Important fragrance news in a quick brief

Launches

Max Mara has launched Max Mara Le Parfum, a new fragrance for women. Max Mara Le Parfum is unrelated to the 2008 fragrance of the same name... Read the rest of this article »

Industry

In case you did not buy the book Comme des Garçons Parfums 1994-2025 when it came out, here's your chance at a revised and expanded new version: "Comme des Garçons Parfums is happy to celebrate its thirty-three years of excellent and progressive scents and design. The entire collection of pebbles, series, special editions and collaborations is presented here, together with the packaging and hilarious printed matter. Never the same twice, never looking back! The second printing two years later than the smash hit cult book is reduced to half its size and reminds us of a radicalized Bible or similar. From the irresistible „Eau de Parfum“ (1994) to the mind boggling TO VETIVER (2026), the bunch of wild flowers and scents is united in a thick book with large images, printed in brilliant colours on thick paper: Comme pour les enfants, des grandes enfants comme nous! [...] Half of the size of the first edition, thirty-two pages more, six new fragrances, new texts by Adrian Joffe, Denyse Beaulieu, interview Christian Astuguevieille by Emily Algar, Dino Simonett." $100 at Dover Street Market in New York. (I believe the image above shows the back cover.]

Industry

Olivia Rodrigo for Lancôme Idôle Peach ‘N Roses. Below the jump, Julia Roberts for Lancôme La Vie Est Belle L’Elixir Very Cherry. Read the rest of this article »

Industry

It’s (teapot) Tuesday. Birthdays today: Alex Haley, Steve Wozniak, Inès de La Fressange, Joe Jackson. What fragrance are you wearing? I’m wearing L’Artisan Parfumeur Séville à l’Aube, because Glannys mentioned it over the weekend. Tea at the moment is Harney CTC Assam. Reminder: on 8/14, for National Creamsicle Day, wear a creamsicle fragrance, if you have one... Read the rest of this article »

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She says she’s able to fine-tune a fragrance using an old bottle or a sample or a list of notes: “I remake a scent that their mom or grandma wore, and it takes them right back to being with them, and it brings tears to people’s eyes, and that makes it all worth it.” — Read more in Missing a discontinued perfume? This Nantucket family business can smell it back into existence at The Boston Globe.

Industry

Perfume PosseThree More from Naomi Goodsir Is everybody off on their August break? Possibly. Well, the perfume sniffage never stops. Here’s a quick run-down of three more Naomi Goodsirs, I bought the whole sample set since I loved this one. Corpus Equus (Bertrand Duchafour, 2021) –... Continue Reading → Perfume PosseThree More from Naomi Goodsir

Reviews

The Different Company GIN-SENG smells foreign and new, as one would expect a root so heavily used in Chinese medicine might to a Western nose The post The Different Company GIN-SENG Review (Meng Gu) 2026 + Powerful Green Giveaway appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

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Perfume PosseManicure As of one minute after midnight this past Saturday we’re under a hosepipe ban here. Meaning: no using a hose to water the garden at all. A bowl in the shower to catch water. It’s so so ironic that at... Continue Reading → Perfume PosseManicure

Reviews

Third Eye Fragrance Co new Red Rum Reserve celebrates artisan perfumer Will Southard's love of touring distilleries around the world The post Third Eye Fragrances Co Red Rum Reserve Review (Will Southard) 2026+ First Anniversary Giveaway appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

Industry

Wearing La Serenissima by Statik Olfactive composed by American perfumer Chris Undi is like letting the Venetian Isles graze my skin. The post La Serenissima by Statik Olfactive Winner appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

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Saturday is National Happiness Happens Day plus International Cat Day, Sunday is National Book Lovers Day, Monday is National S’mores Day and World Lion Day. We’re celebrating all the holidays with our same old open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the last perfume you wanted to wear but it was too darned hot, whatever. Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer... Read the rest of this article »

Ingredients

Penhaligon’s has launched Intense versions of four fragrances in the brand’s Portraits collection: The Blazing Mister Sam Intense, Changing Constance Intense, The Coveted Duchess Rose Intense and The Tragedy of Lord George Intense... Read the rest of this article »