"Traditionally trained perfumers, their instinct is always to go with something that smells pretty," says Brosius. "I'm not interested in pretty. It's reality that I find beautiful."
— Perfumer Christopher Brosius of CB I Hate Perfume, quoted in Coming to a boutique near you: scent of a naked man at Globe and Mail.
It's Friday, and I'm lazy, as I usually am on Friday (ok, I'm pretty lazy most days). Today's poll was suggested by reader Nile Goddess (who as you may remember was recently the subject of a Monday Mail feature). She wants us all to name all the "smell alike" fragrances we can. They don't have to be exact duplicates, just reasonable substitutes. Extra points for coming up with a reasonable substitute for a discontinued fragrance.
Note: the very pretty ad for Annick Goutal Petite Cherie is via Images de Parfums, and it has nothing to do with anything, it's just pretty.
The French Court of Appeals today denied eBay’s petition to stay an injunction issued June 30 by a Parisian court that requires eBay to halt all sales of four LVMH perfumes [Kenzo, Guerlain, Dior, Givenchy] over any site worldwide that is accessible from France, according to an eBay spokesperson.
[...] The lower court’s order bans not just sales of counterfeits, but sales of genuine bottles of these perfumes [...] According to lawyers for both sides, the injunction even forbids individuals from reselling genuine LVMH products that they received as gifts.
— Read more at Fortune Magazine's Legal Pad blog. And if you missed them, see part 1 and part 2.
David and Victoria Beckham will launch a new duo of fragrances, Beckham Signature for Her and Beckham Signature for Him, this coming September. Unlike their prior mass market launches, the new scents will launch in prestige department stores.
Beckham Signature for Her (shown) is a fruity floriental developed by perfumer Sylvie Fischer (who also created Intimately Beckham Night for Men), and includes notes of anise flower, candy apple, orchid, heliotrope, vanilla, patchouli, amber and musk…