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November 28th, 2008 — , advertising, apple, eve, optocal scentsibilities, symbol, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
The story of Eve, her defiance on munching the forbidden apple and the symbolism of poisonous apples standing as wisdom, knowledge and sin in fairy tales have inspired perfume advertising for decades. Today I present you with some of the most beautiful…
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November 18th, 2008 — , Linden, Tilleul, french lime blossom, jo malone, lime tree, poem, tisane, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Whenever I smell French Lime Blossom by Jo Malone my mind reels back to my childhood; to days sprinkled with insouciance, eyes open at the crack of dawn filled with eager anticipation on what each new moment will bring, hope for happiness and belief in…
Related StoresNovember 10th, 2008 — , advertising, angel, commercial, thierry mugler, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
We had announced some months ago that Naomi Watts will be fronting the new campaign for Thierry Mugler’s iconic gourmand Angel. The line got renovated with new packaging, new advertising images and a boost in the body products out of which the Perfumin…
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November 5th, 2008 — , game, tag, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
I have been tagged yet again by two wonderful bloggers: oenophiliac (and sensexplorer) Chris from Vetivresse and the formidable on many levels Ayala from Smelly Blog.
Quick recap of rules: 1. Link to the person who tagged you 2. Post the rules on your…
Related StoresSeptember 17th, 2008 — , Review, jasmine, jitterbug, oil, opus oils, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.” It is in those enraptured words that Thomas More s…
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September 7th, 2008 — , Natalia Vodianova, Shalimar, advertising, campaign, commercial, new face, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
A few days ago we introduced the new face of Shalimar by parfums Guerlain, Natalia Vodianova, shot by Italian photographer Paolo Roversi. The ad prints that will appear in major fashion and beauty magazines only give a hint of the upcoming advertising …
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September 4th, 2008 — , Chanel, Les Exclusifs, Review, Vetiver Series, death in venice, luchino visconti, sycomore, vetiver, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“Do you come from Heaven or rise from the abyss, Beauty?
Your gaze, divine and infernal,
Pours out confusedly benevolence and crime,
And one may for that, compare you to wine …
From God or Satan, who cares? Angel or Siren,
Who cares, if you make— …
August 31st, 2008 — , commercial, hai karate, optical scentsibilities, thomas crown affair, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Some things are destined to become classics:In more ways than one.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), directed by Norman Jewison and starring Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen, is memorable for its tour-de-force of cinematography, split-scenes direction infl…
Continue reading → Optical Scentsibilities: It’s Not Just a Game!
July 29th, 2008 — , Almond, Gourmand, Review, commercial, flanker, floral woody, l'instant magic, musky, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
A caress of flowers and woods… That’s how L’instant Magic , a flanker to the original L’instant by Maurice Roucel for Guerlain, was introduced to the public last September. The anticipation was mostly accountable to its being a new Guerlain for the m…
Related StoresJuly 28th, 2008 — , Chypre, Floral, Guerlain, Review, aldehydic, chant d'aromes, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
As I lay my hands on the black and ivory keyboard of my Pleyel, fingering Le Lac de Come, I can’t but feel the optimism and bright sunshine of a summer’s day that Chant d’Arômes by Guerlain evokes in me as well. One of the lesser known Guerlains, it…
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July 21st, 2008 — , Kenzo, commercial, flower, masculine, new, power, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Kenzo is fond of flowers and thus in an unexpected twist he bases his latest fragrance for men on their image. Specifically he has envisioned the abstract tulipe sauvage: wild tulip, which Olivier Polge has materialised into Kenzo Power, a fragrance th…
Related StoresJuly 10th, 2008 — , Chanel, advertising, chance, commercial, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
One of the joys of advertising apart from the stirring of the imagination is the recreation of other times with all the exquisite details of bringing an aura of a forgotten epoch into the here and now. For Chanel the mythical era has always been the 19…
Related StoresJuly 9th, 2008 — , advertising, chanel No.5, commercial, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Chanel makes some of the most stunning commercials for perfume.
Some of them are revered and well known to a greater or lesser degree, most of which we have already discussed here on the Shrine. Some are rather strange and compelling in their weirdness…
June 29th, 2008 — , Chypre, Fruity, Pineapple, Review, aldehydic, caline, colony, fragrance history, l'heure attendue, ma collection, patou, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“The exotic image of the deepest jungle, lush vegetation, powerful spices borne over amethyst seas and strange girls in distant sun-kissed ports.” Thus is described Colony in the booklet which accompanies Patou’s Ma Collection.
