The teaser for the upcoming commercial for Chanel No. 5, starring Audrey Tautou and Travis Davenport as a couple traveling on the Orient Express. The commercial was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Below the jump, more info from the press release and the “Making Of” video (in French), plus for anybody that missed it, the Nicole Kidman version from 2004.
UK Fifi Awards 2009 ~ the winners
The Fragrance Foundation UK held their annual Fifi Awards ceremony yesterday in London, and the winners are:
Best New Prestige Fragrance
Women’s: Estee Lauder Sensuous
Men’s: Dolce & Gabbana The One for Men Update: the men’s category was reported incorrectly on the Fifi blog, the award went to Paco Rabanne 1 Million…
Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme & La Nuit de L’Homme ~ fragrance reviews
Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme debuted in 2006 and has been a best-seller ever since; it is one of many fragrances that prove I do NOT have my finger on the pulse of the perfume-buying public. (L’Homme bores me.) I even nodded off as I read L’Homme’s notes list: bergamot, calone, ginger, basil, cedar, violet leaf, vetiver and tonka bean. I predicted, accurately, that L’Homme’s basil and ginger would be negligible and its bergamot, violet leaf and tonka would dominate.
L’Homme was created by the triumvirate of Anne Flipo, Pierre Wargnye and Dominique Ropion. L’Homme starts with warm (lightly gingered) bergamot and ozone, and it moves rapidly into (light) green territory (a touch of violet leaf). L’Homme ends comfortably on a plump cushion of amber-cedar-vanilla/tonka. L’Homme smells like standard-issue men’s perfume…
Quick perfume news ~ Coach, Fresh, Hillary Clinton, Diesel
Online fragrance shopping
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