Thank you to Tania for passing on the news that filming is to begin next week on the movie version of Patrick Suskind's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Dustin Hoffman and Ben Wishaw star. Read all about it at Yahoo News (link expired, sorry!).
New fragrances: David Beckham Instinct, Fresh Memoirs of a Geisha & more
David Beckham’s new fragrance, Instinct, will debut in Europe in September, in the US in 2006:
Instinct’s feugere [sic] juice was concocted by International Flavors and Fragrances’ Alain Astori and Beatrice Piquet. Its top notes include Italian bergamot, orange and mandarin. At its heart are star anise, cardamom and red pimento notes…
Benetton Cumbia Colors, Disney That’s So Raven ~ new fragrances
Benetton will launch Cumbia Colors fragrances for women and men this September:
Cumbia Colors for women, created by IFF’s Béatrice Piquet and Alain Astori, starts with a red fruit accord, followed by a floral note (cyclamen, lily) and ending with a sensual woody, vanilla, musky dry down. Its men’s counterpart [shown], signed by Drom’s Barbara Zoebelein, begins with a spicy celery, anise accord, with a melon and eucalyptus mix in the heart, while woody and musky notes closes the olfactory phrase. (via cosmeticnews)
Disney will launch a new fragrance, That's So Raven, this September to tie-in with its hit show of the same name. The fragrance features vanilla bean, white lily, lemon zest, and musk. (via Yahoo Finance link expired, sorry!)