|
Home > News > Tags > perfume
|
|
30
Whatever David Beckham can do, Brad Pitt can do better. The handsome actor has just become the face of Chanel No. 5, the world's most famous women's fragrance. He's the first man to endorse the perfume. The photo attached to this article is the official pic issued by Chanel. Us Weekly has confirmatio... |
10 May 2012
15:41 GMT |
 |
|
Who’d have imagined that perfume makers would want to waste their talent creating and showcasing a fragrance that replicates the smell of a newly-unboxed Apple computer? An artistic collaborative group, called Greatest Hits, approached the fine gents at Air Aroma to ask for help in creating a unique scent... |
17 April 2012
05:26 GMT |
|
|
It seems that, whatever she does these days, Madonna attracts controversy. After YouTube age-restricted her video for “Girl Gone Wild,” ABC has deemed the ad for her Truth or Dare fragrance too much for its audiences.
The 30-second clip is also available below and, while not nearly as revealing as the a... |
31 March 2012
08:31 GMT |
|
|
One of the most surprising, hottest appearances on the scene in high fashion in recent years is undoubtedly Andrej Pejic, the highly mediated Serbian model whose beauty knows no gender boundaries. As such, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that he's now the face of Jean Paul Gaultier's Kokorico... |
23 February 2012
15:31 GMT |
|
|
She's said before she's more than just a glitzy blonde and she now has the figures to prove it: ever since she launched her first perfume in 2005, Paris Hilton has made over $1.3 billion (€1.01 billion), she tells the latest issue of FHM.That Paris is highly bankable is no secret by now: she's alw... |
6 January 2012
03:53 GMT |
|
|
An ad for Marc Jacobs' Oh! Lola fragrance with Dakota Fanning has been banned in the UK after complaints were filed with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The agency has ruled it is too provocative. The ad shows 17-year-old Dakota sitting with an oversized bottle of the fragrance in her lap. She's ... |
10 November 2011
17:01 GMT |
|
|
When he came up with the Oh, Lola! fragrance, Marc Jacobs aimed high: he wanted to bring back something of the forbidden charm of Lolita, as author Vladimir Nabokov created her. He’s finally found someone to bring her to life in 17-year-old actress Dakota Fanning. The first ad for the new perfume has been relea... |
14 June 2011
17:01 GMT |
|
|
Justin Bieber is making girls’ dreams come true: the first ad for his brand new (and first) fragrance, called Someday, sees the pop star flying high and sniffing on the neck of a girl trying the perfume out. Check it out below. As we also informed you the other day, The Biebs is branching out: given how immense... |
25 May 2011
17:01 GMT |
|
|
The Britney Spears empire also relies heavily on merchandise. As fans must know, she’s got several fragrances out and they’re all very successful. The star is now being sued to the tune of $10 million over her partnership with Elizabeth Arden.
In court papers filed this week, a company claims to have ... |
1 April 2011
14:51 GMT |
|
|
The Kardashians are certainly busy little bees: as her two older sisters Kim and Kourtney are promoting their new reality show, Khloe is taking husband Lamar Odom in business. The new print for their fragrance is out. Khloe and Lamar are trying to build for themselves a name apart from the Kardashian empire, it would... |
7 February 2011
16:51 GMT |
|
|
An ad for Yves Saint Laurent’s Belle d’Opium has just been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK following complaints that it may be interpreted as “simulating drug use.”
