The Mystery of Perfume at Barneys

New Yorkers and travelers to the Big Apple sit up and take notice: Barneys will host a fragrance event on Wednesday October the 21st organised by Elle editor-in-chief Roberta Myers, Elle Beauty director Emily Dougherty and with the participation of fragrance experts Antonia Bellanca (of Antonia's Flowers), Frederic Malle (of Editions de Parfums), Ben Gorham (of ByRedo parfums) and Fabrice Penot (of Le Labo).

The Mystery of Perfume panel discussion will take place at Fred's Restaurant at Barneys on Madison and 61st Street in New York City (October 21st, 8:30-10AM) and apart from nibbly bits and coffee served there will be a fabulously fragrant goody bag for those attenting!
Since space is limited a 25$ attendance fee is charged, redeemable in product, and you're required to reserve your place at Barneys.com/Elle.

Ormonde Jayne Giveaway!

Luxury London perfumery, Ormonde Jayne are offering Perfume Shrine readers the chance to win a full size 100ml Essential Bathing Oil (worth £48.00) in celebration of launching their new site. Just send an email at sales@ormondejayne.com with "PerfumeShrine Essential Bathing Oil" in the title stating 3 spicy notes used by the brand! And 3 winners will be picked to get an Essential Bathing Oil in the scent of their choice.
Some of the scents are quite autumnal, like Orris Noir with its dark, orientalised combo of spices, incense and iris or the foresty Ormonde Woman and the warm cashmere-smooth Tolu. (click for reviews) Imagine taking a soak in a warm tub sprinkled with one of those fabulous scents or rubbing your skin at the end of a tough day. Mmmmm.....

The Ormonde Jayne Bathing range is free of parabens, sulphates, petrochemicals, GM ingredients & colourings & contain nourishing botanical ingredients. The 8 scents available for the Essential Bathing Oil are:

Champaca
Frangipani Absolute
Osmanthus
Tolu
Ormonde Woman
Ta’if
Sampaquita
Orris Noir

To find out more about Ormonde Jayne please visit ormondejayne.com, or if in the UK, at 12 The Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond Street, London, W1 (020 7499 1100).

Related reading on Perfume Shrine: interview with Linda Pilkington of Ormonde Jayne
NB: I have nothing to do with the products and winners will be notified by Ormonde Jayne directly.

Irving Penn is dead...

"Photographing a cake can be art" ~thus said Irving Penn, who is no longer with us.




Photos I am on my Vacation 1944 and Rythm 1950s by Irving Penn.

Disclosure of free stuff for bloggers compulsory

According to an article appearing in the New York Times, which you can read here, bloggers will be soon obliged to divulge the free stuff they get from companies in order to provide them with material to review.

"The new regulations are aimed at the rapidly shifting new-media world and how
advertisers are using bloggers and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter
to pitch their wares.The F.T.C. said that beginning on Dec. 1, bloggers who
review products must disclose any connection with advertisers, including, in
most cases, the receipt of free products and whether or not they were paid in
any way by advertisers, as occurs frequently. The new rules also take aim at
celebrities, who will now need to disclose any ties to companies, should they
promote products on a talk show or on Twitter".

Actual fines are going to be implemented too: "Violating the rules, which take effect Dec. 1, could bring fines up to $11,000 per violation. Bloggers or advertisers also could face injunctions and be ordered to reimburse consumers for financial losses stemming from inappropriate product reviews."

Finally, might we add! Full disclosure has been a constant policy on this blog from the very start for the simple reason I believe that readers have a right to know whether we might be influenced by free stuff or not (Not that we have actually received anything much because offering to share costs seems to deter some offers, but we're not trivialising even mere samples because like George Bernand Shaw knew it's not in the amount but in the spirit of the thing). Please find the disclosure in the end of each relevant post.

Byredo candles & Byredo Blanche: new fragrance

ByRedo Parfums is a Stockholm-based newcomer onto the perfume scene as a brand founded by Ben Gorham, a graduate of the Stockholm Art School and an ex-student of interior design. Acting as creative director for the new line, he has assembled the talents of perfumers Olivia Giacobetti, Jérôme Epinette, and Michel Almairac to compose a collection of eight fine fragrances so far: Gypsy Water, Fantastic Man, Bal d'Afrique, Green, Rose Noir, Chembur and Pulp.

Their new candle collection is comprised of 9 scents which seem just like the stuff to get home to, this autumn.


The 9 ByRedo candles are:
Ambre Japonais (Coriander, sandalwood, vanilla)
Baker's Guild (Bitter orange, star anise, ginger)
Bibliotèque (Peach, prunbe, violet, patchouli, leather, peony)
Candy Darling (Coriander, rosewood, patchouli, benzoin)
Carrousel (Orange, rhubarb, cardamom, vetiver, amber)
Cassis (Cassis, berries, strawberry, cedarwood, cinnamon)
Cotton Poplin (Linen notes, white cedar, blue chamomille, musk)
Loose Lips (Violet, black cherry, rose, rice powder)
Peyote Poem (Tonka bean, hyacinth, fir, vanilla)

Each candle is 225g for 50 Euros.

I am itching to try the Bibliotèque candle: How more perfect ~and Lutensian I might add~ can it get?

Ben Gorham, the creator of parfums By Redo, is also launching a new Eau de Parfum, called Blanche this autumn.

"The idea of Blanche is ~as its name suggests~ constructed around my
perception of the colour white. For the first time I have conceived a perfume
for and with the collaboration of one particular person. I wanted to capture
that innocent and immaculate side, a perfume that is of almost transparent
nature. Blanche also represents a homage to classical beauty. The
fragrance is pure and simple in its formula, but its character is extreme".

~Ben Gorham

Blanche ByRedo opens on notes of white rose, pink pepper and aldehydes, segues to a heart of violet, neroli, and peony and reveals a base of white woods, sandalwood and musk.
Available in Eau de Parfum spray, 100ml

notes & pics via press release