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Koto Parfums Hello Kitty Woman ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 October 2009 70 Comments

Hello Kitty fragrance

Koto Parfums, a French company with several perfume ranges for children, will launch Hello Kitty Woman, their first fragrance aimed at adults.

Hello Kitty Woman was developed by perfumer Corinne Cachen, and features notes of toffee apple, grapefruit, raspberry, licorice, frangipani, rose and vanilla.

Koto Parfums Hello Kitty Woman will launch this month, and will be available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette. (via cosmeticnews, cosmopolitan.fr, cosmetiquemag.fr)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: corinne cachen, koto parfums, sanrio

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  1. pigoletto says:
    16 October 2009 at 10:18 am

    That’s a remarkably minimalist and understated bottle for something bearing a Hello Kitty head. Sounds sort of cute, actually. I like a good toffee apple note.

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    • norjunma1 says:
      16 October 2009 at 10:24 am

      True, but I was sort of hoping for something wildly cute…like a Hello Kitty shaped bottle a la Harajuku Lovers.

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      • miss kitty v. says:
        16 October 2009 at 11:17 am

        Ooh, that would’ve been good!!

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      • Robin says:
        16 October 2009 at 12:12 pm

        Yes!

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      • Ms Marsha says:
        16 October 2009 at 5:08 pm

        That would be genius! And then they can add other HK friends! I hope they read this….. ^..^

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:11 pm

      It really is — maybe too minimalist!

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  2. boojum says:
    16 October 2009 at 10:54 am

    Adults 18-19 yrs of age? Sounds pretty sugary to me. That said, I’ve loved HK forever, so I’ll have to at least check it out. And I do have two little perfume lovers ages 5 and 13 if it doesn’t work for me. :D

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:12 pm

      They already have Hello Kitty scents for kids!

      http://www.kotoparfums.com/

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  3. Haunani says:
    16 October 2009 at 10:55 am

    The notes list does not sound promising to me. I think my cats would hiss and my teeth would fall out.

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:12 pm

      LOL!

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  4. Joe says:
    16 October 2009 at 11:09 am

    I bet the market share for all their products is bigger than that for Mitsouko. Almost sad, but I love some Sanrio kitsch.

    To the commenters above (and Robin), the following is a link to their other Kitty products. They also have a couple other cutesy lines related to characters I’ve never heard of.
    http://www.kotoparfums.com/koto.html#/en/home/hello_kitty/

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:13 pm

      Thanks, you beat me to it!

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    • boojum says:
      16 October 2009 at 1:40 pm

      Ohhhhh Arthur and the Minimoys! Now that might end up on a Christmas list (for the girls, I mean, though the film I actually bought for my husband). :D

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  5. miss kitty v. says:
    16 October 2009 at 11:20 am

    Nothing says “grown woman” like toffee apple and licorice.

    I’m sorry, but the name Hello Kitty Woman is hilarious. In my head it sounds like, “Hello, Kitty Woman!” I was going to make some dumb joke about it being made for me, but it’s too early and I’m too tired.

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    • Zazie says:
      16 October 2009 at 11:40 am

      This is exactly what I thought: the words Hello Kitty and Woman so close together kind of… clash?
      I would have thought something like
      Hello Kitty Baby or Hello Kitty girl would have had a better feeling…

      Sometimes I hope Hello Kitty gets kidnapped in the Simpson series, in place of that black cat*, to experience some “real” splatter life!

      *I don’t know the name in English, but you know, the one that gets blown up by the cynical mouse…

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      • platinum14 says:
        16 October 2009 at 11:43 am

        Itchy and Scratchy!

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        • Zazie says:
          16 October 2009 at 11:49 am

          Thanks ;) !

          I’ve always found hello kitty and pink sweet stuff for cute pink-dressed girls quite scratchy… even when I was a kid. Friedan wouldn’t approve too much pink, I am sure…

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    • platinum14 says:
      16 October 2009 at 11:44 am

      Hello Kitty Woman…. for the grown up adult who still think that she can behave like a 6 yr old!

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      • boojum says:
        16 October 2009 at 12:03 pm

        No no, I’ve already said it doesn’t sound good to me. ;)

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  6. bergere says:
    16 October 2009 at 11:27 am

    I’m sorry, the name of the perfume is Hello, Kitty, WOMAN? My seven-year-old is beginning to think her Hello, Kitty backpack Is getting to be a little too young for her. Is this one of those Japanese Cuteness things that I, as a dour, non-whimsical American woman would never understand?

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:13 pm

      Yes!!

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  7. bergere says:
    16 October 2009 at 11:28 am

    And five out of seven listed notes are edible.

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    • Zazie says:
      16 October 2009 at 11:51 am

      Yes! It’s probably better to drink the juice than to spray it!

