Estee Lauder will launch Sensuous, a new woody amber fragrance for women, this coming July. Karyn Khoury, Estee Lauder's senior vice president of corporate fragrance development, noted:
We wanted to reinvent woods for women — the concept was to create a scent that evoked a molten river of woods. We felt that we had a real opportunity to broaden our reach with this fragrance…
The Fragrance Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for the 2008 Fifi Awards, known as the “Oscars of the fragrance industry”. Note that some categories show more than 10 fragrances because of tied votes, and unisex fragrances can appear in more than one category. The distinction between the categories “nouveau niche” and “luxe” is simply in how widely distributed the fragrances are (it has nothing to do with price or any other factor).
Each category will be whittled down to 5 fragrances at the Fifi Finalists Breakfast on April 25th; the final awards will be presented in May. The award statue is shown at right. And the finalists are:
Agent Provocateur Maitresse
Giorgio Armani Armani Privé Rose Alexandrie
Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory
Bond No. 9 Bryant Park
Bond No. 9 Saks Fifth Avenue for Her
Burberry Brit Sheer
Gucci by Gucci
L'Artisan Parfumeur Iris Pallida
L'Artisan Parfumeur L’Eau de Jatamansi
Prada Infusion D’Iris
Versace by Versace
Robert Piguet Visa…
Estee Lauder launched Azuree Soleil in 2006 as a limited edition body oil. It was part of the “Tom Ford Estee Lauder Collection” or somesuch, and the body oil returned in the summer of 2007, along with a new Azuree Soleil Eau Fraiche Skinscent formula. As I understand it, now that Tom Ford's own brand (under the Estee Lauder umbrella) is off and running, we won't be seeing any more joint Tom Ford-Estee Lauder products, so Azuree Soleil is kaput (as is Youth Dew Amber Nude).
Fans of Azuree Soleil needn't worry; Estee Lauder's new Bronze Goddess is very nearly the same thing, in fact, only the fragrance-obsessed will notice (or care about) the difference. They're both tropical beach-y scents, and the Azuree Soleil I thought of as not exactly suntan oil-ish, but as what suntan oil ought to smell like…
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New at sephora: Calvin Klein Eternity Summer, CK One Summer, Ferragamo Incanto Heaven, Stella McCartney Stella Sheer.
New at sephora.fr (France): Yves Saint Laurent Opium Poesie de Chine.
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Kenzo has launched Flower by Kenzo Summer:
Refreshingly light and just in time for summer, Flower By Kenzo marries the spicy sparkle of ginger with the ice-cold softness of litchi sorbet and the suave zest of mandarin. Then comes the floral, musky notes of Parma violet and freesia, exuding caressing undertones. White musk and incense fix the fragrance on the skin…