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Cacharel Catch Me ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 19 June 2012 11 Comments

Cacharel Catch Me fragrance bottle

Cacharel will launch Catch Me, a new ‘young and playful’ gourmand woody floral perfume for women, this fall.

Catch Me was developed by perfumer Dominique Ropion; notes include mandarin, orange blossom and almond milk…

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Lancome La Vie Est Belle ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 10 May 2012 31 Comments

Julia Roberts

Lancôme will launch La Vie Est Belle, a new fragrance for women, later this year. La Vie Est Belle aims to capture happiness in a bottle, and will be fronted by actress Julia Roberts…

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Chopard Enchanted ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 24 April 2012 13 Comments

Chopard Enchanted fragrance advert

French house Chopard has launched Enchanted, a new fragrance for women. Enchanted is meant to be a ‘fairy tale become reality’ and to turn the wearer into a princess…

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A Lab On Fire What We Do In Paris Is Secret ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 6 March 2012 51 Comments

macarons

With a name like What We Do In Paris Is Secret by A Lab On Fire,1 you might expect some esoteric little niche scent that will horrify your co-workers and create havoc and dismay in the line at the grocery store, but nothing could be farther from the truth. What we’ve got here, at the most basic level, is an easy to wear and easy to love sweet gourmand.

A Lab on Fire is a sub- or sister-brand of S-Perfume, and their mission appears unchanged: collaborate with famous perfumers (in this case, Dominique Ropion), work on a small scale, and emphasize the juice over the packaging (What We Do is housed in a plain lab bottle with a smear of black paint and a label, and there’s a ziploc bag instead of a box; see image below).2

What We Do In Paris opens on honeyed citrus, bright, sharp and sweet. It takes on a dessert vibe almost immediately, with first sheer rose…

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Five perfumers honored by French Minister of Culture

Posted by Robin on 31 January 2012 15 Comments

perfumers

Five perfumers, one from each of the major fragrance and flavor companies, were named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres last week by the French Minister of Culture…

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