New at lacremebeauty: Skeem candles and the Bain du Marais line.
New at beautycafe: The new "Cool Tropic" collection from Comptoir Sud Pacifique, including Paradise, Palm, and Turquoise.
Christian Dior Diorissimo ~ fragrance review
Christian Dior Diorissimo was created by perfumer Edmond Roudnitska and released in 1956. According to Michael Edwards in Perfume Legends, Roudnitska was disturbed by the trend towards the heavier use of gourmand & sweet notes in perfumery, which resulted from efforts to balance out the new, sometimes harsh synthetics:
Not only were we pushing perfumes in the direction of food, but we were also putting too many ingredients into them. It made them too complicated and muddled. (quoted in Perfume Legends, p. 111)
Roudnitska was determined to simplify his approach; Diorissimo was the result…
The Scent Dome
Trisenx, a company in Savannah, Georgia, has released a device called a Scent Dome that will allow users to smell products sold online, or create and email their own scents. Read more about that and other innovations in scent technology at BusinessWeek Online.
5th Annual Basenotes Awards
Basenotes has released the winners of the 5th Annual Basenotes Awards, sponsored by beautycafe. Here are just a few of the winners:
WOMEN
Best Fragrance: Chanel no. 5
Best Niche Fragrance: Comme des Garcons 2…
Creed Fleur de The Rose Bulgare ~ perfume review
Creed was established in London in 1760, and has been passed down within the Creed family ever since. It is currently owned by sixth generation perfumer Olivier Creed, and will reportedly be passed in turn to his son Erwin. Original Vetiver, the unisex scent released in 2004, was the first Creed fragrance developed jointly by Olivier and Erwin.
Fleur de Thé Rose Bulgare may have been created in 1890, as perfumeworld suggests, or it may have been created in 1959 for Natalie Wood, as escentual claims, or perhaps it was Ava Gardner…