Celebrity Perfumes Trend - Is it for me?

Britney Spears, Fantasy Perfume, celebrity perfumes

Regardless of how you feel about a celebrity and the Celebrity SCENTsation of celeb-inspired or celebrity-created perfumes, if you are a perfume connoisseur you love the rapid pace of new additions to your local perfume counters.  In years prior to the celebrity perfume trend, very few “new additions” of fragrances were released annually. Granted with the addition of the fashion design houses stepping into the fragrance arena, we have seen our fair share of newbie perfumes available.  But lets face it ladies, a new flanker version for the spring line or the holidays is all we could hope for.  The onslaught of brand-spanking-new perfumes has only been the fad over the last 8 years or so, and one can barely keep up with all the new celebrities throwing their hats into the ring!  I, for one, am loving it!  Read more

Spring Perfumes with Single Minded Scents

The April 2009 issue of Lucky Magazine’s Beauty Spy features perfumes with single-minded scents.  The eight new perfumes featured have one exceptional spotlight note.  Among the new perfumes is Paris Hilton’s Fairy Dust and Daisy Fuentes’ Dianoche Love.

New Spring Perfumes' Spotlight Notes - Lucky, April 2009

New Spring Perfumes Spotlight Notes - Lucky, April 2009

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Patchouli, the Revived Scent-sation

March 15, 2009 by Editor  
Filed under Erykah Badu, Kate Moss, Other Perfumes

Patchouli, once the scent of choice for hippies found at the Dead Show, has been revived in recent fragrances listed below. The rich and mossy scent of Patchouli oil mixed with florals allows a perfumes a light crisp scent, or a dusky elegance when mixed with other richly scented base notes.

Patchouli Perfumes

Patchouli Perfumes

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Onde Vertige Giorgio Armani, Spice Things Up

March 14, 2009 by Editor  
Filed under Other Perfumes

Giorgio Armani’s latest floriental perfume, Onde Vertige, is featured in InStyle Magazine’s article Beauty - 10 Ways To…Sexy Hair.  Listed at #7 Spice Things Up…, Armani’s Onde Vertige perfume blend of frangipani, licorice and patchouli, sprayed at the nape of your neck can give you a sexy floral oriental scent to your hair.

Onde Vertige, perfume by Giorgio Armani

Onde Vertige, perfume by Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani
Onde Vertige, $95/1.7 oz.; at Saks Fifth Avenue.

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Fruity Floral Perfumes Spring 2009, InStyle

Fruity floral perfumes are the trend in the March 2009 issue of InStyle Magazine.  Featured in the Beauty Fragrance section are four floral scents, Elizabeth Arden Pretty, Flirt! Flowerific, Pucci Vivara Variazioni Sole 149, and Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade, entitled Petal Pushers.

Fruity Floral Perfumes for Spring, InStyle Mar 2009

Fruity Floral Perfumes for Spring, InStyle Mar 2009

Petal Pushers
Flower arrangements are loosing up, thanks to a generous dose of zesty fruit notes.  Add a drop of peach nectar to jasmine and the powdery floral becomes instantly fresher; vivid mandarin and tangerine give new life to rose and water lily blends.  Explains Givaudan perfumer Cluade Dir, “Fruits complement flowers and give them an extra brightness that’s fun, flirty and spirited.”

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Island Michael Kors Bermuda, InStyle Magazine

Island Michael Kors Bermuda perfume, the latest fragrance addition to the Island perfume collection, is featured in the Beauty Fragrance section of InStyle Magazine’s February 2009 issue entitled The Great Escape

Island Michael Kors Bermuda, InStyle Feb 2009

Island Michael Kors Bermuda, InStyle Feb 2009

Warming Trend
“It captures that carefree feeling of lounging in a cute bikini at a fabulous destination,” says Michael Kors.  Island Michael Kors Bermuda, $62/1.7 oz.; bloomingdales.com.

The scent captures the color pink, mixing tropical flowers of hibiscus and peony with crisp cedarwood.

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DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom Perfume

March 3, 2009 by Editor  
Filed under Other Perfumes

Donna Karen’s latest perfume edition to the Be Delicious fragrance line, Be Delicious Fresh Blossom parfum, is introduced with model Louise Pederson as the face of the advertisement campaign.  Fragrance notes include Apple Blossom, Grapefruit, Cassis, Apricot, Muguet, Rose and Jasmine.

DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom Perfume

DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom Perfume

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Dolce & Gabbana The One Eau de Toilette

March 3, 2009 by Editor  
Filed under Other Perfumes

Dolce & Gabbana The One Eau de Toilette version is introduced, with model Gisele Bundchen as the face of the perfume’s latest edition.  Created by perfumer Jean-Baptiste Modino, l’eau the one is a lighter, sweet, fruity and fresh version of the original The One parfum.

Dolce and Gabbana The One Eau de Toilette

Dolce and Gabbana The One Eau de Toilette

Fragrance top notes include, Bergamot, Mandarin, Lychee, Peach; heart notes of Plum, Muguet, Jasmine, Madonna Lily; base notes of Amber, Musk, Moss, Vanilla and Vetiver.   Read more

Twilight Perfume, Movie Scent

December 30, 2008 by Editor  
Filed under Celebrity Perfume, Featured, Other Perfumes

The hit movie, Twilight, based on the novel of Stephenie Meyer now has it’s own movie star perfume called… you guessed it, Twilight. Read more

Burger King’s New Body Spray for Men, Flame!

December 16, 2008 by Editor  
Filed under Other Perfumes

Burger King® has launched a new body spray for men called Flame™ that retails for $3.99, sold exclusively Read more