British car-maker Bentley has joined luxury car marques including Mercedes and Ferrari and launched a range of fragrances for men – including a limited edition bottle which will cost £3,000 (Approx. $ 4,576USD) “This collaboration has allowed the transposition of Bentley brand core attributes into luxury fragrance.” – commented Lindsay Weaver, Director of Licensing at Bentley Motors. The ‘Bentley for Men’ and the high-impact ‘Bentley for Men Intense’ fragrances are [...]

French Maison Dior released a short video about the history of the brand. “Since 1947, Miss Dior is the heart and soul of the House of Dior, a link between the worlds of Parfumerie and Haute Couture.” Scroll down the page to watch the video.

French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel designed a special-edition perfume bottle for Dior’s fragrance J’adore L’Absolu. Thanks to the glass-blowing method, each of these sophisticated Murano crafted bottles is unique. From Dior: “Jean-Michel Othoniel was a guest artist at the House of Dior, invited to provide his vision of the iconic J’adore bottle. Othoniel took inspiration from the “En huit” lines of the amphora. For this bottle, he called on the ancestral [...]

Best known for its luxury automobiles, Mercedes-Benz is turning its attention in a new direction, that of women’s fragrance. Created by perfumer Michel Almairac, the new fragrance combines the top notes from fresh and sparkling chords of bergamot and juicy peach; the middle middle note is a delicate and subtle floral notes of mimosa; and finally, the base note includes patchouli, vanilla and white musk. The new Mercedes Benz fragrance [...]

French fashion house Chanel has finally released the Brad Pitt’s campaign for the iconic scent Chanel N°5. The 48-year-old actor joins a host of celebrity faces to front the 91-year-old scent — from Ali MacGraw, Catherine Deneuve and Candice Bergen to Nicole Kidman, Audrey Tautou and Vanessa Paradis. “It is the first time we’ve had a man speaking about a women’s fragrance. We think very much that the perfume is [...]

French fashion house is adding another fragrance for women to their repertoire “Coco Noir”, in honor of Chanel’s founder Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. The new fragrance was developed by Jacques Polge, master perfumer at Chanel. “For Coco Noir, I thought of Coco and of Coco Mademoiselle too, because it’s also part of the history. I wanted to continue exploring an entire esthetic range of CHANEL perfumery, a range that distinguishes itself [...]

Italian fashion house Prada will launch Luna Rossa, a new fragrance for men inspired by the brand’s America’s Cup Challenge team of the same name, next month in Sept 2012. The notes will feature lavender absolute and bitter orange in the top, clary sage and spearmint in the heart, and ambrette absolute and ambroxan molecule in the base. Bottle design is inspired by modern sailboats, signed by Yves Behar. The [...]