Le Labo Re-introduces their Bath Line

According to the news sent to me:
"After being notoriously sold out of our perfumed body line for a few months, we decided (for some obscure reason) to change our look and go brown with our bottles. Our revamped packaging will hold our already existing body lotion and massage and bath oil, along with our long-awaited perfumed shower gel. Now you can get fresh and fragrant at the same time, with any of the twelve scents available in our collection."

 The E-store can be found on this link.

New Celebrity Perfume: Amy Childs

"I'd love every celebrity to wear my perfume, because I know that they'd absolutely love it. Victoria Beckham definitely needs to wear my perfume. I'm going to definitely send her a bottle. Kate Middleton as well, I think she'd like it. She's glam." The fragrance is called Amy Childs (fashioned after The Only Way is Essex 22-year old starlet who also starred in Celebrity Big Brother). Amy said she had been urged to launch her own fragrance. "It was loads of people saying, 'Amy bring out your own perfume'. I love smelling good and everyone was saying bring out your own perfume so I did," she said. Amy launched her new venture at the Aura nightclub, in London's Mayfair. [news source]

Toronto Fragrance meetup #7 - Sunday August 19th 5pm at GUERLAIN - Come Join the Fumeheads!

The meeting up of fellow fumeheads (an affectionate term for perfume lovers) is always cause for celebration. The greeting process alone makes for a sudden burst of cognition and the process accounts for delightful material to recount later on. On this note, a Toronto, Canada meet-up of fumeheads is organized by Daniel Joffe for this coming Sunday, so if you're close by, don't miss a chance to get there for a meet & greet. Date: SUNDAY August 19th, 2012
Location: Guerlain Boutique, 110 Bloor Street West, (416) 929 6114. Valerie is the friendly store manager.
Time: 5-7pm, and feel free to come and go as you please.
To Bring: Yourself and significant others or friends/family that have an interest in fragrance and skin care, any industry books or magazines, etc.
Original Thread for more details can be found here:http://www.basenotes.net/threads/308254-7-Toronto-Fragrance-meetup-Sunday-August-19th-5pm-at-GUERLAIN-Come-Join-Us!

Another Serge Lutens Perfume Joins the Exclusive Line & Other News on Lutens Paris Exclusives Available in the US

It was predetermined fate...

We had talked about several Lutens fragrances joining the Paris exclusive line almost two years ago. Slowly but surely they all made their way over there from their oblong exports to the beautiful bell jars. The last one to do so is Chypre Rouge, officially confirmed as the latest to join the Paris exclusive bell jars.

On the other hand, news is going around the perfume community that the Paris exclusive line of Serge Lutens fragrances is maybe coming closer to the USA customers than ever before: Non necessitating a Paris trip but rather a phone call to Barney's at New York (dedicated tel.line: 212.833.2425) which would be stocking the till now unattainable. Good news for discerning US customers, an open question regarding the changing business practice of the house. Remains to be seen if and how this will change the perfume scenery.

$280-300 for 75ml of perfume, exclusively at Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue [source]

Related reading on Perfume Shrine: the latest Lutens perfume Santal Majuscule review, Serge Lutens fragrance reviews & news 

Lady Gaga shoots her Perfume Ad Commercial for Fame with Ridley Scott, NOT!

To promote her "Fame" fragrance, on which I have reported in detail on this link and on that one as well, Lady Gaga reportedly tapped Alien and Prometheus director Ridley Scott for a shadowy, futuristic clip (as per The Rolling Stone). Scott is no stranger to advertising for perfume: Let me remind you in passing he was the mastermind behind those indelible commercials for Chanel No.5 titled "Share the fantasy"...
However the credits I see on a video on Youtube which looks official (uploaded by Haus Laboratories, the company that produces Fame by Lady Gaga) credit Steven Klein as director with ~beauty purists will be thrilled~ makeup by Stephan Marais while the production company is listed as Blackdog (and not Ridley's familiar Scott Free). Ahem...

The full film, directed by Steven Klein, is expected to debut later this month, via LittleMonsters.com


Dressed in a black jumpsuit, Lady Gaga twists herself before tiny men swarm her naked body. The perfume has been touted as "The First Ever Black Eau de Parfum" and is "built on three main accords: dark, sensual and light" out for launch in September 2012.

 What do you think?