Agent Provocateur Latest Fragrance – Fatale

Inspired by the 1940’s Hollywood Femme Fatale, the sharply faceted angles of the bottle are designed to reflect her myriad sides to the riveted gaze of those around her. 

The packaging is an ode to Film Noire in diamond embossed textured matte black framed with lacquered pink border.

Top notes:

Bold with spicy Madagascar pink pepper, succulent mango nectar and blackcurrant.

Heart notes:

Seductive and feminine with Velvet Gardenia, elegant Royal Orris absolute and smoky Indonesian Patchouli.

Base notes:

Sultry with musk, creamy Vanilla Orchid Aphrodisiac, Chocolate Gourmand Addiction and leathery Spanish labdanum.

Perfumer is Jean-Marc Chaillan

Available nationwide at Agent Provocateur stores and selected department stores such as Debenhams Direct link to Fatale via Debenhams

EDP 30ml £36, 50m £46 and 100ml £62

Ormonde Jayne's new fragrance – Black Gold

Top notes: bergamot, lemon, mandarin, clary sage and juniper berry

Heart: orchids, rose, water lilies, jasmine and carnation absolute

Base: Oudh, schinus molle, sandalwood, patchouli, vetiver, vanilla, labdanum, moss, musk, cedar, ambrette seed and amber.

Price £420 for 120ml EDP

Black Gold is exclusive to Harrods store 

and Harrods online

Yardley London launches two new fragrances and revamps two of their favourites.

This year, Yardley’s Signature Fragrances have had a makeover to create a contemporary fragrance collection.  Introducing two new women’s fragrances plus a re-launch of two favourites to bring them up to date.

New Fragrance: JADE

Inspired by the 1960s the fragrance is a fresh green floral scent.

Top notes:  A sharp start with bergamot, sweet peach and green woody galbanum

Heart: Floral bouquet of rose, jasmine, ylang ylang and orris

Base notes:  Patchouli, sandalwood and moss

Price £19.99 for EDT 50ml

New Fragrance: POLAIRE

A softer fragrance is this modern floral chypre. Actually launched at the end of last year.

Top notes: Fruity with pear and freesia

Heart: Spicy floral with rose, ginger and pink pepper

Base notes: Powdery with patchouli, amber and balsam.

Price £19.99 for EDT 50ml

And the re-launched?:

The Royal English Daisy has been re-launched as the LONDON DAISY with a fun and youthful packaging of little white daisies on a sunshine yellow background.

Young and fresh this is a dewy fresh green floral great for the spring season.

Tops notes: Fresh green leaves and apple.

Heart: Rose and hyacinth.

Base notes: Warm sandalwood and musk

Price £14.99 for EDT 50ml

Royal Diamond has become LONDON DIAMOND and is more of a sophisticated floral fragrance.

Top notes: Fruity Citrus with pear, bergamot and honey

Heart: Rose, peony and the delicate lily of the valley

Base notes: Warm cedar wood, sandalwood and vanilla.

Price £14.99 for EDT 50ml

Yardley fragrances are available nationwide at Boots, Lloyds, Morrison’s, Sainsbury, independent chemists and online at www.yardleylondon.co.uk

Alesha Dixon's First Fragrance is the ALESHA ROSE QUARTZ

British solo singer and judge of Strictly Come Dancing & Britain’s Got Talent, Alesha Dixon has brought out her first fragrance ‘Alesha Rose Quartz’.

Alesha’s love of crystals has inspired her to create a series of fragrances called Crystal Collection and Rose Quartz is the first to be presented.

Representing love and positive thoughts, Rose is dominant in the top and heart of the fragrance.

Opening notes include bergamot, grapefruit, geranium and magnolia, whilst the bottom notes are of vetivert, cedar and musk.

Available from the www.thefragranceshop.co.uk  £24.50 for EDT 100ml

Dolce & Gabanna The One fragrance - Trailer number 1: There is nothing as unique as a dream‏

Here’s the new print advertising campaign for The One starring Scarlett Johansson and Matthew McConaughey.

Photographer Peter Lindbergh is a master of black and white imagery and long-standing photographer for leading publications around the world.
For the first campaign trailer he recreated a film set on a secluded beach on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
Art imitating life, the campaign sees Scarlett and Matthew backstage, surrounded by spotlights, recreating a scene that has striking parallel to their own lives.




