Red Flower recently entered the field of perfumery with natural fragrances called Champa, Ambrette, and Guaiac, three certified organic blends of oils distilled and extracted from natural ingredients. This small Manhattan-based company was originally best known for its lushly scented candles, which were created to evoke specific flowers, fruits, and trees in their natural settings (no vanilla-sugar desserts or Christmas potpourri here!) and are uncannily true to their models. The candles are now accompanied by shower gels, lotions, haircare, and playful ball-shaped soaps in the same scents. Red Flower also offers two lines of therapeutic body treatments inspired by the legendary bath rituals of Turkey and Japan (with a third series to be introduced in 2009)…
Antonio Banderas Blue Seduction for Women ~ new fragrance
Antonio Banderas will launch Blue Seduction for Women this coming September. Like its masculine counterpart, last year's Blue Seduction for men, it was developed by perfumer Olivier Cresp and features “an aquatic freshness”.
The notes for Blue Seduction include bergamot, violet leaves, pear, melon, gardenia, peony…
Celebrity perfume news round-up 2008, part the tenth
Emma Watson (she plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies) is rumored to be the next face of Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle perfume. If it turns out to be true, Watson would be replacing Keira Knightley, whose contract reportedly ends this year. (via dailymail.co.uk, found via blogdorfgoodman, image via emmawatson-fans) Update: “Chanel is hotly denying the rumour.” (per cosmeticsinternational)
Kate Moss has launched her second fragrance, Velvet Hour…
The review I did not finish today…
Perhaps I'll post it on Sunday, and then look for a review of Lolita Lempicka Fleur Défendue / Forbidden Flower on Monday.
For anyone who has some extra time to kill (and I assume you do, or why would you be here?), here is a very quick poll: what do you think is the best fragrance, mainstream or niche, released so far this year?
Online fragrance shopping
New at luckyscent: Mazzolari Fleurs d'Oranger, Isotta Fraschini Uomo.
Deal at pacificacandles: take 20% off all Nerola Orange Blossom & Tuscan Blood Orange products, no coupon code needed, expiration date unknown.
New at sephora: Dior Fahrenheit & Fahrenheit 32 To Go.