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:14 pm

      Yep.

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  8. CynthiaW says:
    16 October 2009 at 11:29 am

    Wow – that sounds nauseatingly sweet, but I’ll probably at least sniff it since I have a pathological attraction to Hello Kitty! I draw the line at wearing HK clothing though.

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    • Joe says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:04 pm

      Best to draw the line at wearing HK clothing, LOL. However, a friend of mine does own a Hello Kitty toaster over. Seriously.

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      • miss kitty v. says:
        16 October 2009 at 12:11 pm

        I have a Hello Kitty Alarm clock. And somewhere in my house in the matching lamp. It all seemed like a good idea at the time.

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        • boojum says:
          16 October 2009 at 12:12 pm

          Hm, our house contains the alarm clock and the telephone. Considered the water dispenser; thought better of it. But again…it’s “for the kids”. ;)

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          • miss kitty v. says:
            16 October 2009 at 1:58 pm

            I *almost* bought the Hello Kitty waffle iron. *Almost.*

            Umm, I don’t have any kids, so…my stuff is for the cats! Yeah, the cats, that’s it…

      • CynthiaW says:
        16 October 2009 at 12:14 pm

        I’m afraid that HK clothing would be more than a little ridiculous looking on my 42 year old self. I do have HK folders, notepads, and pencils though. I would like to mention that I work in an elementary school, so it’s not as ridiculous as it sounds – it’s not like I’m carrying my HK stuff around the Pentagon or something.

        I don’t have any HK stuff at home either – I wouldn’t torture my husband like that.

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        • boojum says:
          16 October 2009 at 1:46 pm

          Hm, you know, if you work in an elementary school, you’re allowed to dress in character clothing. :D (Uh…for that matter, I work in finance, and I’m currently wearing a t-shirt featuring Animal from the Muppets.) You just have to do it tastefully….like, one article at a time. ;)

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          • Daisy says:
            17 October 2009 at 11:51 am

            ***laughing helplessly with my forehead on the desk***

          • miss kitty v. says:
            17 October 2009 at 3:02 pm

            Animal seems about right if you work in finance.

    • boojum says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:06 pm

      Ha, I fortunately have 2 daughters for whom I can buy all things HK…and have, and do. We just redecorated their bedroom though, after 8 years of pink HK. The 13 yr old wasn’t so into it anymore. ;) That said, she still has pajamas and notebooks and things…just was tired of pink.

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  9. marko says:
    16 October 2009 at 11:31 am

    Is a “Kitty Woman” the same thing as a “Cat Lady”?……..because I always thought that calling someone a “Cat Lady” was a bad thing. Hmmmmm……

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    • bergere says:
      16 October 2009 at 11:36 am

      Ha! Doesn’t really conjure up the right image, does it?

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    • miss kitty v. says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:12 pm

      It depends on whether you put “crazy” before it or not.

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      • Daisy says:
        16 October 2009 at 9:19 pm

        once you’re at “cat lady” it’s really only a tiny step to “crazy cat lady”

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        • miss kitty v. says:
          17 October 2009 at 3:03 pm

          And it doesn’t help if you were already crazy before the cats came into the picture.

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          • Daisy says:
            18 October 2009 at 10:12 am

            True, but I prefer “eccentric cat lady”…which seems to imply that I’m wearing a string of pearls whilst I pet my many cats ;-)

    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 12:13 pm

      HA…but no ;-)

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  10. Bunny says:
    16 October 2009 at 12:21 pm

    *hides hello kitty stuffed animals, including the one dressed as a bunny* I don’t like Hello Kitty AT ALL.

    but the perfume sounds kinda not me LOL

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 3:31 pm

      Hello Kitty loves you though ;-)

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  11. Dolly says:
    16 October 2009 at 3:30 pm

    Ouch! Just discovered a cavity.

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 3:30 pm

      :-P

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  12. Absolute Scentualist says:
    16 October 2009 at 6:57 pm

    I love HK and my DH indulges it. When the Momoberry line came out and I was waffling about getting it, he said,”Why not? If someone recognizes it, at the very least they’ve smelled it, if not own it.” So I did. lol

    Of course this is the same man who, as part of my anniversary gift, went to Build-a-Bear and *made* me a stuffed HK. At least I have a seven-year-old daughter who likes HK almost as much as I do, so I have an excuse to pick up HK items here and there.

    It seems like BBW’s site offered a HK perfume for a while, but it was rather pricy and I couldn’t bring myself to buy it unsniffed. This one reminded me a lot of LL for some reason. Maybe all the sweetness and black licorice? In either case, do want. It is for women, after all. And I do have *four* cats, so that angle works, too. Let the justificating begin…

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    • CynthiaW says:
      16 October 2009 at 8:52 pm

      OMG – is it out already? I went by the Sanrio story today and I didn’t see it anywhere. Maybe they’re hiding it in the back – how much is it? Because I’ll pay a small amount for a novelty, but not $30 – $40 on something that I probably won’t wear.