A rich oriental floral fragrance:
Top notes: Zesty Bergamot and mandarin with lychee and peach
Heart: Madonna Lily with its voluptuous intensity and enveloping femininity.
Base notes: Rich Vanilla and resinous Amber with smooth Musky notes to leave a lingering presence.

Thomas Sabo First Women's Fragrance - Glam'N'Soul

Jewellery brand Thomas Sabo announced its first ever fragrance for women called Glam ‘N’ Soul .

Top notes: Lychee, pink pepper and bergamot

Heart: Rose accord, waterlily and pure magnolia

Base notes: Cedarwood, vanilla and creamy musk

Glam ‘N’ Soul 's white globe shaped bottle shows a map of the world with Thomas Sabo engraved on a silver equator. The idea of the globe is to represent Thomas Sabo as a unique brand with a worldwide presence. The exterior packaging has graphic black lettering in line with Thomas Sabo’s signature style.

Glam ’N’ Soul is sold exclusively in Thomas Sabo stores and online at www.thomassabo.com

 

Sunshine Fragrances for Spring 2012

Spring is here, the sun is shining and that means it's time to change your heady winter fragrance to something lighter and fresher.

Here are a few new spring fragrances which aim to capture the scent of  tropical islands, sunshine and cool sea breezes..

Bvlgari Omnia Coral

This new addition to the Omnia range was inspired by the shimmering hues of precious red coral and far off oceans.

It’s a fruity floral fragrance with notes of the Tropical Hibiscus and pomegranate.

Top notes:  bergamot and goji berries

Heart:  Hibiscus and Water lily

Base notes: Pomegranate and cedar wood

For all of the Omnia range, this Italian Jeweller has emulated two interlocking links of a chain coated with a gemstone colour for the bottle. This time the colour is coral representing  the ocean’s treasured gem.

Aqua Oriens by Van Cleef & Arpels

Inspired by a blue lagoon, this is a lighter fruity floral fragrance with woody notes to the original exotic Oriens

Top notes: Pear and lime zest

Heart: Orange blossom and honeysuckle

Base: Amber and musk

This Paris based Jeweller designed the bottle with a chunky gem like stopper in bright aqua blue reminiscent of the crystal clear lagoon waters.

Sunny Diane by Diane Von Furstenberg

We have to wait until May for this limited edition to come out, which is apt as it was inspired by a sunny summer’s day.   

Like the original fragrance Diane, this is based on the scent of frangipani flower. But instead of  woody tones, Sunny Diane is more of a beach babe with notes of sundrenched driftwood, aquatic and mandarin accords.

Which one would you take on a desert island?

Images provided by KGA PR

Celebrity Perfumes

Xmas is coming and it’s time to start thinking of writing to Santa.  Here are a few Celebrity perfumes which look gorgeous.  But do they smell gorgeous?  Leave a comment and let us know what you think.

Katy Perry Purr

Cute and sexy bottle design, you’ll want to keep it on display:even after the bottle has been used up. The deep purple and cat’s jewelled eyes instantly make it look more of an evening fragrance.

Top notes: peach nectar, green bamboo, red apple, gardenia

Heart notes: jasmine blossom, pink freesia, Bulgarian rose

Base notes: vanilla, orchid, white amber, sandalwood, skin musk, coconut

Scent : floral fruity

Rihanna - Reb’l Fleur 

Sleek looking bottle designed as an upturned stiletto heel. Not sure about the black top although I suppose this represents the heel’s tap.

 Top notes: Red berries, plum, peach,

Heart notes:  Hibiscus, violet, tuberose, coconut water

 Base notes: vanilla, patchouli, amber, musk

Scent: fruity chypre

JLO Love and Glamour

A tactile and sculptural bottle design emulating Jennifer Lopez's curves wrapped in a golden diaphanous gown. You can almost imagine the bottle sashaying down the red carpet by itself

Top notes:  mandarin, guava, nectarine

Heart notes: water lily, orchid, jasmine

Base notes: sandalwood, amber, musk

Scent :floral fruity 

Images provided by The Perfume Shop