Kenzo has launched Les Eaux de Fleur, a trio of limited edition floral fragrances for women:
Eau De Fleur de Soie (shown) ~ “the silk flower”, a floral with fruity accents; developed by perfumer Jean Jacques…
Scented laptops from Asus
Taiwan-based Asus has launched the F6 series of limited edition scented laptops:
Enjoy a breath of fresh air in the world of personal laptops and celebrate individuality with the ASUS F6 scented notebooks…
Givenchy Absolutely Irresistible ~ new fragrance
This November, Givenchy will launch the latest flanker to their Very Irrésistible fragrance for women: Absolutely Irrésistible Givenchy (no relation to last year's Absolutely Givenchy). Absolutely Irrésistible is positioned as “more glamorous and higher-end” than the other scents in the range, and is fronted by brand spokesmodel Liv Tyler…
Anna Sui Night of Fancy, Mark Earth ~ new fragrances
Anna Sui has launched Night of Fancy, a follow-up to last year’s Flight of Fancy…
Obsessed to the point of disease
The worst problem affecting the perfume industry, Turin says, is “a complete lack of art direction. Nobody realises that every great perfume was art-directed by somebody who had a clear vision of what he wanted, above and beyond the perfumer. There is fantastic cohesion between the smell, the bottle, the colour, the packaging — the whole thing is amazing, miraculous, not random. That doesn’t happen very often: now you’ve got some guy in marketing and a tie-in with some model. Art direction is why Serge Lutens [the famous creator of Shiseido Nombre Noire (sic)] is such a genius; he is obsessed to the point of disease”.
— Columnist India Knight talks to Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, authors of Perfumes: The Guide, in Chemical Romance at the UK Times Online. Thanks to Bela for the link!
Fashion writer Colin McDowell will be talking to Luca Turin at a "Style Lecture" on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 6 pm in London. The event is open to the public (tickets are £20); see the details here.