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But only if you live in America. Turns out that a multi million dollar class action lawsuit settlement with cosmetic companies.

The suit claims cosmetic companies and department stores conspired to fix prices, and they’ve won.

So, if you bought any cosmetics from department stores like Macy’s and Nordstroms between 1994 and 2003. The brands include MAC, Chanel and more.

Long lines are expected around department stores when the makeup is handed out.

If you want to be notified when they name the dates and locations, you can call 1-877-604-5776.

Or you can sign up to be notified by going to www.cosmeticssettlement.com

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Pop Mogul Sean Combs is releasing a new perfume with name I Am King in December 2008, first in the US and UK. Combs asserts that the name of this new perfume is a mantra of self-affirmation and a reflection of politico-social ambitions and especially aimed at African-American and Latino men.

I Am King has a tangerine zest, juicy orange, succulent cranberry and a proprietary Imperial French berry note. The heart is of kir royal, crème de cassis, premium Champagne and cooling Mediterranean water accord. Base notes are of key lime pie, lemon cream, rich labdanum extract, cedarwood, vetiver, white moss, sandalwood essences and clean powdery undertones.

Combs believes that the name of the perfume will appeal to the senses of a young African-American male or a young Latino male. In a bid to deflate any accusation of sexism, Combs announces that a new perfume called I Am Queen will follow next in the fall of 2009.

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Creed Perfume, the luxury fragrance makers are releasing a new perfume inspired by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her marriage to the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. The new fragrance is named “Love in Black” and is to be released to commemorate Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ 40th wedding anniversary to her second husband.

The new scent is described as a violet oriental scent with the fragrance composed of top notes of wildflowers, violet and Virginia cedar, middle notes of iris, clove and Tonkin musk, and bottom notes of black current and Bulgarian rose. The bottle of the perfume is made with black sands, which is similar to the Greek isles where Jacqueline was wed in 1968.

A part of the sales of the new fragrance in the United States will benefit the World Wildlife Fund.

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Fragrance and cosmetic scents sales form the backbone of the fashion industry. Designer scents with their sumptuous packaging and extravagant marketing spend a lot of their revenue as expenditure. The generally accepted fact is that just 10 to 15 percent of the retail price of the perfume represents the perfume itself, while the rest is profit.

But as things stand now, the perfume market is overburdened with celebrity scents and this has cheapened the perception of the market considerably. People have the feeling that there are too many celebrity fragrances, but the quality is not just there. This year alone we are going to see some 500 new launches.

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At the same time some perfume manufacturers have identified this problem in the perfume market. They have started re-introducing some of their classic ingredients to attract people back to the market.

The makers of perfumes for dogs and cats, Brazil’s Pet Passion wants to export their range of perfume products to France. In a bid to capture the big European market, Pet Passion wants to start of their campaign with France, the land of perfumes.

The company has ambitious plans to export their products even to the Middle East, including Dubai. The director and partner at the brand, Émerson Wan has just returned after a visit at the pet shops and factories that make perfumes for animals in the south of France.

Pet Passion is headquartered in Curitiba, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná and they have specific ranges of pet perfumes especially for bathing and trimming.

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Studies conducted by some researchers in Portugal have resulted in the development of a new type of microcapsule that is filled with perfume and which can be embedded in your clothing. This will reduce the foul smell that most of us are familiar and disgusted with.

The microcapsules are made with formaldehyde, which is a cancer causing agent and an environmental hazard. So the researchers are trying to find out a new chemical that can be used for making the microcapsule that is non-hazardous and environment friendly.

They have zeroed in on polyurethane-urea, a type of environmentally-friendly plastic that is environment friendly and compatible with fabric. On testing the new chemical, it is found to be showing good performance in terms of prolonged fragrance.

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A pioneering scheme has been undertaken in the Land of the Rising Sun. Users will be able to download perfume from the internet.

NTT Communications Corp in a trial run is asking 20 people to keep 16 aroma pots in their room. These pots can release their individual base smell from signals from a mobile phone. When users download music/video from NTT Communications WAP Internet Site, the aroma pods are triggered by the mobile phone, releasing a certain amount of fragrance. These scents can combine to form nearly 200 fragrances.

The trial starts tomorrow and due to last 10 days. If it takes off, it will be rolled out later this year.

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When applying perfume, it’s important to remember the pulse points on your body to maximise the use of it.

Your pulse points, if you cannot tell, are places on your body where you can feel your pulse. If you think about it, applying perfume to them works well as your heart beats, you disturb the perfume, which refreshes the fragrance.

The problem is that as your body gets used to the fragrance, it can make your skin more resistant to it. So, with that in mind, it’s a good idea to vary between your pulse points. Here are some of them:

• Behind your knees
• ankles
• wrists
• crook of your elbow
• cleavage
• the nape of your neck

Of course, if you have Eau Du Toilette then you would have to re-apply it every hour or so. Therefore, it’s a good idea to apply it before going out, after a bath or shower, in one of the pulse points that are not quite as dignified to access! When out, and you have your eau du toilette with you, you can easily apply it to your neck or wrists.

Another area that it is becoming increasingly popular to put perfume is on your hairbrush. Then, when you brush your hair, the perfume smells stick to your hair for the evening, and linger on throughout the evening.

Wonder how you keep that nice bottle of Paul Smith Perfume fresh for as long as possible? Well, wonder no more as this article will give you basic tips on keeping your perfume smelling fresh like the day you bought it.

Keep It Out of Strong Heat and Light
A shady corner in the bathroom or inside a medicine cabinet is ideal place for keeping a bottle of perfume. Both the light and the heat can damage the colour and - therefore - the scent.

Keep Upright
Ever wonder why perfume bottles come in boxes? Well it’s to prevent it from shaking about too much. When you are not using it, keep it standing as it should. Plus the bottle looks a lot nicer.

Buy The Right Perfume
If you don’t wear much fragrance, choose one with a higher concentration of alcohol in it. Perfume with a higher percentage of alcohol lasts longer (by about 5-6months longer).

Perfume retailer “The Perfume Shop” has announced this year’s “Nose of the Year” Awards. The competition, which will be voted for by the general public, will culminate in an awards ceremony on February 7th in London. The nominees are:-

• Gok Wan,
• Ben Shepherd,
• Jeremy Edwards,
• Craig Doyle,
• Alan Sugar,
• Brian Dowling,
• Cheryl Cole,
• Melanie Sykes,
• Kate Middleton,
• Rachel Stevens,
• Denise Van Outen,
• Tina O Brien

The Perfume Shop Marketing Director, Julia Bolsom, commented,

“For us at The Perfume Shop, it’s people’s noses that get us excited! So we put our heads together and decided to start a campaign to really celebrate the nose – starting with our Nose of the Year Award! We asked staff across our 170 shops to select their favourite celebrity noses and now it’s down to the public vote!”

We Say:  Seems to me to be a bit of a pointless exercise. For one, are we looking for somebody with the nicest looking nose? Or are we looking for somebody with the best sense of smell, only time will tell.

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