Posted by Robin
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23 July 2007

Covet is Sarah Jessica Parker’s latest fragrance release, following 2005′s Lovely. That Parker waited two years to launch her second perfume sets her apart from her overeager compatriots in the celebrity fragrance market; Britney Spears has done one fragrance a year since she started out with Curious in 2004 (and will reportedly release 2 this year), and Jennifer Lopez has managed to release 7 since 2002.
Despite the fact that I didn’t adore Lovely, I picked it as the best celebrity release of 2005. I thought it very well done, and while it was more of a crowd-pleaser than I’d hoped — Parker herself was known to wear an unusual layered combination of Bonne Bell Skin Musk, Comme des Garcons Avignon and a nameless “Egyptian oil” that she purchased on the streets of New York (via One Nosy Dame by Chandler Burr, The New York Times 10/16/2005) — at least it wasn’t the sweet fruity concoction for ‘tweens that we’ve come to expect from the celebrity fragrance genre.
Covet promised to be a bit more daring…
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Posted by Robin
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13 April 2007
As previously reported, Sarah Jessica Parker will launch Covet, her second fragrance, in July. The actress described it as a “more aggressive” fragrance than the “well-behaved” Lovely (which I should think would be evident from the advertising: compare this to the Lovely ad), and the tag line on the print ad (shown) is “I had to have it”…
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Posted by Robin
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23 March 2006
More details on Bond no. 9′s next fragrance release, Scent of Peace:
The Scent of Peace, which was created by Michel Almairac of Robertet, features top notes of grapefruit and black currant, middle notes of lily of the valley and hedione and base notes of cedarwood…
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Posted by Robin
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6 January 2006
Last year, the swanky Parisian boutique Colette arranged for a trio of limited edition unisex fragrances pairing perfumers from Symrise with fashion designers; the result was called “Curated by Colette”. For the fashion design house As Four, perfumer Frank Voelkl created Three AsFour, a fragrance that has turned out to be one of my favorite finds from 2005. The notes are lime, bergamot, ginger, iris, sandalwood, cedar, musk and vetiver.
AsFour highlights a trio of fragrant roots: ginger, iris and vetiver. The opening has a high pitched, fizzy quality…
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