Packaging; brunch; nail polish; sweet meat; hard-to-place perfume; plywood; upscale perfume; knish; charcoal; garbage; suburban shampoo; calamari; ceviche; beeswax; falafel.
— The smells of the Bowery, from Scents and the City at the New York Times. (found via note de tête at twitter)
The Six Scents Fragrance Initiative will launch Six Scents Series Two next month. As was the case with Series One, the project will team six designers with six perfumers to create a series of limited edition fragrances:
Fragrance 1: Collage ~ by 3.1 Phillip Lim in collaboration with perfumer Nathalie Gracia-Cetto…
Kim Kardashian’s debut scent will reportedly launch next spring, under licensing arrangements with Lighthouse Beauty (they’re also doing Power by 50 Cent). Last year she said she was working with perfumer Caroline Sabas, but I don’t know anything else about the perfume itself. According to Kardashian, the fragrance “really captures” who she is. (via wwd)
Older news, but in case you missed it…
The commercial for Helena Rubinstein Wanted, starring actress Demi Moore. You can see the 'making of' here, and a video of perfumer Dominique Ropion talking about the fragrance development here.
Update: this video is no longer available, sorry!
Narciso Rodriguez has launched a limited edition duo of fragrances, the For Her and For Him Musc Collection, intended as “a tribute to musk”.
More captivating than ever. Narciso Rodriguez presents two exclusive limited editions: for her and for him musc collection…