New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): La Maison de la Vanille Vanahe, Les Nereides Musc Samarkand.
New at luckyscent: Comme des Garcons Guerilla 1 & 2 (now shipping), Profumi di Pantelleria Maestrale, Ebba Miss Marisa & Miss Marisa Tropical body lotions, Sage body lotions, Anamor All That Matters, Les Nereides Musc Samarkand.
Cacharel will launch Noa Perle in September. The fragrance was created by Domitille Bertier and Olivier Polge, and includes notes of white peony, freesia, orange blossom, hazelnut blossom, kumquat, and pink pepper. (via crisalidepress.it & Parfum: Les Nouveautes)
Cacharel Noa Perle is an Eau de Parfum…
The New York Times has an interesting article that considers the results of recent rulings on the issue of perfume and intellectual property (see ruling in the Netherlands that said perfumes are covered by copyright, L'Oreal case against perfume copycats, French decision that perfumes can't be copyrighted). Are perfumers artists, or artisans? Jean Claude Ellena:
“When I write a perfume, the scents are the words,” he said. “And with these words I construct a story. There is breathing, and there are transitions, just as in sentences. Perfume, first of all, is a mental construction…”
Cologne Grand Siècle is no. 7 in the Parfumerie Generale line, which now comprises 15 fragrances. It was launched in 2005 and has notes of tangerine, bergamot, bitter orange, grapefruit, lemon, cardamom, herbs, ylang ylang, dry woods, vetiver and wheat.
I am very fond of classic colognes. The term cologne is now used somewhat generically to indicate any fragrance with a concentration that is less than an Eau de Toilette (usually that means less than 5%), but here I am referring to the descendants of the original, citrus-based Eau de Cologne first created in 1709 by Johann Maria Farina, an Italian perfumer who had settled in Cologne, Germany.
According to Parfumerie Generale, perfumer Pierre Guillaume limited his palette for Cologne Grand Siècle to natural, certified organic ingredients that would have been accessible in the 18th century…
Majenty is a new line of fragrances from Jennifer Auspitz, who has been working on the development of her initial trio of releases since 2004. The fragrances are formulated with pure, natural, and biodegradable ingredients.
Embrace the Day features gardenia, tuberose, jasmine and plumeria and evokes a “lush tropical lagoon”…