THAT crisp apple colour and that crisp apple smell could one day come out of the same ink-jet printer, if an idea hatched in a Japanese lab takes off. Using technology from existing ink-jet printers, the idea is to generate evocative aromas to complement images on your computer or TV, from the scent of a mown lawn in a family photo to truffles in a cookery show.
— From With this printer, what you see is what you smell at NewScientist. Many thanks to JolieFleurs for the link!
Three perfumes — Le Labo Another 13, Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia and Lust by Gorilla Perfume at Lush — in search of a theme. Sorry folks, we have no theme.
Le Labo’s new Another 13, their limited edition fragrance with AnOther magazine, is one of several recent ambrox-heavy1 scents. Unlike Juliette Has A Gun’s Not A Perfume, this one is actually a perfume, that is, someone (in this case, perfumer Nathalie Lorson) took the time to mix the ambrox with other notes (in this case, apple, pear, green citrus and ambrette).
Anyone remember Escentric 02 by Escentric Molecules? That was another ambrox vehicle, and despite the completely different notes (it featured vetiver, muscone, orris, elderflower extract and hedione), they’re not as different as they sound. Maybe anything with lots of ambrox is going to end up smelling mostly like ambrox? Mind you, they’re far from identical…
Teen pop star Justin Bieber will launch My World, his debut fragrance, next month on Black Friday. The unisex scent will not be sold as a liquid, though — for now, it will be sold at Wal Mart as scent-infused wristbands and dog tags…
Perfumer Aliénor Massenet talks about John Galliano Parlez Moi d’Amour. Below the jump, perfumers Yann Vasnier and Aurelien Guichard talk briefly (at the 1 minute mark) about Tommy Hilfiger Loud.
New at avon: Herve Leger Homme & Femme.
New at beautyhabit: Ablution colognes.
New at boots (UK): Tommy Hilfiger Loud, Paul Smith Man 2.
New at escentual (UK): Lanvin Marry Me.
New at macys: Ed Hardy Born Wild.