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Gianfranco Ferre In The Mood For Love Tender, In The Mood For Love Man ~ new fragrances

Gianfranco Ferre In The Mood For Love Tender

Gianfranco Ferré has launched two new fragrances in the In The Mood For Love series.

In The Mood For Love Tender (shown above), for women, is a flanker to 2009′s In The Mood For Love

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Perfumer Aliénor Massenet talks about John Galliano Parlez Moi d’Amour. Below the jump, perfumers Yann Vasnier and Aurelien Guichard talk briefly (at the 1 minute mark) about Tommy Hilfiger Loud.

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John Galliano Parlez-Moi d’Amour ~ new perfume

Taylor Momsen for John Galliano Parlez-Moi d'AmourJohn Galliano Parlez-Moi d'Amour

John Galliano will launch Parlez-Moi d’Amour, a new fragrance for women, in October. Parlez-Moi d’Amour, which is fronted by Taylor Momsen, is meant as an ode to love and is geared towards a younger audience than Galliano’s debut scent, 2008′s John Galliano for women

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Chloe Eau de Fleurs Neroli, Lavande, and Capucine ~ fragrance review

Chloe Eau des Fleurs Neroli, Lavande, and Capucine

I can almost hear the executives at Coty as they kicked around ideas for new fragrances. “What about Chloé?” one of them might have said. “Isn’t it time to come up with something new?”

“I don’t know,” another executive said, low-fat, extra hot, caramel latte at her side. “We’ve pretty much squeezed the life out of variations on the original fragrance.”

“Well, let’s look at the Chloé brand. Young, fashionable, casual. Super into khaki and tan leather this season. They don’t want anything complicated.”

“But we’ve already given them narcissus, rose, as well as the original tuberose. Then another take on the original’s name, just to confuse people into buying it by mistake. But wait,” the executive sat up straighter. “Marc Jacobs is making money hand over fist on his single-note splashes. Why don’t we try something like that — except more expensive?”

“Isn’t the market already saturated with lines of single-note scents? I mean, besides Marc Jacobs, there’s Jo Malone, all those Tom Fords, the new Van Cleef & Arpels —”

“Sure, but look how many companies churn out khaki pants? Still, Chloé pants are selling like hotcakes.”

And so a trio of single-note Eaux de Toilette was born…

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Wolfgang Joop Freigeist ~ new fragrance

Wolfgang Joop Freigeist cologne for men

Joop! will launch a second fragrance under the Wolfgang Joop range in February (see: 2008′s Wolfgang Joop). The new fragrance, Freigeist (freethinker) for men, is a fresh floral fougère “created for a free spirit”…

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