A French court on Wednesday rejected a claim from the cosmetics company L’Oréal that the online auctioneer eBay was profiting from sales of counterfeit perfumes. The court said that eBay was making a reasonable effort to keep fake goods off its site.
— From French Court Clears eBay in Selling Fake Goods at the New York Times.
Heeley has launched Ophélia, a new fragrance inspired by Shakespeare’s tragic heroine.
Ophélia was developed by perfumer Marion Fabre, and the notes feature orange, green stems, jasmine, ylang ylang, tuberose, moss and white musk…
Two of my favorite rosewood-scented products, SABÃO PAU ROSA, Brasil (a soap) and Bois de Rose Eau de Toilette, “disappeared” about 10 years ago. I can’t remember the names of their manufacturers, but I remember their fragrances and have been searching for replacements ever since. The rosewood soaps were bright-red glycerin ovals wrapped in lime-green paper with black-and-white lettering. Bois de Rose was made in Provence and came in pale pink boxes decorated with an old-fashioned drawing of a rosewood tree.
The last time I wore Bois de Rose perfume was on a summertime New Mexico vacation with my friend Susan. I vividly remember our Bois de Rose-scented holiday adventures. After we checked into our rooms at a Taos inn, the owner, while delivering fresh towels, assumed we had switched rooms — SURELY, no man would have so many toiletry items lined up on the bathroom counter mere minutes after arrival…
Chopard has introduced Cascade, the line’s latest fragrance for women. According to Chopard, Cascade…
…taps into the glamour and prestige of Chopard’s Haute Joaillerie association with celebrity and red carpet events…
Model Julia Restoin-Roitfeld in a "making of" for an upcoming Jil Sander fragrance called Jil (and yes, they've already done at least one scent with that name). The music is Pumpkin Soup by Kate Nash.