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Ingredients

Calvin Klein Eternity Suede Essence ~ new fragrances

Calvin Klein will launch a new limited edition Eternity duo, with Eternity Suede Essence For Women, a flanker to 1988’s Eternity, and Eternity Suede Essence For Men, a flanker to 1989’s Eternity for Men. Last year’s model: Eternity Amber Essence... Read the rest of this article »

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Launches

Hermes Ginseng Biloba ~ new fragrance

Hermès has launched Ginseng Biloba, a new fragrance in the brand’s luxury Hermessence line... Read the rest of this article »

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Industry

Gimme

Alisha Boe + others, for Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Pink Glaze.

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Industry

Tuesday scent of the day 7/28

It’s Tuesday, World Nature Conservation Day and National Milk Chocolate Day. Birthdays: Beatrix Potter, Marcel Duchamp, Malcolm Lowry, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. What fragrance are you wearing? I’m in Chanel 28 La Pausa, from a less than pristine but still enjoyable sample that turned up this morning. Reminder: on 7/31, wear something that reminds you of a favourite meal,.. Read the rest of this article »

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Launches

Grass

Gap Inc. is making its return to the beauty category with the launch of Gap Beauty, reintroducing its iconic fragrance collection. Launching in stores and online on July 30, the collection reimagines Gap’s signature fragrances—Dream, Grass, Heaven and Om—as eau de parfums, while introducing a new scent, Harmony. — Read more in Gap relaunches fragrance collection with debut of Gap Beauty at FashionNetwork. For the 2026 version, [perfumer Nicole] Mancini wanted to keep that call to nature but make [Grass] more complex with different facets of green notes—green mandarin, which reminds her of sun-warmed skin; violet leaf, which she says has a "touch of cucumber wetness"; vetiver, which is super grounding; and matcha tea through DSM-Firmenich's proprietary Smell-the-Taste technology. — Read more in Grass! Dream! Heaven! Gap Beauty Is Back, and We Scored a First Look at the Resurrected '90s Scents at Who What Wear.

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Industry

In the Woods: Naomi Goodsir

Perfume PosseIn the Woods: Naomi Goodsir So, there I was, minding my own business, rifling through Carolyn’s newest LuckyScent sample order (with her permission but without my reading glasses on), giving things a nice anonymous low-stakes spritz. And then it happened – that all-too-rare moment of:... Continue Reading → Perfume PosseIn the Woods: Naomi Goodsir

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Industry

Pepperkorn by Astrophil & Stella Winner

Pepperkorn by master perfumer Mark Buxton is one of two new releases for 2026 from the Italian brand Astrophil & Stella along with Sambalia The post Pepperkorn by Astrophil & Stella Winner appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

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Halston Classic (Women) and Clinique Aromatics Elixir

Perfume PosseHalston Classic (Women) and Clinique Aromatics Elixir Well, it’s still quite warm but not insane. No rain for weeks but a half hour this morning. Like Mother Nature having a bit of a laugh. We’ve yet to come under a hosepipe ban but we’ll see. The tuberose... Continue Reading → Perfume PosseHalston Classic (Women) and Clinique Aromatics Elixir

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Industry

Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ open thread, late July 2026

We’re marking (mourning? celebrating?) the last weekend in July with with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you’re thinking you never wear and might as well get rid of, 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 »

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