Coming in March from Guerlain will be Habit Rouge Sport, a flanker to 1965's Habit Rouge fragrance for men.
Habit Rouge Sport is described as a fresher fragrance than the original Habit Rouge. The notes include citron vert, bitter orange, pink pepper, bambooo, jasmine, leather, vanilla and patchouli.
Guerlain Habit Rouge Sport will be available in 100 ml Eau de Toilettte…
Can one compare heroin addiction to perfume addiction? Recently, a quote from the book Opium: A History struck me: “heroin is…an escape to tranquility, a liberation from anxiety and stress…a way out of the drudgery of life.”* Some days I feel that way about my colognes, and a perfume habit, like a drug habit, can deplete my bank account, but at least perfume won’t kill me. (Please, no comments on the chemicals contained in perfumes…those I ignore.)
In 1874, pharmacist C.R. Alder Wright of Saint Mary’s Hospital, London, was experimenting to find a non-addictive replacement for the pain-killer supreme — morphine; Wright boiled morphine with acetic anhydride and created a new substance — diacetylmorphine. Twenty-four years later, the German chemist Heinrich Dreser of Bayer Laboratories (the “birthplace” of aspirin) in Elberfeld, Germany, used diacetylmorphine in a pain killer he named “Heroin” — from the German word heroisch (meaning “mighty, heroic”).* Bayer marketed Heroin as a remedy for tuberculosis, laryngitis, coughs and, most ironically, as a “possible cure for morphine addiction”.**
Heroin was celebrated as a wonder drug — five to eight times more powerful than morphine…
British pop singer Leona Lewis is set to launch her first perfume in conjunction with German brand LR:
I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to work on such an exciting project.
I am passionate about what I do and it is important for me to give the best I can to my fans all of the time…
Deal at 99perfume: take 10% off with coupon code TAKE10, good through 1/18.
Deal at b-glowing: take 20% off orders of $50 or more with coupon code devotee, good through 1/31.
New at luckyscent: the Omnia Profumo line.
New at theperfumeshoppe (Canada): Serge Lutens Feminite du Bois, phone or email orders only.
Calvin Klein will launch Euphoria Spring Temptation, a new limited edition flanker to 2005's Euphoria, this coming March.
Euphoria Spring Temptation was developed by perfumers Carlos Benaim and Loc Dong, who also worked on the original Euphoria perfume. The fragrance notes include lush pear blossom, guava leaf, fluid waterfall accord, pink lily, dewy violet, white sandalwood, pure frosted musk and untouched amber…