Whether handwritten and stored in a special box, or encrypted in emails, nothing stirs the heart like a love letter. From your special one, a love note is more than just a message. This Valentine’s Day, we selected scents whose very names include the most powerful word we know and —LOVE! His notes are postmarked <... >
He is a record producer, three-time Grammy Award”“winning performer, writer, fashion designer, actor, singer; and now this entertainment mogul is becoming a major force in the world of fragrance world. The prerequisite tall, dark and handsome, he has “˜it’. Who better to send you (our “you put the B” in Beauty News readers), a special <... >
Since antiquity, ambergris, now referred to as amber, has been one of the most valued perfume ingredients. Labeled an aphrodisiac with mystical powers, it is said that solid ambergris will retain its perfume for three centuries or more. It used as a bottom note in many memorable fragrances for men and women. Amber dates back <... >
Your Christmas stockings might have been overflowing with bottles of your signature perfume, but if one of your New Year’s resolutions is to make a big life change, why not start with fragrance? Shock your friends and family is by changing things up a bit and cause a few heads to turn in your direction. <... >
In this day and age, where pharmacare is a cheap substitute for “therapy”, there are more stressed out anxiety ridden New Yorkers who take daily doses of “˜Happy Pills’ to make it through the day. (Note: If you have been diagnosed with depression, chronic anxiety or attention deficit disorder by taking a test online or <... >
Behind the Perfumed Curtain:
An Exclusive Interview with Chandler Burr, Perfume Critic for the New York Times
By Michelyn Camen
Chandler Burr took the road less traveled and ended up on a scented path. Trained in international economics, Japanese political economy and language–he has a Masters from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and began his journalism a stringer in The Christian Science Monitor’s Southeast Asia bureau. Somewhat by chance Burr became known for <... >
Love it, or hate it; there is now doubt that Angel by Thierry Mugler is one of the most influential fragrances to debut during the past twenty years. Quite possibly Angel changed the direction of fragrance forever, with its “˜no flowers at all formulation’. According to Jonathan Zrihen, CEO & President of Clarins Group US, <... >
We know; you are stressing as you search for the perfect gift this holiday season for your ever growing gift list. NO! NO! NO! Please don’t (yawn) get anyone a boring bottle of wine, a Starbucks Gift card or web e-certificate. Give something FRAGRANT. Yes, fragrance is very personal, but that is part of its <... >
A Holiday Treat:
Beauty News’ Exclusive Interview with
The Incomparable Monsieur Olivier Creed
By Michelyn Camen
We are honored and pleased to have this opportunity to “gift” our readers with an interview with one of the fragrance world’s most influential master perfumers. Mr. Olivier Creed is the 6th generation of CREED family sons, and perhaps the most influential. The House of CREED has created some of the most experiential and classic <... >
NYC culture dictator/artist, the eccentrically enigmatic Andy Warhol once commented that a fragrance company had inquired about ‘buying ‘ aura. “We didn’t think it was possible to package all that the gender-bending Pop Artist Warhol represented in scent form”, he said. But NYC perfumer Bond No.9, which creates scents inspired by and as homages to <... >
