Posted by Robin
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16 September 2010
With the first scent to hit shelves in Spring 2012, fans can only imagine what the singer is cooking up. A spritz of sirloin steak, anyone? Or perhaps frog legs and a dash of mace. But like everything the pop star does, NewsFeed is sure eau de Gaga will simply have no limits.
— In case you missed the news, yes, Lady Gaga will be doing a fragrance with Coty. Time's Newsfeed weighed in with Inevitably, Lady Gaga to Create Perfume Line. Yes, it was inevitable, but anybody who knows the celebrity fragrance market already knows that there will be limits, and then some. I'd bank on strawberry sorbet and pink pepper over frog legs and mace.
Posted by Angela
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15 June 2009
Dear Michelle,
It’s all right if I call you Michelle, right? I feel like I know you well enough. After all, I’m not the only person I know who has fallen asleep and dreamt of hanging out with you and Obama. In one of my friend’s dreams, you were barbecuing and wearing a Duke University jersey. In my dream we were at St. Sulpice in Paris and a priest was explaining how we were really cousins. (Don’t worry, it was only a dream. I’m just glad there weren’t giant ducks or submarines or something like that.) But I’m not writing to talk to you about dreams. I want to discuss something more important: perfume.
I understand that you recently bought a bottle of Boadicea the Victorious Noble Eau de Parfum. I’ve been lucky enough to smell Noble, and it’s a wonderful rose scent with a sophisticated patchouli and amber dry down. I wouldn’t mind having a bottle of it myself. But since you’re First Lady, I see broader horizons for you than the perfume output of a British hairdresser. You undoubtedly have big things on your mind, what with being a razor-sharp attorney, mom, and target of public attention. So, to save you time and to bring you maximum olfactory pleasure, I’ve chosen a few perfumes for you to put in the cabinet next to Noble…
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Posted by Angela
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14 August 2008
When I pulled the canister of Coty Vanilla Fields cologne body spray from the shopping bag, my sister said, “That looks like it should sit on the back of the toilet.” The Vanilla Fields body spray is in a tall, thin aluminum canister that looks a lot like Renuzit air freshener. Not a promising sign.
Fortunately, Vanilla Fields, while not breaking any records for perfume innovation, still smells better than canned room spray. Coty launched Vanilla Fields in 1993, and the next year it won a Fifi award for Women's fragrance of the Year, in the Mass Appeal category (an award no longer offered). The Vanilla Fields website describes the fragrance as a blend of mimosa, jasmine, and vanilla, and it is clearly marketed toward the earth-tone wearing suburban mom who values “fresh and pretty” over “seductive and imaginative”.
To get an idea of Vanilla Fields' target audience, take a look at its website…
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Posted by Angela
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13 August 2008
A week of reviews of drugstore fragrances wouldn't be complete without a rundown of a few inexpensive musks, and reviews of drugstore musks wouldn't be complete without Jovan and Coty. Lucky for me, a nearby Walmart stocks a gift box with 11 ml bottles of Jovan Musk for women, Jovan White Musk, and Coty Vanilla Musk Eaux de Cologne.
Jovan Musk for women has been a drugstore staple since it was introduced in 1972. Jovan's website lists its notes as jasmine, neroli, bergamot oils, and musk. Of the three musks, Musk for women is the lady. Musk for women is a slightly aldehydic, floral musk. The aldehydes fade fast, but the bergamot persists quietly as the musk ramps up, and I swear I smell a smidgen of lavender giving Musk for women's lushness a clean edge…
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Posted by Robin
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14 July 2008
Coty will launch La Voce by Renee Fleming, a limited edition fragrance created in honor of opera star Renee Fleming. Proceeds from the perfume's sales will go to the Metropolitan Opera, and the scent will debut at their Opening Night Gala on September 22 before going into wider distribution.
The floriental fragrance features notes of passion fruit, white truffle accord…
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