Posted by Robin
on
28 January 2012

That's right, it's Data Privacy Day.
We're celebrating with the usual open thread routine: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the last perfume that made you laugh, the perfume note you're enamored with at the moment, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: image is Irises [cropped] by dottieg2007 at flickr; some rights reserved.
Posted by Robin
on
28 January 2012

Jacomo has launched It’s Me, a new duo of smartphone-inspired fragrances…
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Posted by Jessica
on
27 January 2012

We’ve seen a few amber-focused fragrances surfacing amongst the new releases of late 2011 and early 2012, and that’s fine with me: I’m tired of oud being the “it” note, since I don’t care for it at all, and I usually enjoy some amber in my floral fragrances. Two of the recent arrivals are Aroma M Geisha Amber Rouge, a sister fragrance to the line’s Geisha Rouge, and Atelier Cologne Amber Nue.
Aroma M’s Geisha Amber Rouge (shown below right) perfume oil is packaged in a roll-on dispenser wrapped in the line’s signature Japanese paper, and the notes of its composition include amber, cinnamon, clove, star anise, resins, and incense. It’s much less peppery-clovey than the original Geisha Rouge…
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Posted by Robin
on
27 January 2012
A French court has fined perfume giants including Chanel, Christian Dior and L'Oreal a total of 40 million euros ($53 million) for colluding to keep prices high.
— Read more at Chanel, Christian Dior and L'Oreal fined for keeping prices high. The appeals court was upholding a 2006 decision; also included in the decision were Guerlain, Sephora, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gautier and Yves Saint Laurent, among others.
Posted by Robin
on
27 January 2012
Iggy Pop, goofing around in a 'le making of' for Paco Rabanne Black XS L'Excès.