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NOTES FROM
PARIS
by Sarah Colton
For The Ultra-Glam Stars Of The Night
For those whose imaginations
soar during the evening
hours, Guerlain’s ephemeral
Holiday 2011 makeup collection,
Belle de Nuit, promises
high altitude, perhaps even
heroic, drama after nightfall.
The collection is inspired by
the Guerlain fragrance Vol de
Nuit, created in 1933—two
years after Antoine de Saint-
Exupéry, Aviator, Writer, and
close friend of Jacques
Guerlain, published his novel
of the same name.
Heads will also be watching
the night skies this holiday
season as the latest heavenly
body from Thierry Mugler
flashes across the horizon
bringing with it Angel Eau de
Toilette. It is housed in a
flacon shaped as a comet
following closely in the path
of a star. Brilliant!
A Walk On The Wild Side
Talk about pulling out all the
marketing stops, the Azzaro
Decibel fragrance from Clarins
Fragrance Group comes
complete with a microphone
shaped bottle and ‘speaker
bag’ to pack a mega-hertz
punch. It didn’t last 10 minutes
out of the box before it
danced out of my office on
the shoulder of Florence
Guerlain introduces Vol de
Nuit Perfumed Shimmer Powder
for Face, Body and Hair.
Angel Eau de Toilette by
Thierry Mugler
Hold Your Horses’ Florence
Villeminot with the Azzaro
Decibel ‘speaker bag’
Villeminot, drummer and singer of the Franco-American
indie rock group Hold Your Horses. Thanks for the tip-off,
Julian Casablancas [of The Strokes, who fronts the
fragrance campaign], all of Paris is now rockin’! BF
SCENT TREKKERS’
ODYSSEY IN MANHATTAN
Sunday was devoted to scent-spotting in downtown
New York City. The day began at the Soho Grand Hotel
where the Sniffapalooza group experienced Navigations
Through Scent, a Master Class presented by Molton
Brown. The group then moved on to Le Labo and MiN
NY before lunch at Barolo where speakers introduced
their new fragrances.
Arquiste’s Carlos
Huber (c.) with
Givaudan’s Rodrigo
Flores-Roux and
Yann Vasnier
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Firmenich’s
Jennifer Clancy
with Ms. Adams
and Sephora’s
Allison Slater
Firmenich’s
Amanda Lingham,
Wendy Patel,
Marisha McEwan,
Caroline Lumpp
and Ms. Clancy at
The Sensorium
Carlos Huber, along with Givaudan’s Perfumers Rodrigo
Flores-Roux and Yann Vasnier, who developed Arquiste
fragrances, told the story of their collaboration and the
inspiration for the scents. The Sniffapaloozas also learned
about The Sensorium before visiting the installation on
West 14 th Street. After a walk on Bleecker Street for stops
at Diptyque and NARS, the group’s final destination was
The Sensorium .
Firmenich, which developed The Sensorium , partnered
with Sephora to bring this project to consumers. “Firmenich
and Sephora wanted to engage the consumer with The
Sensorium . We wanted to get them excited about the
stories behind scent,” declared Sephora’s Allison Slater,
Vice President of Retail Marketing. “The Sensorium
showcases the art of perfumery.” BF
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