Shown above, two of the four finalists from The High School of Fashion Industries Design Contest for The Fragrance Foundation (the students were invited to create bottle designs for the One Mighty Drop campaign).You can find the other finalists at the One Mighty Drop page at Facebook, or you can create your own bottle here.
Omnia vanitas
Model Lindsey Wixson for the new Versace Vanitas.
The new rock stars
MOVE over Britney Spears and Sarah Jessica Parker, here come Olivia Giacobetti, Romano Ricci and Kilian Hennessy.
According to Myer's fragrance buyer, Marissa Galatis, these boutique perfumers are the ''new rock stars'' of the fragrance world and are set to give celebrity fragrances, which have flooded the perfume market in recent years, a run for their money this Christmas.
— From Message in a bottle: 'Indie' perfumes are the new scent-sation at the Sydney Morning Herald. My question, because I see the term "rock star" applied to perfumers nearly everywhere (on blogs and in the mainstream media) these days: do any of you think of perfumers as rock stars? And would you buy a perfume just because Romano Ricci (who is, of course, not a perfumer) made it any more than you would buy a perfume because Britney Spears (ditto) made it?
Lazy weekend poll ~ whispering to Santa (or the gift-giving entity of your choice), 2010 edition
A repeat of a poll we ran in 2008 and 2009, inspired by the holiday gift articles. Here’s the three-part poll:
What is the fragrance-related gift you’d most like to receive this year?
Let’s say you were going to ask for just one unsniffed fragrance this year, what would it be?
Are you giving any fragrance items for gifts this year, and if so, what?
My answers…
Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey Florale ~ new fragrance
Issey Miyake will launch L’Eau d’Issey Florale, a new flanker to the iconic L’Eau d’Issey (1993) fragrance for women, in February. L’Eau d’Issey Florale follows A Scent by Issey Miyake Eau de Parfum Florale…