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Luxury Industry News: 06/11/10

June 11, 2010

1.) Net-A-Porter Introduces Mr. Porter:“Online retail giant Net-a-Porter have just announced plans to add a menswear site to their empire. The boutique launched its discount sister site The Outnet last year and will now launch Mr Porter . . . Mr Porter will launch in time for Spring 2011 and is expected to go live [...]

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Wafting Through Paris: The Guided Tour (Part 1)

May 16, 2010

If you visit the Grain de Musc website, you’ll see two links under the heading ‘PARIS PERFUME PILGRIMAGE’ that say “Right Bank” and “Left Bank” — these are GdM author Denyse Beaulieu’s guides to perfume shopping one’s way through the great city of Paris, and I had the distinct pleasure of Denyse’s company on Wednesday [...]

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Notre Dame and the Louvre (or “Of Human Stench and Religious Exhalations”)

May 10, 2010

Today was about doing a couple of things that are, by seeming decree, necessary when one visits Paris for the first time: visiting the Louvre museum, and visiting the cathedral of Notre Dame. I’m not really big on huge crowds of people, so needless to say, both locations left me in need of a little [...]

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Natural Perfumer Mandy Aftel at Essenza in Seattle

April 25, 2010

Driving on our way to meet Mandy Aftel, who was appearing at Essenza in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle on Saturday, April 24th, Louise and I were talking about Aftel’s website and how we thought it could use a bit of a revamp. “She was mentioned by Forbes magazine as one of the top seven [...]

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Tauer Perfumes Giveaway Results

April 20, 2010

First, a big “Thank You!” to everyone for participating in the Orange Star giveaway. It was great to see the enthusiasm over Andy’s new fragrance, not to mention the brand new look for his bottles and packaging, and it’s always a pleasure to be able to give something back to the readers of this site. [...]

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Quick Sniffs: Maison Francis Kurkdjian APOM Pour Homme, Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris, Sonoma Scent Studio Incense Pure, Soivohle’ Studio Sonoran Leather

April 5, 2010

1.) MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJIAN APOM POUR HOMME: I tested this directly after my two week stint with L’Eau Serge Lutens, and the similarities were striking. Both sparkle, both are “fresh” in a bright, sunny and clean kind of way, with APOM Pour Homme even exhibiting a bit of that sweetened anise note that I detected [...]

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Photos: L’Eau Serge Lutens

March 31, 2010

We’ve all been there — days when the brain hits overload from too much input: morning traffic, talk radio, co-workers complaining in the break room, a loud stereo next door, one too many police sirens screaming past, a cellphone that never stops ringing. So adding a big, heavy, multi-layered fragrance to the mix seems like [...]

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Scentsless in Detroit: How the Asthma Trigger Has Been Used to Trump the Positive Benefits of Fragrance in the Workplace

March 16, 2010

On Monday, the LA Times posted the following article, which must have cut like a knife through the entire contemporary fragrance industry: Lawsuit settlement means no more perfume, aftershave or other scents for Detroit city workers — “Change is in the air for Detroit city workers. Officials plan to place warning placards in three city [...]

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Top Perfumes for Spring 2010: Trends and Rec’s

March 10, 2010

The fashion industry is an odd creature that shows its wares six months in advance of their actual arrival in the stores, which results in a kind of split-personality approach when trying to make forecasts for any particular season — yes, I can look back at the runway shows for “Spring 2010″ that showed back [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/26/10

February 26, 2010

1.) London Fashion week came and went, and now Milan is tossing styles down their runways (ending on Monday), followed by Paris all through next week. Just a few highlights so far: In London, the fashion crowd lost their minds for the Narciso Rodriguez model. 3.) Saks Fifth Avenue Does Better Than Expected:“Luxury department store [...]

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Serge Lutens

Luxury Industry News: 06/11/10

Wafting Through Paris: The Guided Tour (Part 1)

Notre Dame and the Louvre (or “Of Human Stench and Religious Exhalations”)

Natural Perfumer Mandy Aftel at Essenza in Seattle

Tauer Perfumes Giveaway Results

Quick Sniffs: Maison Francis Kurkdjian APOM Pour Homme, Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris, Sonoma Scent Studio Incense Pure, Soivohle’ Studio Sonoran Leather

Photos: L’Eau Serge Lutens

Scentsless in Detroit: How the Asthma Trigger Has Been Used to Trump the Positive Benefits of Fragrance in the Workplace

Top Perfumes for Spring 2010: Trends and Rec’s

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/26/10

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