The forbidden ingredients this time round are so extensive that I am asking myself, to give you an analogy, how could a baker make bread without flour? Substituting some materials with others is an option but it is possible that some fragrances will never see the light of day. This has already happened to me three times.
— Serge Lutens, talking about IFRA regulations, in There’s a bad whiff about this fuss over fragrance at the London Evening Standard. Thanks to Anya for the link!
Lolita Lempicka will launch Minuit Noir in October. The new fragrance for women is a limited edition flanker to the original Lolita Lempicka scent, now known as Lolita Lempicka Le Premier Parfum…
The usual open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you're hoping to try soon, the last perfume you changed your mind about, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: image is untitled by Minette Layne at flickr; some rights reserved.
American Beauty will launch True Delight, a new fragrance for women, in September:
NEW American Beauty True Delight captures the simple pleasures of life in one luscious fragrance…
Deal at artisanparfumeur.us: free shipping, no coupon code needed, good through 7/18.
New at b-glowing: I Heart Perfume solid perfumes.
New at harrods (UK): Pucci Miss Pucci.
Deal at parfumsdecoeur: all Prince Matchabelli fragrances 30% off through 7/16.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): Serge Lutens Bas de Soie.
New at ulta: Elizabeth Taylor Violet Eyes, Jean Paul Gaultier Classique X, Calvin Klein Eternity Aqua.