Avon and Emanuel Ungaro will collaborate to launch a new duo of fragrances, U by Ungaro for Her and U by Ungaro for Him, this coming August. The scents will be fronted by actress Reese Witherspoon.
Avon U by Ungaro For Her was developed by perfumers Jean Marc Chaillan and Loc Dong, and the “fresh, woody floral” includes notes of bergamot blossom, freesia, pepper blossom, acacia aura, lotus flower, osmanthus, iris, sandalwood and musk…
Michael Kors, who is reportedly “island-obsessed” (he grew up on Long Island and seems to be constantly jetting off to one or another island paradise), launched Island, his third fragrance for women, in 2005. He noted at the time that…
The first fragrance [that would be Michael] was all about intense indulgence. This one's all about casual living — you can wear it to the gym, or you can wear it to a black-tie event”. (via Women's Wear Daily, 12/3/2004)
Island was developed by perfumers Christophe Laudamiel and Loc Dong, and the notes are a good indicator of what is to come (and they aren't always): Kauai waterfalls, oxygenated water, Chinese kiwi, hydroponic honeysuckle, parrot tulip, champaca flowers, ginger lily, shimmering Bulgarian rose, stephanotis, white bark accord, Galapagos driftwood and rice fields. It sounds like a fresh ozonic-aquatic scent, and it is…
Calvin Klein will launch Euphoria Men Intense, a followup to 2006’s Euphoria Men fragrance, in early 2008.
The new scent includes notes of ginger pepper, hydroponic sage, oudh wood, vetiver, amber, myrrh and labdanum. The oriental amber is said to be richer and sweeter than the original Euphoria Men…
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…
As previously reported, Mariah Carey will be joining the celebrity fragrance game this year. Her debut scent will be called M by Mariah Carey (another letter fragrance!) and will launch this fall:
The M by Mariah Carey scent, which the singer created with perfumer Carlos Benaim of International Flavors & Fragrances, is a floriental…