Leading off with a reasonably priced entry: the Yummy Mummy set from Lush, with a Ma Bar bubble bar and handmade Honey I Washed The Kids soap in a special hexagon shape. $17.50…
Kenzo Amour ~ fragrance review
Kenzo Amour, aka kenzoamour, is this year’s fragrance release from the house of Kenzo. Amour was created by perfumers Daphne Bugey and Olivier Cresp and features notes of cherry blossom, rice steam, white tea, frangipani, heliotrope, thanaka wood, incense, vanilla and musk. It was…
…inspired by a couple’s voyage through India, Japan and Vietnam.
“The basic idea was a voyage of love, of emotion, and a bird as a symbol of love,” explained Patrick Guedj, Parfums Kenzo’s creative director and head of marketing, referring to a multicolored turtledove featured on the fragrance’s packaging and in advertising. (via Women’s Wear Daily, 5/15/2006)
Amour starts with a sweet, highly stylised floral accord. After that, the floral notes rapidly fade into the backdrop, and the whole thing settles into a fluffy, cloud-like concoction of vanilla and musky woods…
Kenzo Amour, Yves Rocher ~ new fragrances
KenzoAmour by Kenzo, a fragrance “inspired by a Balinese floral offering” and created by perfumers Daphne Bugey and Olivier Cresp of Firmenich, will debut in September. The Eau de Parfum will be followed in 2007 by a lighter Eau de Toilette geared towards the Asian market. The Kenzo Amour fragrance…
….features top notes of cherry blossom, rice and white tea; heart notes of frangipani and heliotrope, and base notes of thanaka wood, vanilla and musk. (via cosmeticnews & Women's Wear Daily)
Update: see a review of KenzoAmour.
New at Yves Rocher…
New fragrances from Kenzo & Donna Karan
Kenzo has released limited edition versions of L’Eau par Kenzo for men and women: Love L’Eau par Kenzo. Both fragrances are lightened for summer.
The women’s includes white lotus, frosted mint, and pink peppercorns; the men’s adds lotus leaves, yuzu and green pepper…
News from Kenzo, Azzaro, Serge Lutens
Coming next year from Kenzo: a new women's fragrance, as yet unnamed, and a new summer limited edition of L'Eau Par Kenzo, Love L'Eau.
Scented billboards? Azzaro is advertising Silver Black in Paris airports using "advertising stations" that "will diffuse the Silver Black scent to a radius of five meters around each station located in proximity to perfumery outlets in the terminals." (both above via cosmeticnews)
The next fragrance from Serge Lutens to join the export range might be named Gris Clair. Thanks to J for passing on the (completely unsubstantiated) rumor!
A new phone from Hyundai for the Chinese market emits the fragrance of your choice when you open the clamshell. The cost? $1200. (via I4U news) A cheaper option: Lenovo's Perfume Phone, which works by "heating a small chamber filled with a few drops of a favorite fragrance, infusing your wrist (or purse or pocket) whenever the phone is turned on." It's a bargain at around $200, but again, only in China. (via Fortune link no longer working, sorry)