In 1938, amid t…
Related StoresJune 12th, 2008 — , advertising, commercial, eau libre, jazz, pour homme, vice versa, youtube, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
These past two weeks, ever since Yves Saint Laurent left this vain world for hopefully a better one (or so we have been lulling ourselves to sleep?), it has been a great pleasure writing about the fragrances of the Yves Saint Laurent brand, many of whi…
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June 6th, 2008 — , Kate Moss, Oriental, Review, Spicy, Summer, advertising, jean louis sieuzac, jerry hall, limited edition, opium, sophie dahl, youtube, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Was this my life, or did I dream it? That seemingly rhetorical question might drive one crazy given sufficient circumstances. After all, isn’t all life, “is all we see and seem but a dream within a dream?” like Poe used to say. Or as the ancient Greeks…
Related StoresJune 3rd, 2008 — , commercial, y, youtube, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Serendipity works in mysterious ways and often in reverse.
I found this amazing and rarely seen clip from at least two years ago, as part of a longer film about Tom Ford (?), for Y by Yves Saint Laurent, while searching for something else. It features …
Continue reading → Stunning commercial for Y, by Yves Saint Laurent
May 29th, 2008 — , Chanel, catherine deneuve, chanel No.5, commercial, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
A commercial NOT to be missed! An old, rare (never seen it linked before) clip for Chanel No.5 with Catherine Deneuve seducing us through the screen, talking about her man and how they indulge each other.
Click here to watch La Deneuve!
You’ve probabl…
Related StoresMay 27th, 2008 — , Chypre, Green, Review, carven, catherine deneuve, ma griffe, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Mademoiselle Carven defined her fragrant prototype as “an outdoor perfume that needs to give up its heady character”, resembling her, hence the name and the packaging: “white for innocence, youth, and freshness; green because to me it’s the most beauti…
Related StoresMay 26th, 2008 — , arabian, fumigation, ritual, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Ancient traditions have the endearing trait of sometimes not being out of place in the modern world and even recalling beliefs which we thought had expired along with the pre-Industrialised world. It wasn’t too long ago that we were talking about Arabi…
Related StoresMay 24th, 2008 — , Calvin Klein, advertising, campaign, commercial, eva mendes, new, secret obsession, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
According to a WWD article Calvin Klein is launching a new feminine fragrance this autumn, fronted by sexy Latina actress Eva Mendes to a storm of controversy involving network censors. It was only the other day we were talking about the provocative ad…
Related StoresMay 20th, 2008 — , Calvin Klein, advertising, campaign, commercial, obsession, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
When Calvin Klein came out with Obsession and Obsession for Men in the 1980s, his reputation as a sexual provocateur was consolidated beyond any reasonable doubt. He had started with hinting at it through his infamous Jeans commercials featuring an und…
Related StoresMay 14th, 2008 — , Lemon, Review, Sandalwood, citrus, eau, lancome, o oui, o pour homme, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Inhaling a lemon grove’s foliage trail in the morning air under hot azure skies, set to savour the day with optimism, full of joie de vivre must be one of life’s simplest and most satisfying pleasures. Fragrances that give a lift to my step and make me…
Related StoresMay 5th, 2008 — , Marian Bendeth, Perfume, Sixth Scents, fragrance matching, synaesthesia, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
With Marian Bendeth, a conjurer of fragrances, who with sleight of hand and knowledgable intelligence guides us through the opaque landscapes of perfumery into the light of a moment of Eureka.
She reveals her associations with different fragrances for …
May 1st, 2008 — , Delrae, Floral, Green, Review, debut, michel roudnitska, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Like watching the prima ballerina dancing the night away en pointe during La Sylphide there often comes the realisation that behind such delicate artistry and graceful elegance there must be an insurmountable amount of toil and wistful spending of self…
Related StoresApril 27th, 2008 — , Ineke, Review, after my own heart, angelique lilas, en passant, lilac, niche, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“April is the cruellest month, breeding
lilacs out of the dead land”says the famous line from the Waste Land.
Lilac has always stood for me as the very emblem of April, “stirring dull roots with spring rain”. So inextricably has the month been linked…
Related StoresApril 22nd, 2008 — , Alpona, Caron, Contest, News, advertising, commercial, discontinued, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Bad news don’t have to be announced beforehand, they strike like lightning in a sudden summer storm getting you out of your comfort zone into the realisation that things follow their own course no matter how you think they’re going. I was about to do a…
Related StoresApril 21st, 2008 — , Good morning america, WBUR, interview, luca turin, perfumes the guide, tania sanchez, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Thanks to the amazing skills and generosity of IrisLA, a truly lovely, generous lady and a reader of this venue, Perfume Shrine is in the position to offer you the clip of the interview by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez on occassion of issuing their new …
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April 17th, 2008 — , Frederic Malle, Summer, summer wine, top picks, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Perfume Shrine presents you a glimpse of the upcoming lists of top fragrances for summer. Never too early to get prepared in the perfume stakes! In the new issue of Allure magazine (page 134) Frédéric Malle recommends some of his fave summer scents:
…
April 10th, 2008 — , Review, Serge Lutens, absinthe series, anise, apocalyptica, artemisia, bittersweet, douce amere, rasmus, ville valo, wormwood, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Douce Amère’s sonorous name, meaning “bittersweet” in French, brings back memories of childhood with a Prustian rush: the precarious balance of bitter and sweet like a poisonous plant, like bitter sightshade; the smell of danger and dare of a bitters …
Related StoresApril 8th, 2008 — , Frederic Malle, edition des parfums, noses, top picks, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Frederic Malle talks about his gorgeous, niche line Edition des Parfums.
