The first scented credit card has been released in Japan. Now you can watch your money go accompanied by "upbeat citrus notes of mandarin, grapefruit and lemon." (via jcn newswire)
Thanks to Anya for this link to an article about natural perfumer Isabella Aurel (link no longer working, sorry!) in the Monterey County Weekly.
Style.com has a round-up of fragrance "keepsake bottles" for the holidays. Check out the Chinese dragon bottle for Estee Lauder Beautiful.
Check out the Smart Second Skin dress:
Fragrances are actively ‘pulsed’ electronically through a micro cabling system in the fabric web. The dress has its own nervous system, which allows the wearer to control the emotional wellbeing of the garments…
By request, here a few fragrance gift ideas for the male half of your shopping list:
From The Art of Shaving: a 50 ml Eau de Toilette in their popular Sandalwood fragrance, plus a 2.5 oz tube of sandalwood scented shaving cream. $40 at artofshaving…
The Eastman Chemical Company has developed a new way to add fragrance to product packaging:
In the Chocolatine prototype the cream is scented with chocolate, vanilla and orange and the jar’s lid disperses a fragrance identical to that of the cream. Although Chocolatine is a fully realised product, it will not be marketed directly. (via cosmeticsinternational)
Upcoming fragrance news from Jan Moran’s Fabulous Fragrances newsletter…
Coming next year from Kenzo: a new women's fragrance, as yet unnamed, and a new summer limited edition of L'Eau Par Kenzo, Love L'Eau.
Scented billboards? Azzaro is advertising Silver Black in Paris airports using "advertising stations" that "will diffuse the Silver Black scent to a radius of five meters around each station located in proximity to perfumery outlets in the terminals." (both above via cosmeticnews)
The next fragrance from Serge Lutens to join the export range might be named Gris Clair. Thanks to J for passing on the (completely unsubstantiated) rumor!
A new phone from Hyundai for the Chinese market emits the fragrance of your choice when you open the clamshell. The cost? $1200. (via I4U news) A cheaper option: Lenovo's Perfume Phone, which works by "heating a small chamber filled with a few drops of a favorite fragrance, infusing your wrist (or purse or pocket) whenever the phone is turned on." It's a bargain at around $200, but again, only in China. (via Fortune link no longer working, sorry)