The ad, starring YSL muse Mélanie Thierry and directed by Romain Gavras, shows a woman da... |
4 February 2011
15:01 GMT |
|
|
Though countless reports would indicate that a celebrity is only the “face” of his or her own fragrance, regardless how much they insist they had a part in the creative process, there still are stars who aim create fragrances specifically for their fans. One such star is Shakira, who has just announced th... |
2 August 2010
13:31 GMT |
|
|
It’s not for nothing that Forbes magazine recently listed Britney Spears among the top female earners of past year, since the singer reportedly raked in no less than $64 million in 2009. However, as fans must know, music is not all that Britney does to make a buck, as she’s literally sitting on her own li... |
29 July 2010
14:11 GMT |
|
|
Just the other day, the first photos from Jennifer Aniston’s campaign for her first fragrance leaked online before the official release. As the actress traveled to London to introduce the perfume at Harrods, a last minute change occurred, as the perfume’s name was altered from Lolavie to Jennifer Aniston,... |
21 July 2010
10:06 GMT |
|
|
Jennifer Aniston, regardless of what critics and haters may say of her, is undeniably one of the most beautiful women in showbiz: in incredible shape and always stylish, she never fails to make a lasting impression. The same goes for the first shots from her first campaign for Lolavie, her upcoming fragrance, which h... |
20 July 2010
11:00 GMT |
|
|
Not long ago, Demi Moore and her team of lawyers were taking several media outlets in the US to court over claims that her photo on the cover of W magazine had been retouched or, even worse, that it did not even show her own body but that of a model. Now, the star is again in the crossfire as an older ad for Helena R... |
19 January 2010
15:31 GMT |
|
|
“Avatar” star Zoe Saldana has just graduated from actress to beauty icon, by signing a deal with Avon to become the spokesperson of the company’s latest fragrance. In doing so, Saldana treads in the footsteps of stars like Reese Witherspoon, Salma Hayek and Jennifer Hudson when it comes to endorsing... |
13 January 2010
15:31 GMT |
|
|
Ask any woman out there and they’ll tell you that being a girl is not easy. Quite far from it, actually. Now, thanks to a new online guide by WikiHow, all women not exactly sure of what to do or say to be “perfect” have a solution for their problem. Even more, said solution comes in several, easy-to... |
8 January 2010
13:31 GMT |
|
|
Celebrity perfumes are clearly not something new, being actually often described as the safest segment for stars to branch out and make certain profit. However, if there ever was an unlikely celebrity-cosmetics brand collaboration, or fragrance for that matter, then that must be Piers Morgan of Britain’s Got Ta... |
15 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
|
|
A trace of musk is often more than enough to make women turn their heads after a man passing them on the street, even if the guy in question is not necessarily good looking for their standards. Perfume should be a man’s never-missing last piece of his “outfit,” but only granted it’s used accor... |
21 May 2009
14:21 GMT |
|
|
Celebrity endorsements are such a common practice these days that they almost come as a second profession, if you will, for the stars who are lucky enough to get such contracts. Uma Thurman, for one, has made good money with her many endorsements – and she’s about to add yet another contract to her belt, ... |
16 April 2009
14:51 GMT |
|
|
Each time archaeologists discover something that belonged to the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, they are overwhelmed with joy upon unearthing items that are more than 2 or 3 millennia old. But recently, one of their discoveries has made the entire community buzz with excitement – researchers have found a perfectly-... |
16 March 2009
04:33 GMT |
|
|
Finding the right Christmas presents for the loved ones is not that easy in these difficult recession times. Maybe that's one of the reasons why many companies have upgraded their offers not only to meet the wishes of the pickiest of their customers, but also to help them stick to the budget. Burger King follows... |
18 December 2008
03:01 GMT |
|
|
A group of Franciscan researchers claim they have discovered some perfume vials which resemble the ones used by the woman that the Bible mentions to have washed Jesus Christ’s feet. The archaeologists stumbled upon the amphoras while performing dig works in the biblical town of Magdala, now occupied by Israeli ... |
11 December 2008
17:51 GMT |
|
|
Christina Aguilera is one of the few pop icons to walk in the shoes of a “natural-born” perfume designer and to do it so well. The latest, Inspire, was just launched recently, at Macy's Glendale Galleria in LA. The new fragrance is especially designed to combine modern and classical notes, floral and... |
9 December 2008
05:00 GMT |