      Plus, Daisy will smack me upside the head if I waste my Lyric Woman, Debut, or Attrape Couer money on HK perfume.

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      • Daisy says:
        16 October 2009 at 9:27 pm

        first: I have to stop laughing, second: here comes the smack up side the head!

        All I have to say about this is: apple? grapefruit? raspberry? apple and grapefruit both tend to go to pee and raspberry dries down to have quite the nasty poopy note…..hhmmm, pee AND poop in the same fragrance? sounds more like HK needs a litter box change.
        Egad, it’s like a stinky note trifecta.

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        • CynthiaW says:
          16 October 2009 at 9:41 pm

          *shrieks*

          I didn’t notice the grapefruit – I’ve only found a few that don’t smell like pee on me and they are niche. And we know how I reacted to the fecal smell in Bond’s Saks for her the other day…

          Okay – no Hello Kitty for me.

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  13. lsnuing says:
    16 October 2009 at 8:56 pm

    I was a fan of Hello Kitty in my pre-teen years but then grew out of the kitsch-cute kitty. I don’t mind the bottle actually, I think it’s rather cute but not too cute for my dresser. And I do still love pink!

    Reading the notes, my first thought was ‘are these people sure it’s an adult scent? sounds like a typical sweet fruity floral to me, surely this is aimed at the barely teens?’ Especially the toffee apple! But – being a sucker for all things new, I will be giving this a sniff when it arrives at my local department store :)

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    • Robin says:
      16 October 2009 at 9:49 pm

      I think the target is 18-35…

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      • platinum14 says:
        20 October 2009 at 1:06 pm

        *sigh of relief*
        I am off the hook!
        I’m out waaaaaay out of the dangerous target zone!

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  14. laken says:
    17 October 2009 at 1:47 am

    Hello Kitty Woman has a very split-personality ring to it.

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    • Robin says:
      17 October 2009 at 10:02 am

      Yes.

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  15. asuperlongusername says:
    17 October 2009 at 3:16 am

    I guess such a neutered cat doesn’t get civet. Too bad.

    I must say, I love this bottle. But then, I’m biased; most Hello Kitty stuff is amazing to me. I don’t want to smell it, though.

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    • Robin says:
      17 October 2009 at 10:02 am

      HA — I guess not!

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  16. Tamarind says:
    17 October 2009 at 11:44 am

    Ok I just proudly marched up the road with my Hello Kitty handbag brought from Hong Kong by a friend of mine. Another friend bought me a large Hello Kitty compact mirror to fit in this handbag from Japan, anytime anyone is going to Asia my demand is “Bring something Hello Kitty!” and I am a big grown woman. However the minimalist look of this bottle is not appealing to me either… :(

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    • Robin says:
      17 October 2009 at 1:25 pm

      It’s too bad they didn’t make it more fun!

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  17. laken says:
    17 October 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Its such a wierd set of notes, I think I’d like to try it for that reason alone!. I’ve decided that “Hello Kitty Woman” is a cute name. I want a bottle just for the fun of it.

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    • Robin says:
      17 October 2009 at 8:59 pm

      Then hope you’ll get one!

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  18. RusticDove says:
    18 October 2009 at 12:44 pm

    Uh-oh – my daughter is going to flip out over this. In the 80’s when I started to get HK stuff for her, I thought the items were adorable myself. To this day, I can’t resist any HK Item I come across and have to get it for her. The last time she came for the weekend, I put together a little package that had some make-up, perfume samples and HK band-aids. :-)

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    • Robin says:
      18 October 2009 at 9:21 pm

      Oh cute! Sounds like you need to get her a bottle.

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      • RusticDove says:
        19 October 2009 at 10:00 am

        Definitely! :-)

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        • Robin says:
          19 October 2009 at 10:53 am

          Saw it online this morning, I think at Marionnaud? Not that that’s much help unless you want to pay a ton of shipping.

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  19. Phoebopips says:
    19 October 2009 at 11:16 am

    I want this! I want this! I want this!

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    • Robin says:
      19 October 2009 at 12:06 pm

      Hope you’ll get some then!

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  20. Linda says:
    24 October 2009 at 5:34 pm

    Do you know where this would sell? And when it will be out in the stores? My daughter is eyeballing this one.

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    • Robin says:
      25 October 2009 at 11:54 am

      The only place I’ve seen it online so far is Marionnaud in France.

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  21. Linda says:
    26 October 2009 at 8:53 am

    Well, looks like she will not be getting this one.

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    • Robin says:
      26 October 2009 at 11:04 am

      It just launched, so I’d give it more time to get here.

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