The clip is shot in Holt-Renfrew in Vancouver, Canada and is brought to you courtesy of dabbler.ca and youtube.
And here are the perfumes that Frederic Malle considers top pick…
Related StoresApril 8th, 2008 — , Frederic Malle, edition des parfums, noses, top picks, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Frederic Malle talks about his gorgeous, niche line Edition des Parfums.
The clip is shot in Holt-Renfrew in Vancouver, Canada and is brought to you courtesy of dabbler.ca and youtube.
And here are the perfumes that Frederic Malle considers top pick…
Related StoresApril 6th, 2008 — , Angelica, Review, absinthe series, list, wormwood, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
In our investigation of how absinthe has inspired artists, writers, as well as filmmakers, we must return to the art of perfumery with its vast ability to evoke reminiscences. Many fragrances have drawn upon la fée verte in recent years and its herbal…
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April 4th, 2008 — , Art, Literature, absinthe series, crowley, degas, hemingway, maignan, manet, oscar wilde, rimbaud, van gogh, verlaine, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Absinthe and its hallucinogenic reputation have contributed to the mythos of it being the drink of artists and poets who harnessed its “lucid intoxication” to produce works of inimitable fantasy. Through these works of visual and written art, the audie…
Related StoresApril 2nd, 2008 — , Film, absinthe series, absinthia taetra, anise, dracula, ernest dowson, from hell, history, hyssop, wormwood, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Our new Series takes you into the realm of the forbidden and the bohemian, the realm of the “green fairy that lives in the absinthe” and all the terrors and fascinations she produces in art and perfumery. Perfume Shrine has already tentatively shown a …
Related StoresMarch 27th, 2008 — , book, book review, classification, luca turin, perfumes the guide, tania sanchez, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
The perfume guide being written by odor guru Luca Turin with co-author and his newlywed Tania Sanchez was shrouded in mystery for some time. It has been 15 years since Turin had penned the original, now out-of-print Parfums, Le Guide in French. Since …
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March 26th, 2008 — , gone with the wind, margaret mitchell, match characters with fragrance, scarlett o'hara, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
We were having a discussion with Gaia, the Non-Blonde, the other day, about one of our common passions: cinema. And one of the epics that marked it has been Gone with the Wind, the adaptation of the Margaret Mitchell novel which spans almost two decade…
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March 19th, 2008 — , Travel Memoirs, a touch of spice, ayala moriel, hammam, istanbul, jo wood, loukhoum, politiki kouzina, rahat loukoum, sahleb, salep, turkish delight, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Desserts in Turkey take on many aromatic guises in their war-like mission to ruin one’s waistline and walking through the marketplace one faces its own portable amunition.
One of the most famous, referenced even in The Chronicles of Narnia, is Turkish …
March 16th, 2008 — , Cuisine, Food, Rose Otto, Travel Memoirs, a touch of spice, benzoin, coffee, istanbul, politiki kouzina, scent, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“The ghosts return at night, little lights for unredeemed souls
And if you gaze up at the barricades, you’ll see figures looking back at you
And it’s then that a complaint wanders you through the cobblestone alleys
Of Constantinople, a lover from …
March 14th, 2008 — , LAMB, commercial, first in fragrance, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
No, not Lamb by Gwen Stefani, lovely as the site might be.
Another one, which aired in Australia: a sure-fire man magnet!
(uploaded by melliepanther)
What do you think?
Related StoresMarch 14th, 2008 — , LAMB, commercial, first in fragrance, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
No, not Lamb by Gwen Stefani, lovely as the site might be.
Another one, which aired in Australia: a sure-fire man magnet!
(uploaded by melliepanther)
What do you think?
Related StoresMarch 10th, 2008 — , Chloe, bottle, chloe sevigny, lagerfeld, new, old, original, reformulation, tuberose, white floral, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
There are perfumes that know what they are doing and there are perfumes on an identity crisis. The latest Chloé belongs to the latter category. You’re probably asking yourselves “the latest? Isn’t there only one Chloé”? No, actually there are three o…
Related StoresMarch 10th, 2008 — , Chloe, bottle, chloe sevigny, lagerfeld, new, old, original, reformulation, tuberose, white floral, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
There are perfumes that know what they are doing and there are perfumes on an identity crisis. The latest Chloé belongs to the latter category. You’re probably asking yourselves “the latest? Isn’t there only one Chloé”? No, actually there are three o…
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