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Memo Paris Red Island ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 26 June 2025 2 Comments

French niche line Memo has launched Red Island, a new fragrance in the brand’s Graines Vagabondes collection…

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La Collection Rabanne ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 9 August 2024 7 Comments

Paco Rabanne has launched La Collection Rabanne, a new line of eight luxury fragrances: After Club, Armure Mara, Mesh Metal, Midnight Sex, Night Soul, Oud Montaigne, Rose 1969 and Silver Skin…

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Lancome Absolue Les Parfums ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 25 June 2024 15 Comments

Lancôme has launched Absolue Les Parfums, a new collection of 11 rose perfumes dedicated to the rose centifolia grown at Lancôme’s horticultural site in Grasse, Le Domaine de la Rose. The fragrances are 1001 Roses, 6 AM Rose, Hell Of A Rose, Hot As Rose, I Flamed A Rose, Le Parfum, Not Your Rose, Oud Bouquet, Rose On The Moon, Rose Or Die and Storm & Roses…

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My first inspiration was art

Posted by Robin on 5 June 2023 Leave a Comment

My first inspiration was art. I did a lot of research on how painters, sculptors, artists have illustrated the sun in their works. For many centuries, this star has fascinated human beings. It began in the civilization of Ancient Egypt, in the Middle Ages, the sun was painted in gold on religious books and paintings. Louis XIV, also known as “Le Roi Soleil” [the Sun King], used the sun as his ornament like the Incas some centuries earlier. In 1872, Claude Monet created the magnificent painting “Soleil Levant” which inspired Vicky Colombet with her interpretation of “Rising Sun” in 2020. Funny enough, when I was creating Solaris, an exhibition, “Face au Soleil”, took place in Paris at the museum Marmottan. It gave me a lot of inspiration.

— Perfumer Aliénor Massenet on developing Penhaligon's Solaris. Read more in Penhaligon’s New Scent Solaris Is Created With The Sun In Mind at Forbes.

Memo Honey Dragon & Lyra Peach ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 6 May 2023 2 Comments

French niche line Memo has launched the Étoiles filantes (shooting stars) collection with two new fragrances, Honey Dragon and Lyra Peach…

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