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A QUICKIE ABOUT ‘MY PERSONAL PERFUME’

Something which many of us don’t realize at all, it just how wonderful Annick Goutal is. It was in fact first introduced to the world nearly 30 years ago, in 1981. An age dominated by style, is was the perfect decade for perfumes as original and perfect as those of Annick Goutal’s to be born, and it still retains its distinctive classic French character to this day and age.

I was first introduced to Annick Goutal by my grandmother in 2000, when I received some for my 21st birthday. It was her personal favourite, my mother’s too, and it later grew to be mine as well. But one of the first things I learned about these expensive liquids was that one must not wear them on an everyday basis (unless one really can afford to). For me Eau de Camille (my favourite) has always been a perfume to be loved and treasured, and a perfume which is only to be worn on special occasions. (Eg. Don’t use it as a substitute for Frebreeze!)

The next thing I learned was just how much this magnificent perfume meant to my grandmother. She had tried her first sample when she was a woman of 60, and fell in love with it. It was also a wedding anniversary present given to her by my grandfather, giving it a huge semtimental value to her, as she lost him during the winter of 2001.  Now, if this perfume had such a direct link with my family, then I was going to feel it too. I loved my Grandfather, and the perfumes of Annick Goutal always makes me think of him, which I think is nice.

The final thing I learned (and this is the opinionated part) is that (for me) Annick Goutal Eau de Camille is simply the best perfume in existence.  I just love it: its distinctive and indescribable fragrance, its beautiful natural-looking colour. Everything about this perfume for me is just wonderful.

So there you have it: The Rolls-Royce of perfume, all summed up in a bottle. Hope you enjoyed this!

I get my supply of Annick Goutal  from that website,

Or you can read more about Annick Goutal Perfume here, at this hubpage.

Anya’s garden of natural perfumes announces new packaging for her perfume range with boxes and art paper that would fit well with the ecological theme of her perfumery. The new handmade boxes are made out of recycled paper and fibres from the Lokta Daphne plant and contain wildflower seeds.

In keeping with the green focus of her business, Anya McCoy, the perfumer of Anya’s Garden, found the boxes that are made of sustainable Daphne plant fibre and 50% recycled paper. The perfume box is embedded with wild flower seeds and once the perfume bottle is removed, the box can be flattened and placed under soil. With sun and water the seeds will sprout giving a true cycle of life and completing Anya’s garden theme.

Anya McCoy said that she resisted placing her perfumes in the retail outlets till now because she was not confident whether her perfume would reflect the ethos and art of her perfumery.

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Pop diva Christina Aguilera launched her new range of perfume named Inspire in New York at Macy’s Herald Square. She made the trip from Los Angeles to New York to promote the new perfume and to make presentation at Macy’s.

Aguilera merrily posed for the photos at the event and then went on to meet the customers who were waiting to buy the new perfume. The singer said that the perfume is a natural extension of hers and said that she love makeup and love playing around with different styles of hair, different elements of beauty. She also said that she love fragrance and collect perfume bottles and it has been a fun to create fragrance from bottle design to the actual scent.

Inspire is Aguilera’s third perfume line to be released and Macy’s said that this was their most successful perfume launch ever.

L’Oreal SA, the world’s largest cosmetic maker, said that their first-half profit rose 6.8 percent, the slowest growth in three years, as European and U.S shoppers reduced their spending on skin care products, perfumes and other cosmetics.

The Paris-based firm said that their net income in the six months through June climbed to 1.26 billion Euros from 1.18 billion Euros a year earlier. The maker of Maybelline makeup and Lancome perfume last month reported the slowest quarterly growth rate in three years and reduced their sales target. Profit of the company, as a percentage of sales, widened by 0.4 percentage points to 17.3 percent during this period.

In a bid to compensate for a weaker dollar and slowing demand in both Western Europe and the U.S, L’Oreal has expanded in the emerging markets, from Russia to China.

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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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