Parlux, the company that holds the license for the Paris Hilton fragrance line, has announced that the popular socialite will be honored with a “Celebrity of the Year” award at this year's Fifi Awards ceremony, sponsored by The Fragrance Foundation, in May. This is a new award category for the Fifis…
Giorgio Armani Attitude Extreme, Esprit Groovy Life ~ new fragrances
Giorgio Armani will launch Attitude Extreme, a new flanker to 2007's Armani Attitude for men, this month.
The new fragrance is described as more intense, seductive and masculine than the original; the notes feature lemon, star anise, cardamom, cedar, coffee, amber and patchouli…
I always hate going in there
SpongeBob & Patrick try to escape from somewhere (my son has left for school already so I can't ask him where they're being held captive) using the only available exit: through the perfume department.
Paolo Feminis invented Eau de Cologne
An ongoing row over who invented eau de cologne seemed to have been settled Monday after a researcher discovered an 18th-century note in a Paris library confirming that the perfume was created by Paolo Feminis.
— From Row over eau de cologne 'settled' at Ansa.it, with thanks to Jessica for the link!
Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum ~ perfume review
When I first dabbed Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum on my skin, I thought, this really reminds me of something. I tore to my perfume cabinet and looked at the bottles. What could it be? Something insistently spicy and a little astringent. Something with tobacco, maybe, and I definitely smelled coriander. I sniffed Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque and Chergui and dismissed them. L’Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two? No. Then I picked up a decant and lit on the answer: Kenzo Jungle L’Eléphant. Dianne Brill is nearly a dead ringer for L’Eléphant.
According to Chandler Burr’s review in the New York Times, Dianne Brill worked closely with Valérie Garnuch in developing the Dianne Brill fragrance. She wanted the fragrance to reflect the smell of an old piece of leather, a discontinued Kiehl’s body oil, wood from a construction site, sticky figs, a cigar box, and nutmeg (which Brill said reminded her of the smell of sweaty bodies at a disco in Mustique). Dianne Brill Eau de Parfum debuted in September 2008…