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Helps me co-exist with the chill….

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2007 25 Comments

Eva Green for Christian Dior Midnight Poison. Suits the fragrance, no? Courtesy of YouTube and found via Les Tuileries. You can find the song lyrics here.

Weary of celebrity fragrance launches? You've got company…

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2007 4 Comments

While her US equivalent is tiring of the endless product launches, the fickle fragrance consumer continues to queue up for the latest celebrity perfume or limited edition scent in Europe.

However, there are variations within the European market. The UK consumer is splashing on the celebrity scents while the French, who are less celebrity obsessed and know more about perfumery have not latched on to the trend.

— Read more in Fragrance sales plummet in US despite strong global figures, in Cosmetics Design.

Keira Knightley for Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle, part 2

Posted by Robin on 3 September 2007 11 Comments

Keira Knightly for Chanel Coco Mademoiselle

As previously reported, Keira Knightley is the new face for Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle fragrance, originally launched in 2001:

Chanel will unleash an ambitious multilayered advertising and promotional campaign this week…

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Glow by J Lo Shimmer Limited Edition

Posted by Robin on 3 September 2007 6 Comments

J Lo Glow Shimmer editionsJennifer Lopez is celebrating the 5th anniversary of her best-selling Glow by J Lo fragrance with two limited editions. Glow by J Lo Shimmer Limited Edition features the original Glow fragrance but “dries down to a radiant on-skin shimmer”, and also includes a wearable Swarovski crystal charm.

A new limited edition version of Glow After Dark…

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M by Mariah Carey ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2007 63 Comments

M by Mariah Carey perfume advert

It seems like there was a whole spate of articles not too long ago proclaiming that celebrity fragrances were “over”, they weren’t selling any more, etc. etc. If there is any truth to the notion, you won’t find the evidence at the fragrance counters this month. Mariah Carey is only the latest of celebrity fragrance debuts, and if you mean to smell them all, you’ve a long road ahead of you yet this year.

Mariah Carey went with the name M. It isn’t wildly creative on its own merits, and it seems even less so given that we just got L from Gwen Stefani. Are full words too risky in today’s over-saturated fragrance market? What will happen when all the letters of the alphabet are used up? We’ve already got F (Ferragamo), another L (Lolita Lempicka), S (Scherrer), V (Valentino), XX (Hugo Boss), and probably others that aren’t coming to mind at the moment.

The M fragrance itself was developed by perfumers Carlos Benaim and Loc Dong, and is advertised as a floriental…

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