May 2009

Tauer Perfumes Une Rose Chyprée: And the Winner Is . . .

May 31, 2009

Let me dip my hand into the jar: Oh, the suspense! Who will win? It’s WaftByCarol! Carol, I’m sure you’ll love every last milliliter of your new bottle from Mr. Tauer (donated by the people at Lucky Scent for the giveaway). Lucky Scent also sent me a *very* generous pile of samples of Une Rose [...]

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Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Oude Arabique (extrait)

May 30, 2009

Oud is a fragrance category that a lot of western perfumers are working in lately, and with varying degrees of success (e.g. Montale, Le Labo, Amouage, M. Micallef). Now that Asian markets have become a big source of income for Western luxury and accessory brands, the hunt is on for scents that can bridge the [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 05/29/09

May 29, 2009

1.) Thierry Mugler Returns to the Fashion Stage for Beyonce:“Although Mugler took his last bow on the catwalk after his July 2000 couture show and the fashion line bearing his name became unviable and was closed down completely three years later, his influence has never been stronger. From cyber-chic metallic leggings and body-con dresses to [...]

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Versace: A Crisis of Confidence

May 27, 2009

On May 25th, Bloomberg News reported on a power struggle within Versace, pitting designer Donatella Versace (who owns 20% of the company) against Giancarlo Di Risio, the CEO who was hired to steer the company back into profitability after a number of bad design and marketing decisions put the Versace brand in financial trouble in [...]

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The Garden Party: Frangipani

May 26, 2009

Remember that over the top retro package that was The Party in Manhattan? A refresher below: Well, the same company has produced a few new fragrances for Spring/Summer called The Garden Party (Wisteria and Frangipani). The Garden Party Frangipani is the one I tested, and it’s a fitting companion piece to the deep, musky nature [...]

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Photos: Narciso Rodriguez Essence (for Her)

May 25, 2009

Denyse Beaulieu, over at Grain de Musc, alerted me to the new Narciso Rodriguez release, Essence — not because either of us cares about the fragrance (department store fruity musk), but because the bottle is so gosh darn cool! Let me quote from Denyse: “Have you ever heard me rave about bottles? No you haven’t. [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 05/22/09

May 22, 2009

1.) Perfume.com Loses That Sweet Smell of Success:“Sales declined 5.5% at Perfume.com in the first quarter and its parent company, Live Current Media Inc., says its ability to stay in business is in doubt . . . ‘Revenue growth was challenged as a result of continued softening of consumer discretionary spending in the U.S. market,’ [...]

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Tauer Perfumes Une Rose Chyprée (photos, review and a giveaway)

May 21, 2009

Mr. Tauer has created quite an uproar among the . . . well, easily uproarable perfume blogging crowd with the upcoming release of his Une Rose Chyprée. For the intensely nose-focused crowd, there’s always the search for something new, something exciting, something worth sniffing one’s self up into a lather about, and a new release [...]

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Aqaba by Aqaba (aka Aqaba Classic)

May 20, 2009

After the tuberose fueled kick of Sands of Aqaba, I’d prepared myself for another Aqaba roundhouse to the nose, yet Aqaba by Aqaba is a softer, more fluid creation . . . a kinder, gentler Aqaba. Aqaba is the name of a coastal city in the country of Jordan, signaling that the house of Aqaba [...]

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Yosh Trompeur (or “It’s Not Nice to Lie To Your Perfumer”)

May 19, 2009

So this is what I can gather — in 2005, independent perfumer Yosh Han created a fragrance called ‘The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things’ as an homage to the allegedly autobiographical collection of stories of the same name by writer JT Leroy: “Then there’s JT LeRoy, the 24-year-old reclusive cult figure whom Han has [...]

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