Deal at b-glowing: with any purchase of $85 or more, get a "taste of spring", including Tisserand Aromatherapy Lavender Body Moisturizer, Shea Terra Organics Jasmine Body Essence and Apivita Propoline Rose Lip Aid. Coupon code is Spring, good while supplies last.
New at neimanmarcus: Nanette Lepore Shanghai Butterfly & Love bird.
Pierre Cardin will launch a summer variation on 2004's Revelation fragrance this March, Revelation Energy for men. The notes include tangerine, green apple, violet, may bloom, rose, sandalwood, teak, amber and musk.
Pierre Cardin Revelation Energy is a limited edition Eau de Toilette, and will be in 30 and 50 ml, Shower Gel & Deodorant. (via cosmoty.de)
Update: Additional notes include blackcurrant, pineapple, jasmine, leather and oakmoss. Revelation Energy was developed by perfumer Benoist Lapouza. (via fashionmag.fr)
Running late! Again! Reviews coming later in the week: Annick Goutal Vanille Exquise & Juozas Statkevicius Eau de Parfum. Also coming soon, a "Perfumista Tip" post on how to decant perfume, and any day now, that "100 Fragrances Every Perfumista Should Try" that I promised at the beginning of January, and that I never seem to finish. Every time I delete one perfume, I add two more.
Note: image of Bvlgari Omnia Amethyste via the forums at Images de Parfums. I want those earrings!
Desperate to get in the papers? Want Gucci to foot the bill? A Swiss man...
...conned one of the country's biggest media companies into publishing a two-page ad he created of himself posing semi-naked beside a bottle of Gucci perfume.
The man, who claimed to represent the Italian fashion giant, called up the Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung last week to book the expensive color spread in Sunday's edition, a spokesman for the paper said.
Christoph Zimmer told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the man asked for the 60,000-Swiss-franc (about $50,000) bill to be sent to Gucci.
Would love to see that picture! Read the rest at news.yahoo.
Update: two links to the picture, here and here, with thanks to Pyramus & Neeta!
Bendel's in New York City is looking for a new salesperson:
Henri Bendel, the Fifth Avenue luxury boutique, is looking for a salesperson to drive sales in its fragrance department. Candidates must have an innate curiosity and excitement for fragrance – how it is made, its history, and how to wear it with style. A background in fragrance selling is not a necessity but enthusiasm for learning about perfume is a must…