Jessica Simpson, who as previously reported signed a fragrance deal with Parlux last year, will launch her first fragrance, Fancy Jessica Simpson, next month. According to Simpson…
With Fancy, I wanted to create a pretty fragrance, one that I could be just as comfortable wearing on the red carpet or every day with my favorite jeans.
Ms. Simpson reportedly sought “a retro vintage look” and “a romantic and feminine scent”…
Notorious is the lastest feminine fragrance from Ralph Lauren, and it takes its cues from the “film noir classics of Alfred Hitchcock and other Hollywood greats”:
Described as a “daring new fragrance of timeless intrigue and boundless desire”, Notorious was inspired by the sexy, mysterious, self-possessed women of the golden age of film glamour, such as Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall and Faye Dunaway.*
The juice itself, by perfumer Olivier Gillotin, is classified as an oriental, and based on all the ad copy I was expecting something dark, maybe a bit edgy, maybe a bit femme fatale. Nope. Notorious reads more like a foody comfort scent…
New at fourseasonsproducts.com: Miller et Bertaux Shanti Shanti & A Quiet Morning.
New at sephora: Sarah Jessica Parker Covet Pure Blooom
Donna Maria Coles Johnson of The Indie Beauty Network talks about the FDA's proposed Globalization Act of 2008. The Indie Beauty Network feels the Act will place crippling burdens on independent cosmetic businesses, and hopes consumers and small business owners will sign their petition. Give it a listen. (found via naturalperfumersguild.blogspot)
Strictly speaking, this isn’t really a review, but in the interest of perfume geekery I’ll share my experience with the latest two fragrances (Escentric 02 and Molecule 02) from Escentric Molecules, the niche line of perfumer perfumer Geza Schoen.
When I “reviewed” Escentric 01 back in 2006, I found that the fragrance was so perfectly described by the brand’s own description that it was silly to say much more, so I just quoted the description and added a few words. The same is true of the new Escentric 02, so here is what Escentric Molecules had to say:
Escentric 02 uses an unparalleled concentration of ambroxan, in combination with vetiver and muscone, a particularly gorgeous nature-identical musk. Orris, elderflower extract and hedione lead into the instant effervescence of the topnote…