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Desperate Housewives Forbidden Fruit, The Thymes Kimono Rose & Chopard Pour Homme ~ new fragrances

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Desperate Housewives Forbidden Fruit fragranceForbidden Fruit, the debut fragrance from the television series Desperate Housewives, will be released as a Macy's exclusive this September:

Forbidden Fruit, concocted by Firmenich, is a fruity floriental. Top notes are of crisp Rome apples, orange flowers and ripe, juicy peaches, with a heart of wisteria (naturally, given the fact that the characters live on Wisteria Lane), jasmine, ylang-ylang and passion lily. The drydown is of cedarwood, sandalwood, vanilla and tonka bean.

Update: see a review of Desperate Housewives Forbidden Fruit.

The Thymes has launched Kimono Rose…

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The Christian Dior Poisons, part 2: Hypnotic Poison

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Christian Dior Hypnotic Poison fragrance amuletDior Hypnotic Poison advert

Yesterday’s subject was the original Christian Dior Poison fragrance and the follow-up effort, Tendre Poison; today I am continuing with Hypnotic Poison.

Christian Dior launched Hypnotic Poison in 1998, four years after Tendre Poison. Created by perfumer Annick Menardo, the fragrance is designed around four accords instead of the traditional top, middle and base pyramid:

Those are a bitter almond-caraway accord, a sambac jasmine accord, a moss-jacaranda wood accord and a vanilla-musk accord. The jasmine is particularly potent…It’s also the link with the original Poison. (via Women’s Wear Daily, 7/10/1998)

Hypnotic Poison was also the first fragrance released after John Galliano was brought in to revitalize the fashion side of things at Christian Dior, and was meant to resonate with his modern, theatrical design aesthetic…

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Oscar Island Flowers, Salvador Dali Purplelips, Armani Summer Mania ~ new fragrances

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Oscar de La Renta Oscar Island Flowers fragranceOscar de la Renta has launched Oscar Island Flowers (bottle shown at right), a fragrance with notes of orange, mandarin, dewdrops, hibiscus flower, freesia, vanilla, musk and cedar. It is available now at nordstrom.

Salvador Dali will launch Purplelips this September:

The perfumers for this latest venture were Antoine Lie and Guillaume Flavigny of Givaudan and notes include…

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The Christian Dior Poisons, part 1: Poison and Tendre Poison

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Christian Dior Poison fragrances

Poison was launched by Christian Dior in 1985. The fragrance was intended to revitalize the brand’s fragrance offerings, which had taken on a distinctly old-fashioned aura — before the release of Poison, the brand’s biggest seller was the 1947 fragrance Miss Dior.

Poison represented a break with Dior’s past in more ways than one. It was considerably more expensive than the fragrances which preceeded it in the Dior line, and had a more modern, youthful image. The name, however, is what caused most of the early controversy. Maurice Roger, the president of Parfums Christian Dior, noted at the time:

Finally, I realized you can afford to be a little controversial as long as your product is noble. There are some 56 launches a year in Europe and some 35 in the U.S. That’s a lot of noise….

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Online fragrance shopping

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New at beautyhabit: Diptyque Eau de Lierre; Anthousa Fig & Vetiver, Citrus Sorbet, White Tuberose and a trio set of all 3 in 5 ml perfume oils; and the new Tahiti candle from Tocca. Two deals: with any Red Flower order of $65 or more, get a full size Red Flower Soap in its own porcelain dish. With any order of $65 or more, get a Propoline Lip Aid (assorted formulas) with coupon code BHSOFT, offer good through 5/21 or while supplies last.

Deal from gloss: with any order of $50 or more, get free shipping plus a Gloss makeup brush trio and a set of samples that includes Chanel Sensual Elixir and No. 5 Velvet Body cream. Offer good today only.

Vote for your favorite products in the "Best of Sephora 2006", and get a chance to win a $1000 Gift Card plus each of the winners in all 24 categories. Offer good through 6/12 at sephora. New items include Givenchy Organza Jasmine Harvest edition, Boss Selection for men, Delices de Cartier.

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