Ready for another celebrity perfume? Nicole Richie is planning to launch her first, possibly titled "Different". (via contactmusic)
Designer Alberta Ferretti plans to launch a new perfume, and Anna Sui is working on her first fragrance for men. The Juicy Couture brand will also debut their first scent late next year. (via Women's Wear Daily)
Askmen.com has a list of "6 Hot Colognes" for men: 2 for daytime, 2 for the office, and 2 for evening wear.
Perfume, by William Kaufman, is yet another coffee-table type survey of the world of perfume. It offers a more detailed history of perfume than some of the other books reviewed here, starting with the use of aromatic materials in ancient Egypt, moving on to an overview of perfume flacons through the ages, and then tracing the origins of the modern perfume industry in France via the production of perfumed gloves in Grasse…
Rahät Loukoum was launched by Serge Lutens in 1998. The fragrance was inspired by the thick jellied candy that is popular as lokum in the Middle East, and known in the Western world as Turkish Delight (for a brief history, see the Turkish Delight entry in Wikipedia). It was created by nose Christopher Sheldrake, and the notes include fresh white almond, crushed cherry pits, hawthorn, heliotrope, Turkish rose, balsam, tonka bean, aldehydes, white honey, musk and vanilla.
Rahät Loukoum opens with tart cherry and a big dose of alcohol. As has often been noted, it smells pretty much like cherry cough syrup. The almond notes intensify over the next few minutes; the notes indicate “fresh” almonds, but to my nose they have the almost smoky scent of just-toasted almond slivers…
There is a round-up of the new fall fragrance launches (link no longer working, sorry!) in the Detroit Free Press.
In November, The American Society of Perfumers will award their Perfumers’ Choice Award. Finalists in the women's classics category are Clinique Aromatics Elixir, Paco Rabanne Calandre and Giorgio Beverly Hills. The men’s classic finalists are Giorgio Armani pour Homme, Davidoff Cool Water and Guerlain Vetiver. (via cosmeticworld)
Aramis will launch Always for her and for him, a fragrance duo fronted by tennis players Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf, next February.
The Always for him fragrance features lime, ginger, lemon, mandarin, marigold, cardamom, cedar and vetiver. It will be in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette and in matching grooming products…