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Scent dinner .... but in futuristic Rome

Le 5 juin 2008 à 22:13 sur 1000fragrances

This short presentation is from an american trade magazine - mid 30's. Scent dinners are not new in the business but look how it was done in that exuberant era. The final phrase contains a word - Fascisti. To my entire surprise, reading american trade magazines (1934-1936) - I saw a lot of (...)

Chanel Le 1940 Beige

Le 4 juin 2008 à 20:39 sur 1000fragrances

Scent dinner in Paris

Le 3 juin 2008 à 16:35 sur 1000fragrances

Thursday, 5th june, 7.30 PM - Scent dinner with Chandler Burr in Paris - restaurant Lapérouse. "The evening will begin with an introduction to a category of scents universal in France yet virtually unknown in the world beyond: "les parfums gourmands" or culinary perfumes. These (...)

My vision

Le 1er juin 2008 à 18:35 sur 1000fragrances

On the french site auparfum I gave a short interview where I explained my vision on perfumery/blogging and future. My hope is than in less than 10 years with a click all the scents that I evoke would be available to sniff within seconds. :) For perfumes and internet it's stil SF now but who (...)

Pure Distance I - the perfume

Le 1er juin 2008 à 1:04 sur 1000fragrances

Pure Distance is a new luxury brand located in Vienna where the perfume is protected in the Puredistance Perfume Lounge, hold in a crystal masterpiece made of Swarovski crystal and 24 carat gold-plate. Its aim is to be one of the most excusive fragrance brands . The fragrance created by Annie (...)

Dior : Escale à Portofino

Le 29 mai 2008 à 19:39 sur 1000fragrances

In the trend of orange flower and Cologne ... why do we need this creation from Dior? If you think Neroli Portofino is too strong and dark and if Eau de Cologne from Chanel is too refined and expensive (the best for me in this trend) you can try Dior. A mix of the 2, easy to wear with a touch (...)

Rue de la Paix

Le 29 mai 2008 à 17:57 sur 1000fragrances

Once upon a time the famous Rue de la Paix and place Vendôme in Paris were the center of fashion and beauty. If today they are the epicenter of jewelers, in the first part of XXth century it was the fashionable place for perfumers and great couturiers. Before Sephora was invented women went to (...)

Armani Privé

Le 29 mai 2008 à 2:59 sur 1000fragrances

I was very enthusiastic when Armani started this luxury line and I enjoyed the very first concepts both in term of design and smell (like Pierre de lune and Cuir améthyste). But very soon I realized that l'Oréal's intention was only to mimic luxury. If you look back through Armani's collection, (...)

Ambre by Chanel (before 1924)

Le 26 mai 2008 à 2:14 sur 1000fragrances

The Ambre from Chanel that I knew and found long time ago was in the classic modernist No5 bottle (the first type as seen in the previous Chypre post). But thanks to this russian blog (ezhinka) I saw a different bottle of this curious perfume. Some voices claimed that Ambre was one of the first (...)

Chanel Chypre (before 1924)

Le 21 mai 2008 à 16:53 sur 1000fragrances

Since 1917 when Coty launched its great success it was fashionable that every perfume house had not only a chypre fragrance in their catalogue … but a Chypre or a similar name. Chanel also had a Chypre and the one you see in this picture from a bottle auction in Paris years ago is her (...)