Every woman has her very own special perfume, which means it’s always a great Christmas gift idea for the women in your life. Be it your mother, sister, best friend, girlfriend or wife, there is a perfect perfume for each one – discover it with this season’s (2008) newest fragrances.
More and more, men are taking care of themselves and of how they look. That is why perfumes have become very popular in the man’s world, with a privileged place in their bathrooms. Be it for a father, brother, best friend, boyfriend or husband, there is a perfect perfume for each one – discover it with this season’s (2008) newest fragrances.
Paris Hilton, the world’s most social socialite has just launched a new perfume to add to her growing empire of fragrances, shoes, clothes and hair extensions, without forgetting her music, television and movie career, as well as her inheritance of the chain of Hilton hotels. Ufff!
Following the female version of “Deseo”, Jennifer Lopez has launched her first male perfume, which she baptized with the same name. The latin queen of pop says that the way a man smells is extremely important and it should evoke three fundamental things, in who wears it and in who appreciates it: fresh masculinity, sexy allure and daring attitude.
Calvin Klein just launched a reinvention of his famous “Obsession” perfume. Even more sensual than the original and perfect for the upcoming colder months, “Secret Obsession” is a magical potion with very oriental notes, especially the sublime aromas of exotic plums, french orange flower, wood, burnt amber and sandalwood.
The brand name describes its new fragrance like this: “Secret Obsession explores the secrets that lie between love and madness. It’s about being taunted with illicit thoughts and compelled with seeking pleasure”.
Christian Dior has just presented the men’s world with a new perfume – following Dior Homme Cologne and Dior Homme Intense, its now time for Dior Homme Sport whose main target is a younger man, between the ages of 25 and 40.
Simultaneously warm and cool, Dior Homme Sport has achieved this feat thanks to a perfect mixture of various woody, fresh and spicy aromas. The perfume’s freshness is based on notes such as sicilian lemon, bergamot, grapefruit, rosemary and lavender, while the more comforting notes are guaranteed by essences such as ginger, cedar, elemi sandalwood and vetiver.
The DVB perfume line, belonging to the world’s most famous english couple – David and Victoria Beckham – just received two new elements: one for him and one for her!
Created in cooperation with Coty, “Signature for Her” is a fruity-floral fragrance that seduces with anise and candy apple (top notes); vanilla, orchid and heliotrope (middle notes); amber, musk and patchouli (base notes).
Known for her exuberance and platinum blond hair, popstar Christina Aguilera put the microphones aside and, only eight months after giving birth to her first child, created and presented the perfume “Inspire”.
Far from being an amateur in the world of perfumes (she has half a dozen signature fragrances), Christina Aguilera’s recent launch was “inspired” by everything that a female perfume should be: classic and timeless, sexy, sweet and exciting!
How many times have you described a perfume as being light, cool, strong, hot, sweet or heady? If you’re a fan of fragrances than you probably already know that you prefer floral perfumes, or light aromas for the summer and sensual ones for the Winter… well, the perfume specialists have also made that their business! And that’s precisely why the international perfume references divide perfumes into 6 fragrance families.
With an intensity scale that starts with the lighter aromas and ends with the most concentrated, the main fragrance families are as follows:
“There is nothing more suggestive than a perfume, precisely because it is a memory we cannot erase.”
- Christian Dior
