seen or heard nowadays as it was in the 19th and early 20th century, when this name designated a type of textile that...
Lalique White (2008) {New Fragrance} {Men's Cologne} - Thierry de Baschmakoff at Lalique {Fragrance News}
Crystal-maker Lalique will launch a new fragrance for men called Lalique White, first next week, exclusively at Harrods in London, and then worldwide in September 2008. The US and Middle East will only discover it in 2009. The scent...
The Musée International de la Parfumerie Will Reopen This Fall {Fragrance News} {Perfume Advert}
After announcing last year that the Musée International de la Parfumerie (International Museum of Perfumery), located in the south of France in the historical center of perfumery that Grasse is, would reopen in early 2008, the inauguration was delayed...
Byredo Green, Rose Noir, Gypsy Water, Pulp & Chembur: A New Cosmopolitan Swedish Name in Fragrance (2008) {New Perfumes - New Brand}
Byredo is a Stockholm-based newcomer onto the perfume scene as a brand founded by Ben Gorham, a graduate of the Stockholm Art School and an ex-student of interior design. Acting as creative director for the new line, he has...
Chanel Says Emma Is Not The One & Angelina Jolie To Team Up with Coty {Fragrance News}
A radiant and very preggy Angelina Jolie with Brad Pitt at Cannes Festival 2008 © Wireimage According to Cosmetics International, Emma Watson is not meant to be in the future of Chanel to replace Keira Knightley as the spokesmodel for...
Serge Lutens El Attarine (2008) {New Perfume}
We have an early announcement and preview of the new Serge Lutens perfume to come out in August 2008. Affirming the roots of his inspiration even further, it is named this time in Arabic El Attarine and is part...
Kate Moss Velvet Hour (2008) {New Perfume} {New Fragrance Ad} {Trend Alert}
Supermodel Kate Moss, who unbelievably looks like she is only 16 on some of her recent magazine ads, but looked more human in Berlin on June 13 in Berlin, i.e., 34, just went there to launch her newest and...
Prince Matchabelli Sexiest Musk (2008) {New Perfume}
Prince Matchabelli, a fragrance brand founded in 1926, now owned by Connecticut-based perfume company Parfums de Coeur, has released a new scent called Sexiest Musk. The flaming red packaging says it all,"Dare to try the world’s SEXIEST fragrance!Ready for...
Montana En Turquoise (2008) {New Fragrance} {New Perfume Ad}
Montana has issued a new limited-edition feminine fragrance for this summer called Montana en Turquoise. It is meant to evoke the Caribbean and is bottled in the signature sculptural flacon for the brand. You are perfume and live under...
Voluspa Apricot Nectar in the Mika Room & Body Spray Collection (2008) {Perfume Review} {Perfumista on a Shoestring}
Voluspa has put out a collection of four fragrances that can be used both as room sprays and body sprays in a collection titled Mika Room and Body Spray (not listed on their site). It features Apricot Nectar, Tart...