Kenzo will launch Madly Kenzo, a new feminine fragrance, in August. The floral perfume is reportedly bold and ultra-sensual, and is intended for 'madly free' women. The bottle was designed by Ron Arad and resembles his Unidentified Fragrance Object for Kenzo...

From Stella McCartney, the 2011 version of Stella Sheer: "Each year, Stella McCartney reinvents her namesake rose-centered fragrance to create a limited-edition take on her iconic scent. In Stella Sheer, the fragility and strength of the rose is set against the dark sensuality of amber." $62 for 100 ml Eau de Toilette at Sephora...

Kenzo will launch Flower Tag, a new perfume for women, in June. Flower Tag is a flanker to 2000's Kenzo Flower, and was inspired by femininity and the urban free expression represented by the graffiti tag...

Kenzo has launched 10:10 am in Sicilia, the latest fragrance in the travel-retail-exclusive series that already includes 7:15 am in Bali and 5:40 pm in Madagascar...

From Issey Miyake, the annual summer versions of L'Eau d'Issey: L'Eau d'Issey Eau d'Eté (an aquatic floral with pear, rosewater, peony, carnation, woods and osmanthus) and L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Eau d'Eté (a woody floral with yuzu, mandarin, cardamom, sage, vetiver and amber). Due to launch in April...

Perhaps, like me, you're finding the mall especially trying lately. Maybe it's that my family had a recession-friendly homemade Christmas in 2009 or maybe it's because I now have a breastfed infant to accompany me, but the shopping trips I've made during the last few weeks have turned me into a sweat-soaked, cuss-word-using, stroller-ramming fanatic. Our visit for the annual Christmas photo happened to fall on Pet Day and the woman in front of us spent half an hour and more than $100 on many, many photos of her dog with Santa. Afterwards, I felt like spray-painting anti-consumerist slogans on mailboxes....except I didn't have any paint and the craft store was at the other end of the mall. 'Tis the season for none of the elevators to work and a shopping cart to be abandoned in the last parking space and for the exact Zhu Zhu Pet you need to be sold out when you're not even sure what a Zhu Zhu Pet is. (Here.) On Monday evening, as my children looked on with alarm, I collapsed into an incredibly rare seat in the food court and vowed with a grimace: Enough. Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. I will go home to make a donation to MSF/Doctors Without Borders, warble along festively with Yoko Ono and spray on something beautiful that I already own.

In truth, I love this time of year and the smells I associate with it: pine, mandarin oranges, mulling spices, incense, smoke, peppermint, wet wool, candle wax, lemon and brandy sauces, latkes or donuts frying in oil...