The Guggenheim will present Green Aria, a ScentOpera, on May 31st and June 1st:
The ScentOpera introduces a new art form created by Stewart Matthew based only on smell and sound. Matthew collaborates with renowned fragrance designer Christophe Laudamiel and composers Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurdsson. Original scents and music will be performed in the dark via a customized scent organ for a world premiere unlike any other…
The trade show Perfume Expo America (PXA) will be held in New York City on June 9 through the 12th at the Jacob Javits Convention Center:
PXA is a selective event where classic and emerging perfume brands as well as skin care and cosmetic lines can present to independent American perfumeries…
On behalf of the new DKNY Men fragrance, DKNY, Bloomingdale’s and Details Magazine are holding a “Men’s Night Out” at the 59th Street Bloomingdales on Thursday, April 23rd:
Enjoy a beer tasting by Heartland Brewery, a spin on the roulette wheel and a Nintendo Wii gaming station…
In conjunction with the upcoming exhibit Living Perfume: The Natural Alchemy of Mandy Aftel, Rochelle Bloom of The Fragrance Foundation will hold a talk with Mandy Aftel of Aftelier at Olives Restaurant in New York City on April 23rd:
Bloom, President of The Fragrance Foundation, will join Aftel, natural perfumer and head of Aftelier Perfumes, in a dialogue about the growing public interest in Naturals for use in perfume, cuisine, and other product applications…In addition to interviewing Aftel, Bloom will invite the audience to participate in a question and answer session with Aftel…
Saks Fifth Avenue’s original store is located, naturally, at the heart of Fifth Avenue, and its proximity to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Rockefeller Center makes it a popular stop for out-of-town visitors. However, Saks manages to combine mass appeal with fashion-forward merchandise that also lures the locals into its eight ten-story flagship. Most of the first floor, where dark wood counters stand between the store’s original, white-painted columns, is dedicated to fragrance and beauty products. Some typical “department-store” perfume brands are featured there; however, they’re outnumbered by a myriad of high-end fragrance lines. Occasionally, an “exclusive” new release is also highlighted (Saks was the first store in the city to carry Flowerbomb, for example).
Some of the fragrance brands carried by Saks are grouped together at counters near the Fifth Avenue entrances, some are placed with their accompanying makeup lines, and others shine in mini-boutiques of their own…