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NEWS ABOUT: perfume

perfume stories: 13 news summaries

 Ski Champ Concocts 
 'Smell of Victory' 

Michelle Roark loves the smell of rose oil
in the morning

Oct 15, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ski champ and chemical engineer Michelle Roark has put together a line of perfumes she insists can give athletes the winning edge. Roark, the 2009 US freestyle skiing champion, credits her scents like "Confidence"—which includes grapefruit oil and rose oil—with helping her succeed. Other scents include... More »

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smell • skiing • perfume • Olympians • professional athletes • Michelle Roark

 Abercrombie Sues Beyoncé  
 Over Fierce Fragrance 

Retailer says it's already trademarked the name

Sep 16, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abercrombie & Fitch has filed a lawsuit against Beyoncé in a tussle over her new fragrance, named for alter ego Sasha Fierce, Women's Wear Daily reports. A&F says it has owned the Fierce trademark since 2003, and that her plan "poses a likelihood of confusion" in the big-bucks... More »

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retail • lawsuit • trademark • Beyonce • Patent and Trademark Office • perfume • fragrance • Abercrombie & Fitch • Sasha Fierce

(Newser) - Smells like sci-fi spirit. A new line of aftershaves and perfumes is targeting the Star Trek fan base, reports the Daily Telegraph. Creator Genki Wear touts the "casual yet commanding" men's cologne Tiberius, branded after Captain Kirk's middle name, as a scent "difficult to define and impossible to... More »

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science fiction • Star Trek • perfume • cologne

Stella McCartney Wins a Very Naked Lawsuit

Judge refuses to block NUDE perfume over rival's copyright beef

Aug 20, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(AP) - Looks like it's OK for Stella to be nude in public: A British judge has declined to stop the release of a new Stella McCartney perfume in a dispute over the right to use the word "nude." High Court Judge Christopher Floyd denied today a bid by Nude... More »

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Bono • L'Oreal • perfume • nude • Stella McCartney

(Newser) - A spray of strong perfume by an employee sparked chaos at a Bank of America call center in Texas yesterday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. After two employees complained of feeling dizzy from a colleague's strong perfume, an announcement was made saying anyone feeling ill should exit the building. Hundreds... More »

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Texas • evacuation • Fort Worth • perfume • contaminants

Opera Sounds Good, But How Does It Smell?

New work opening at Guggenheim blasts
23 scents at audience

May 20, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new opera premiering at the Guggenheim Museum in New York later this month will be a feast for the ears, the eyes—and the nose. Green Aria, a 30-minute "scent opera" years in the making, pairs music with 23 distinct odors blasted at the audience via individual... More »

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classical music • opera • scent • sense of smell • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum • perfume • fragrance

FRAGRANCE REVIEW

 Diddy Hits Big With 
 'Lickable' Scent 

New I Am King scent is both fruity and masculine

Feb 5, 09 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Combs, the rap mogul of countless other stage names, had one request when developing his fashion line's new men's scent: "When I wear this perfume, I want to be lickable." The resulting fragrance, I Am King, has fruity notes uncommon in men's fragrance. And it does indeed... More »

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fashion • Diddy • perfume • fragrance • fashion label • Sean John

Burger King Markets Meaty Perfume

Fragrance billed as 'scent of seduction'
with a hint of burger

Dec 19, 08 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Burger King has unveiled a men's body spray designed to make burger lovers swoon, the BBC reports. The company says the Flame fragrance smells like "the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame-broiled meat." A website for the perfume features various "romantic" images—including the... More »

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fast food • burger • perfume • Burger King

A Scrappy Scent Success Story

Chicago woman follows her nose to
hit perfume based on memories of grandma

Aug 21, 08 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - New fragrances are typically carefully managed, big-budget affairs. But 32-year-old Jessica Dunne has created old-fashioned hit perfumes with old-fashioned determination and hard work, the New York Times reports. A smart call to an iconic New York perfume shop, $100,000 of her savings, and a little help from friends helped... More »

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perfume • fragrance • Henri Bendel • Jessica Dunne • Ellie • Ellie Nuit

Italian Church Pairs Perfume With Prayer

Opened in Dante's time, pharmacy today sells scents in LA, Tokyo

Feb 20, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Florence's Santa Maria Novella church has an intriguing sideline: It's home to one of the world's oldest pharmacies, which today churns out tonics and perfumes made according to medieval recipes. Smithsonian profiles the church, where Dominican monks began concocting herbal remedies and rose water, used to clean plague-touched homes, more... More »

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church • luxury goods • monasteries • Florence • perfume • soap • Santa Maria Novella • pharmacy • Dominican monks

Fragrances Going the Way of the Cigarette

Women buying less perfume; some public spaces prohibit scents

Feb 14, 08 2:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Personal fragrances aren't smelling so sweet for US consumers, the New York Times reports: Though perfume varieties have increased, the number of women wearing them is decreasing. Though 85% of women still apply a scent, the ranks of the fragrant thinned by 2 million between 2003 and 2007. The drop,... More »

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scents • cosmetics • perfume • fragrance • personal space • public spaces • odor bans

Designer Perfume Profits
Give Off Whiff of Decay

Expensive luxury fragrances wooing less and less consumers

Dec 24, 07 6:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Perfume makers keep flooding the market with designer brands, but consumers appear to have had their fill. Global revenue from high-end perfumes—those $100 and up—increased only 3% to $18 billion in 2006 and is expected to slow even more this year, reports the Wall Street Journal. That's... More »

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retail • scent • perfume • fragrance • Chanel

The Scent
of Money

Diddy to Britney:
the seven top-selling
celebrity scents 

Oct 13, 07 12:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney's life may be off the rails, but her scent is selling brilliantly, right up there with Liz's and Diddy's. Forbes gives us the top seven celebrity scents, along with their sales tallies for  2006:
  1. Sean Combs: Sean John Unforgivable, $74.9 million
  2. Elizabeth Taylor: White Diamonds, $60.7
... More »

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Britney Spears • list • celebrity • Diddy • Sarah Jessica Parker • scents • Jennifer Lopez • J.Lo • Elizabeth Taylor • perfume

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