If you haven't seen it yet, do go watch the new commercial for CUMMING: The Fragrance.
Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes has recreated a perfume used by Egyptians 2000 years ago as part of their funerary rituals. Read all about it at SFGate (link no longer working, sorry!).
There is an article in Wallpaper on the new Andrée Putman design (link no longer working, sorry!) for the Guerlain flagship store in Paris.
New from MAC: Pinkaura (shown), with green notes, freesia, violet, magnolia, amber, and vetiver, and Greenify, with green herbs, green fig, neroli, poppies, coco de mer, amber, vetiver, and vanilla. MV1, MV2, and MV3 have been re-issued. C-Squeeze and Violetrix have disappeared from the MAC website, but are perhaps just out of stock…
The movie version of Patrick Suskind's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is now under production, and is scheduled for release in September 2006.
There is a short but interesting article about celebrity fragrances in the Pioneer Press (link no longer working, sorry!).
Tommy Hilfiger will launch True Star Gold for women, a new fragrance fronted by Beyoncé Knowles, this December:
The juice has top notes of green watery elements of Provence melon, paired with golden kiwi and hints of red current…
...this one from model Niki Taylor, who will launch her first scent, Begin by Niki Taylor, in September. (via Women's Wear Daily)