New at beautycafe: now accepting pre-orders of Bond no. 9 Bryant Park.
New at sephora: Dunhill Pursuit, Valentino Rock 'n Rose, Michael Kors Island Hawaii.
New at your-cosmetics: the Parfums de Rosine & Dr Vranjes lines.
Groups organizing boycott of IFRA’s 40th Amendment, part 2
The controversy over IFRA's 40th Amendment continues (please read the background here). Since my last post on the subject on 9 February, Perfumer & Flavorist first extended the deadline for their poll asking respondents if they favored a boycott, then closed the poll altogether after IFRA complained.
Now Tony Burfield has an article on Basenotes explaining Cropwatch's position. I haven't the patience to follow all the regulatory background, but if you read it carefully, you'll find the part that explains why Mitsouko doesn't smell like Mitsouko any more…
News flash #2: buying perfume is REALLY dull these days
[Advance warning: this is a continuation of yesterday's rant, and it is even more grumpy and long-winded. You might best leave now and come back tomorrow, when we'll have a cheerful review of something or another.]
So. There were apparently 205 fragrance releases in 1996; this year, we are expecting 800. Perfumes are being developed and brought to market at an increasingly rapid pace, and fragrance companies are having to find ever more innovative ways to get consumer attention. But time stands still in one crucial area: retailing.
If you were to have been standing at a perfume counter in a mid-tier department store sometime in say, 1987, and through some miracle of technology and fate, you were frozen in time, only to be brought back to life in the exact same spot in 2007, you'd be more likely to suffer from boredom than future shock…
Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche ~ new fragrance
Chanel will launch Chance Eau Fraîche, a new lighter version of 2002’s Chance fragrance, next month…
Perfume in the news: Britney!
“We have a long-standing and very successful relationship with Britney Spears. We care about her personally and remain completely supportive of her,” the beauty company said in a statement, after a New York Post story on Wednesday outlined how her recent antics may be hurting sales.
— Elizabeth Arden says it will stand by Britney, even if buyers are turned off Midnight Fantasy after she shaved her head. Read the rest at MSNBC. Elsewhere: Britney enters rehab for the third time this week. (CNN)