Dior Star* will launch in duty free in July, and feautures bergamot, mandarin tree petitgrain, honeysuckle, peony, sugared almonds and musks.
Kouros is releasing a new summer limited edition, Eau d'Ete, based on rosemary and cedar. (via moodiereport)
In a special promotion to help fight breast cancer, Dana Classic Fragrances will release special limited edition pink ribbon sets of Love's Baby Soft and Chantilly this September. (via perfume2000)
Sali Oguri moved to New York from Japan at age 5, and has been singing professionally since she was 16 years old. For 10 years, she was the on-camera host for the television series “New Yorkers” on NHK Japan network, and she also hosted the radio show “Switch On New York” for 2 years. You can read a more detailed biography on her website.
Those of you who frequent the fragrance forum at MakeupAlley know Sali as songscent, and she also posts on the Perfume Addicts board as perfsong1. Sali has recently released her first indie solo CD and perfume, Pink Manhattan: Sensorium of Song & Scent. Whatever limited qualifications I have to write about perfume certainly don’t extend to music, so I will say only that Sali has a lovely voice, and I really enjoyed listening to her CD.
Pink Manhattan Purrfume has notes of peach, pear, plum blossom, pink hibiscus, calla lily, gardenia, French vanilla, and musk. It starts with a juicy peach note, and happily, it is neither the heavy, canned peach that I find in some oils, nor the plastic, fruit roll-up variety. It just smells like a nice, fresh peach…
Bourbon French is having a summer sale: get 10% off all orders of $25 or more, now through July 15. Thanks to Leigh for passing on the news!
Perfumebay has a series of summer coupons: In June, code summer gets $5 off a $50 purchase; in July, code july4 gets $10 off a $80 purchase; in August, code coolsummer gets $5 off a $50 purchase.
Update: Get free shipping and a free sample of your choice with any purchase from jomalone, not sure how long this offer lasts.
The Living With Art Gallery in NYC is hosting a series of installations by photographer Laurent Elie Badessi and perfumer Christophe Laudamiel:
The installations play with the interaction between image, color and scent -- palpable and impalpable. "Iconosm", a new word coined by the artists, comes from the ancient Greek words icon (image) and osme (scent). "The sense of smell which is directly linked to one's subconscious dramatically heightens the viewer's emotional state". The various scents are specifically designed for and indissociable from each installation, including one originally developed as part of a study with NASA.
Living With Art is located at 153 Lafayette Street, 7th floor, and the exhibit runs through July 9. (via press release from Living With Art)
Roberto Cavalli will launch a new fragrance for women, Serpentine, this fall. The fragrance, created by nose “Jacques Cavallier of Firmenich, is built around notes of mango flower combined with mandarin, tiare flower and amber.” (via cosmeticnews) Additional notes include artemisia, frangipani, black pepper and tolu balm. Roberto Cavalli Serpentine is an Eau de Parfum and is available in 30, 50 and 100 ml and in matching body products.
Bogner Man will be released this month in Europe…