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Scentsa fragrance finder debuts at Sephora

Scentsa fragrance finder

Sephora is introducing a new touch-screen system to help customers find fragrances. Scentsa was developed by Jan Moran, author of the Fabulous Fragrances books, and allows users to search by brand or fragrance name, fragrance notes, or best sellers….

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Fabulous Fragrances of the World: new daily access

Fabulous Fragrances of the World, the online fragrance database created by Jan Moran and Michael Edwards, is now offering 1 day (24 hour) subscriptions for $19.95. When I posted about Fabulous Fragrances last September, they had information about 4600+ fragrances, now there are over 5000, including new, discontinued and current perfumes.

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Perfumed packaging & a few new fragrances

The Eastman Chemical Company has developed a new way to add fragrance to product packaging:

In the Chocolatine prototype the cream is scented with chocolate, vanilla and orange and the jar’s lid disperses a fragrance identical to that of the cream. Although Chocolatine is a fully realised product, it will not be marketed directly. (via cosmeticsinternational)

Upcoming fragrance news from Jan Moran’s Fabulous Fragrances newsletter…

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Fabulous Fragrances of the World: a conversation with Jan Moran

Jan MoranJan Moran is the author of two volumes on fragrance, Fabulous Fragrances I and II, and the creator of her own fragrance, appropriately called Fabulous. Along with Michael Edwards, the author of Fragrances of the World, she is poised to launch a new online database, Fabulous Fragrances of the World, (see yesterday) designed to provide comprehensive fragrance information to retailers and journalists.

Please tell us how and when you first became interested in fragrance, and what were a few of your early favorites?
My grandmother and mother sparked my earliest interest in fragrance. We shared many favorites: Shalimar, Chanel No. 5, Vol du Nuit, Miss Dior, Nuit de Noël…

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Fabulous Fragrances of the World

Next week, Jan Moran and Michael Edwards will officially launch Fabulous Fragrances of the World, their new online system designed to provide comprehensive fragrance information to retailers and journalists.

The heart of the system is a database of over 4600 fragrances…

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