I think what enraged me, apart from the musical effluence, was the comment on the press release that claimed Ronan was qualified to make a fragrance because “he knows what he likes”. Well, I know what I like fashion-wise, but that doesn’t make me Nicolas Ghesquière. I know what I like in perfume, but I am not Christopher Sheldrake or Francis Kurkdjian (genius noses both).
— Bethan Cole in the UK Times Online, writing about the new Ronan Keating scents Hope by Ronan and Believe by Ronan…
Jennifer Lopez will launch her latest follow-up to her JLo Glow fragrance, Glow After Dark by JLo, this December:
Glow After Dark…was reportedly inspired by the bond between friends, and the journey and possibilities of a ‘girls night out’.
The juice — a sheer, floral musk…
Perfume: The Story of A Murderer is slated to open in the US in December. Check out the English language (finally!) website; or download one of the trailers. I downloaded the nifty little iPOD version.
Accessorizing the Air is an interesting run down on the booming home fragrance business from the New York Times. Many thanks to Armand of Moleskinerie for the link…
Kate Moss has signed a deal with the UK’s Topshop to design a line of clothing and a signature fragrance. The first collection will debut next spring.
Topshop, owned by the Arcadia Group, currently has 308 stores and plans to open a flagship in New York…
With Love Hilary Duff launched this fall under the Elizabeth Arden label. It is the first scent from the singer/actress (if you are as out of it as I am, here is her Wikipedia entry), who reportedly started working on her fragrance by…
…smelling more than 100 single notes before narrowing her choices down to 10, including amber. “I discovered that everything I really loved was [in] a warm Oriental,” she said. (via Women’s Wear Daily, 7/21/2006)
With Love is a mossy woods fragrance developed by perfumers Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Stephen Nilsen of Quest, and includes notes of mangosteen fruit, exotic spices, chai latte, mangosteen blossom, cocobolo wood, balsam, incense, amber milk and amber musk.
With Love targets women in the 15-24 year old age range…