Amouage has launched a new fragrance duo in honor of their 25th anniversary. Jubilation 25 for women and Jubilation XXV for men…
…encapsulate emotions of hope, magic, passion and celebration utilizing the intensity of traditional Omani frankincense, a trademark for which the House is renowned in its goal to preserve the millennia old history of Arabian perfumery…
Every fragrance addict owns a few scented products that she (or he) privately opens just to sniff, even when she’s not using them; they may be actual perfumes, lotions or soaps, or even hair products. My latest confession in this area is my strange need to unscrew my jar of Kusco-Murphy Bedroom Hair and inhale its fragrance every time I spot the jar sitting on the bathroom counter.
Bedroom Hair is certainly attractive enough to leave out in plain view, unlike the squeezed-out tubes and brightly colored plastic bottles that are concealed under my sink. Its label design is a little bit romantic and little bit rock-and-roll, with gold, monogram-like letters scrolling across a purple background. The product inside is similarly enticing, a shimmering golden gel…
PROLIFERATION OF PERFUME BLOGS AND WANABE perfume EXPERT [...] Or better said Perfume aficionados and connoisseur? What is this new trend allowing People with no knowledge, no training, and no clue of our industry, opening Blog’s calling themselves “Perfume expert’s”, “Perfume Critic’s” or better yet “Perfumer’s”.
— Bernard Pommier doesn't like wannabe perfume bloggers. Read more at perfume2000. (found via salonaesthetica)
Smelling like Canada is sexy. A lovely walk in a forest by a stream? Sounds sexy to me. Who wouldn't want to smell that good?
— Designer Dan Caten of Dsquared on the brand's new fragrance, Dsquared He Wood. Read more at theglobeandmail.
I suppose November 2nd is a little early to start complaining about the cold, but hey, it’s cold! And I was lulled into complacency by our extra-long, signs-of-global-warming Indian summer. I just wasn’t ready for hats and gloves. I think I’ve mentioned before that I hate winter?
Now that winter has arrived despite my protests, as it usually does, I’ve pulled out two Parfumerie Generale fragrance releases from earlier in the year: Cadjmere and Un Crime Exotique. Both of them were “too much” when I first tried them in warmer weather; today, they get their second chance.
Cadjmere starts out sharp and green, with a short-lived hint of something that smells vaguely industrial and toxic mingling with a bit of orange-y citrus…
Sexual Fresh is the latest fragrance for men from Michel Germain:
Séxual fresh, Michel Germain’s crisp new men’s fragrance, is undeniably clean, masculine, and sexy, making it completely irresistible. The only fragrance to blend cool and warm notes together to create a crisp, cool sexiness, séxual fresh is the first of its kind – a revolutionary fragrance.
The notes include mandarin, grapefruit, bergamot, lavender, green oak moss and “a blend of aphrodisiacs so complex, that it is never to be revealed”…