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18 June 2008
Laura Mercier has launched Nuits Enchantées, a UK-only limited edition fragrance for women inspired by the stories from the One Thousand and One Nights.
Nuits Enchantées was developed by perfumer James Krivda, and is described as “the perfect sensual scent for evening”. The fragrance notes feature mocha, mace, cardamom, mandarin, ginger, rose, cedar leaf and amber…
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9 May 2008
Jennifer Lopez will follow up on her most recent fragrance releases, Deseo and Deseo Forever, with her first masculine fragrance, Deseo for Men. According to Lopez…
I wanted to capture the intimate and personal nature of a man who is sexy, yet strong. Deseo means desire. [...] I wanted to take this meaning and put it behind the idea of one desiring another. The smell is warming and creates a provocative and sensual texture…
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26 October 2007
Jennifer Lopez will launch her next fragrance, Deseo, this coming February.
Deseo is geared towards a “more sophisticated and mature” audience than her prior scents, and was created in collaboration with perfumers Ellen Molner and Jim Krivda…
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21 October 2005


Fantasy is the second fragrance release from Britney Spears under the Elizabeth Arden label. It follows Curious, which apparently made a tidy 30 million in its first three months alone. Fantasy was created by nose Jim Krivda, and the notes include red lychee, golden quince, kiwi, cupcake accord, jasmine, white chocolate orchid, musk, woods, and orris root.
I should begin by admitting that I am so entirely outside of the target market for this fragrance that my opinion is pretty much meaningless. To start with, I am more than a few years past the age cohort of interest, which is said to be 18-30. My advanced age, perhaps, explains my second handicap, which is that I only vaguely know who Britney Spears is, and it may also explain the fact that I do not find the bottle design particularly appealing…
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