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Guy Laroche Drakkar Essence ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 15 July 2014 6 Comments

Guy Laroche Drakkar Essence

Guy Laroche has launched Drakkar Essence, a new flanker to 1972’s Drakkar fragrance for men…

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Azzaro Pour Homme Night Time ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 November 2011 1 Comment

Azzaro Pour Homme Night Time

Next year, Azzaro will launch Azzaro Pour Homme Night Time, a new green woody fougère flanker to Azzaro Pour Homme (1978). The new scent will be fronted by Enrique Iglesias…

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Azzaro Pour Homme L’Eau ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 July 2011 4 Comments

Azzaro Pour Homme L'Eau

Azzaro has launched Azzaro Pour Homme L’Eau, a “refreshing, invigorating” variation on the original Azzaro Pour Homme (1978). The new aquatic fougère fragrance for men is fronted by pop singer Enrique Iglesias…

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Issey Miyake A Scent Soleil de Neroli, Nina Ricci L’Air de Nina Ricci ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 6 February 2011 16 Comments

Issey Miyake A Scent Soleil de Néroli Nina Ricci L'Air de Nina Ricci

Issey Miyake will launch A Scent by Issey Miyake Soleil de Néroli (above left) in March. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2009’s A Scent by Issey Miyake…

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Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One ~ perfume review

Posted by Jessica on 5 December 2009 87 Comments

Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One perfume

Dolce & Gabbana Rose The One, a flanker to the company’s 2006 release The One, definitely can’t be faulted for its promotion and packaging. It has a print advertising campaign and an accompanying television commercial created by the photographer-director Jean-Baptiste Mondino; the commercial also features a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. The fragrance’s muse, Scarlett Johansson, is shown looking delicately radiant in these ads, every inch a human meringue: her platinum hair tinted a soft strawberry blonde, her creamy skin set off by a rose-colored mesh gown (Dolce & Gabbana, of course), her lush figure reclining on a bed with a pink tufted-satin headboard. Rose The One’s bottle and the fragrance’s “juice” itself are also shaded pink, in case you missed the point. With visuals this tactile and boudoir-oriented, you might expect a powdery gourmand rose fragrance along the lines of Parfumerie Generale’s Brûlure de Rose.

Unfortunately, reality intrudes with the experience of the actual Eau de Parfum inside that blush-colored bottle and its layers of well-crafted marketing…

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