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Avon + Christian Lacroix Nuit de Christian Lacroix ~ new fragrances

Avon + Christian Lacroix Nuit de Christian Lacroix

Avon has launched another collaboration with designer Christian Lacroix (see Rouge & Noir, Absynthe Her & Absynthe Him): Nuit de Christian Lacroix…

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Oscar de la Renta Live in Love ~ new perfume

Oscar de la Renta Live in Love

Oscar de la Renta will launch Live in Love, a new fragrance for women, in October. The name is taken from a tattoo on his atelier director’s arm…

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Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme Libre ~ new fragrance

Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme Libre

Yves Saint Laurent will launch L’Homme Libre in September. The new fragrance for men is a flanker to 2006′s L’Homme Yves Saint Laurent, and is fronted by dancer Benjamin Millepied

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Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds ~ perfume review

Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds

It’s disconcerting to consider Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds, a perfume supposed to represent the actress. After all, which Liz are we talking about? The ingénue of National Velvet? The tempestuous, alcohol-sodden seductress of Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Senator’s wife, depressed and overweight? Or maybe the laid-back Mrs. Fortensky?

I knew White Diamonds was wildly popular, but I expected it earned its sales among soap-opera-watching, chain-smoking elderly ladies. I figured it would smell of sharp aldehydes, cheap white flowers, and rubbing alcohol. Boy was I wrong. White Diamonds Eau de Toilette is a gentle white floral chypre with a soft, clean feel. Spring-sweet and soapy fresh. Classic, really. I’m hooked.

It seems crazy, but when Parfums International launched White Diamonds in the fall of 1991, it was the first time a celebrity had released a second feminine fragrance. Elizabeth Taylor Passion for Women (1987) and Passion for Men had already hit the market…

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Headspace, part 1

Remember that Headspace symposium on “Scent As Design” held at the Parsons School back in March? If not, here’s a reminder. Well, they filmed it. Here’s the first part, and I’ll post the rest over the coming days, or you can go watch them all at YouTube right now. Below the jump you’ll find a brief synopsis.

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