Robert Piguet will launch Douglas Hannant de Robert Piguet, the debut fragrance for New York-based designer Douglas Hannant, in February. It is the first original fragrance from Piguet since the 1960s…
Nina Ricci will launch Ricci Ricci Dancing Ribbon in March of next year. The new fragrance for women is a limited edition flanker to 2009′s Ricci Ricci:
She is modern, mischievous and audacious…
Jean Paul Gaultier has just launched Le Mâle Terrible, a flanker to Le Mâle (released 15 years ago). Le Mâle Terrible’s ads still feature a “sailor” but the bottle now comes with a razor blade around its neck (the “terrible” aspect). Apart from the razor blade, there’s talk of “attack” and “overdose” in the PR materials, but given Le Mâle Terrible’s cocky, super-clean, costumed model (hairier than his bald Le Mâle predecessor), one knows all this terrible stuff is tongue-in-cheek, not blade-in-neck (or nose).
Le Mâle Terrible goes on like a “tonic”…reviving, cooling; I smell grapefruit and peppery lavender, a touch of geranium leaf. Then, Le Mâle Terrible turns all smooth and creamy with coumarin, ghostly orange blossom (or a “white” floral), and rich vanilla/tonka and vetiver notes. In the extreme dry down, residual grapefruit, vetiver and cedar meld and create a slightly “sweat-y” accord — one has to get close to skin to detect it…
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.
Tommy Hilfiger will launch Loud, a new duo of fragrances “built around a music proposition and aimed at Gen-Y users”; Loud For Her and Loud For Him also tie into Hilfiger’s Get Loud denim campaign…
"Reinventing the Rose: Is perception affecting your ability to stop and smell the roses?" article at Cosmetics Mag http://t.co/y6gT43iH Sunday SOTE? I'm wearing Parfums de Nicolai Eau Exotique (mango!) Chocolate: Vosges Pink Salt Caramel (not my favorite) TV: Sherlock Denise Hamilton looks at some recent perfume books (including Alyssa's & Denyse's) in the LA Times http://t.co/FbuPTNrq "Does the perfume industry have it wrong? New tests suggest most seductive scent is our natural one" at Mail Online http://t.co/iUfAzRE7