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 LA-based Stark Waxing Studio are launching a new perfume oil this month called Stark Scented Oil. Its scent is inspired by a popular candle carried by the studio, the Silver Lake candle, which was issued 5 years ago. It's popular enough among customers that they decided to take it a step further to make it both wearable and portable. In keeping with the aesthetic preferences of a current of mainstream Californian perfumery, it's a perfume oil and it's a roll-on and it's not meant to intoxicate the senses but rather to underline one's sensuality discreetly and cleanly (see Kai)...
Continue reading "Stark Scented Oil (2012): Inspired by a Popular Los Angeles Candle {New Perfume}" »
 It is customary in diplomatic exchanges to offer gifts. For his first visit to the White House which starts today May 18th 2012 on the occasions of the G8 and OTAN meetings, the newly elected French president François Hollande is reported to bring presents for Michelle Obama that are unusual...
Continue reading "Presidental Gifts from France for Michelle Obama - Update {Beauty Notes} {Fashion Notes} {Celebrity Beauty}" »
 Bouquet de roses by Maurice de Vlaminck
By Marie-Hélène Wagner At the very least, a perfume signals simple luxury and care, like the gesture of offering a bouquet of flowers. Likewise, it's a pause in the day, a parenthesis of beauty in the succession of ordinary events. A perfume which is a soliflore would paradoxically signal the effect of the bouquet of flowers brought back to you from the florist best.
 Perfumer Josephine "Jo" Catapano, one of the pioneer women perfumers working within the fragrance industry, passed away on May 14, 2012 in Scarsdale, N.Y. aged 93. She is the author of Norell by Norell, Youth-Dew, Cinnabar and JHL by Estée Lauder but also Fidji by Guy Laroche and Zen by Shiseido (the black bottle), among others.
While her international perfume creations are famous and her name is well-known among specialists, as a person, she was not widely publicized by the media as it's become more and more customary to do so today. The perfumer belonged to an era of perfumery creation where authorship was less sharply defined - for most professional noses. The profession was also more clearly invested by men...
Continue reading "One of the Greats, Perfumer Josephine Catapano Passed Away (December 29, 1918 - May 14, 2012)" »
 Parisian fragrance house Parfums de Nicolaï released a new perfume for summer called L'Eau à la Folie, which means literally put "Crazy about Water" in French. It inscribes itself smack dab in the midst of a vogue for water-themed perfumes this spring-summer 2012. This "original creation" specifies the house signed by perfumer Patricia de Nicolaï is inspired by a spicy Andalusian Mojito cocktail accord...
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If you are a frequent hand washer, or if you suffer from dry skin, there's this great liquid soap by French brand Le Petit Marseillais called Fleur d'Oranger (Orange Blossom or Bitter Orange). It smells good, releasing the light nuances of an Eau de Cologne spiked with a good dose of orange blossom. More to the point and the reason why we recommend it is that it's a great product for those who insist on washing their hands at every turn. If you have dry skin - and even if you don't normally - but it gets stripped off by insensitive liquid soaps, this is the only one we've found that works as a hydrating liquid soap...
Continue reading "Le Petit Marseillais Fleur d'Oranger for Frequent Hand Washers {Beauty Notes - Bath & Body}" »
 The BBC reports about a robotic invention utilizing olfaction as a signal that your name was mentioned somewhere on the Internet. The mini robot is called Oily, short for "olfactory"...
Continue reading "This Robot Smells when Your Name is Mentioned Online {The 5th Sense in the News}" »
 Diesel have launched a new, fresher iteration of Diesel Fuel for Life for Him called Fuel for Life L'Eau. This spring, there is a surf wave of L'Eau-themed fragrances. Not only that, but they all bear practically the same subtitle: "L'Eau", "The Water"...
Continue reading "Diesel Fuel for Life L'Eau (2012) {New Perfume} {Men's Cologne}" »
 Frédéric Malle of Editions de Parfums was interviewed by Die Welt Online on May 5th, 2012. It's another opportunity for the publisher of perfumes which gives Parfüm-Verleger in German to talk about what makes his brand distinctive....
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Kenzo launched a new duo of fragrances for Her and Him called L'Eau 2 Kenzo for Her and Him. It is a new limited-edition flanker to L'Eau (1996) issued in the big era of aquatic fragrances, the 90s. Those are making a comeback this spring with a slew of L'Eau-themed perfumes. "Kenzo reinvents water. It becomes permeated with the vibrations of the city which gives it a novel energy. To play, to seduce, to be friends, 2. L'EAU2KENZO offers a seductive game which is friendly and spontaneous." (Our own translation)....
Continue reading "Kenzo L'Eau2Kenzo for Her & Him (2012): Text the Freshness to your Sex Friend {New Perfumes} {Perfume Images & Ads}" »
 Guerlain have inaugurated new window displays in Paris for their new-generation Shalimar, Shalimar Parfum Initial launched last year.
They are charming, aren't they? Paper represents the frailty of scent so well. Love paper art in general. The woman reflection in the window is not part of the ad. It's a reflection from across the street. Picture: ©The Scented Salamander - MimiFroufrou.com
 Versailles is getting quite a bit of traction these days in fashion circles. Chanel will present their next collection there. Dior did a perfume campaign for J'Adore last year in the Galerie des Glaces. The latest reason to showcase the castle is Dior fashion for the Fall 2012 collection. You can see after the jump how Dior went from a busy and bustling atmosphere capturing the headiness of a fashion collection for J'Adore to a much more dreamlike and pensive contemplation of the feminine form, more or less dressed and undressed. Model Daria Strokus stars in the commercial supported by Melissa Stasiuk and Xiao Wen Ju.
Music by Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence" is particularly good at drawing a bridge with the past, suggesting a space once inhabited by courtiers and by legendary figure Marie-Antoinette, now left empty, haunted by the souvenir of grandeur and supreme elegance...
Continue reading "Dior Secret Garden Revisits Versailles Once More After J'Adore Campaign {Fashion Notes} {Perfume Images & Ads} " »
 Lancôme are proposing a special edition for Mother's Day 2012 which sees the classic bottle of Trésor become decorated with a Swarovski crystal necklace shaped as a heart.
The 30 ml bottle is also proposed at a Socialist pricing point, 24,95€ (instead of 42,95€). This means more perfume happiness for more moms!
 Jewelry and perfume house Cartier have introduced a new concentration for Baiser Volé (Stolen Kiss), now available in Extrait de Parfum, the highest concentration in fine perfumery. The scent is described as a "parfum with an amazing sillage".
Available in 30 ml.
 Businessman Diego Della Valle announced on Monday May 7, 2012 that he will be at the helm of the project of having the house of Schiaparelli be reborn of its ashes. The fashion label founded by Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1920s closed down in 1954. At its height, it was known for its flamboyance and affinity with Surrealism. Della Valle is the man behind the revival of Roger Vivier footwear and perfume...
Continue reading "Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion to be Reborn, Including Perfume {Fragrance News} {Fashion Notes}" »
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