|
|
Iconic British supermodel Kate Moss masters the art of reinventing herself better than most other celebrities out there, whether we're talking catwalk queens, actors or any other kind of artists. Her modeling career - which some also see as the epitome of fashionable longevity - has been marked by a series of sp... |
13 June 2008
04:34 GMT |
|
|
Celebrity-endorsed beauty products are all the rage these days - well, maybe not for customers as much, but for the celebrities themselves, endorsing a clothes or shoe line or lending your name to a brand of perfume is the latest must-have accessory. Everyone from Paris Hilton to Fergie and LL Cool J are playing the ... |
3 June 2008
06:22 GMT |
|
|
Without further ado, we're here to talk about the latest in trendy clothes and accessories. Whether it's a prom-style dress, the latest chunky costume drama jewelry or a particularly hot fragrance, this summer time has come to forget most of our past prejudices and open our eyes to new and exciting things -... |
19 May 2008
09:12 GMT |
|
|
In the end, that's nothing odd on this. On one side, researches showed that man's armpit sweat does contain pheromones, and if they do not make women enter in heat like animals, they do change some hormonal concentrations and brain chemistry. On the other hand, one of the most appreciated and expensive sce... |
17 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
|
|
We live in a world of synthetic chemicals. They are found from our food to all the objects around us. Many of them are toxic. And some can trigger what is called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). For example, you may say you live in a healthy countryside, but the pesticides they throw in the neighboring crop field... |
18 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
|
|
If we pay huge prices for perfumes coming from the anal glands of the musk deer and civet cat and coffee coming from the dung of civet cat, why should we be surprised by the fact that one the most expensive perfumes is actually vomit?Ambergris comes from the intestines of the sperm whales. It is actually a biliary se... |
6 October 2007
13:02 GMT |
|
|
Well, many things have a nasty smell, but what about that nasty thing smelling like vanilla? If not the whole thing, at least part of it...A team at the state-run International Medical Center of Japan has managed, in co-operation with Sekisui Chemical Co, to extract vanilla scent from cow dung. "A one-hour heating an... |
6 October 2007
06:37 GMT |
|
|
Why did I feel the need to write yet another post on Britney and her ad for her new BELIEVE fragrance? Well, if you really must know, I realized I might have a thing or two to add concerning the pop princess everyone knows to be an alcoholic and an overall braniac (in her own words) and everyone's desire to expl... |
28 September 2007
09:37 GMT |
|
|
No, this isn't a pet contest and we're definitely not fighting over who's got the dog with the smelliest breath. This time, it's celebrities gone fully haywire on the perfume front. But someone is definitely out sniffing for a chance to get more media attention. And no, wrong again, no one's ... |
27 September 2007
08:38 GMT |
|
|
Globalization may bring us together, but when it's about beauty, our culture, geography and even religion mark our cosmetic and aesthetic tastes. Not all women are the same. There are important cultural differences which determine the beauty of their facial expression. Apart from its personality and fashion tast... |
22 September 2007
06:28 GMT |
|
|
Stop the presses! About two weeks passed by and Victoria Beckham was nowhere to be seen. And, by nowhere, I obviously mean shopping. Clearly, Posh's absence from all those shops that have anxiously been waiting for her to hit LA with her army of bodyguards and the always present crowd of photographers and camera... |
14 August 2007
06:27 GMT |
|
|
Thanks to the almighty and ever-present paparazzi and their ceaseless work (not to mention the countless hours spent hounding and stalking celebs), we know by now that we're never to believe what we see in magazines. Celebrities are also humans (duh!) and therefore, their bodies are also subject to the little pe... |
11 August 2007
04:44 GMT |
|
|
We look at the Middle Ages and we tend to think that precarious hygiene and "skunk" scent characterized the human kind till relatively recent times. Wrong. A new exhibition in Rome reveals to us how people during the Bronze Age employed refined and sophisticated perfumes, typically a mix of natural spices and olive o... |
28 March 2007
07:16 GMT |
|
|
Does it come as a surprise for you to find that your extremely costly perfume comes from a cat's ass? One of the first famous and highly valued perfumes, named Civet, comes from the civet cat and is an ancient article of commerce. In Arabia and Africa, civet is employed for millennia and in Arabia it's stil... |
2 March 2007
10:55 GMT |
|
|
|
|
Find us on Google+
