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“I’ve not even told anyone in the company this but somebody at our factory at Pantin was going to throw away a lot of old papers. We have a conservatoire, a private museum where we keep lots of Mademoiselle’s possessions and archives, and the person responsible for that went to see what they were going to throw away. Included in the papers were old formulas that Mademoiselle Chanel created, like Une Idée and 1940 – very old fragrances that nobody remembers and I have to see what can be done with those in the future,” says Jacques Polge, the in-house Chanel nose, in an interview to Alison Kerr.

Doesn’t that sound exciting! Read the rest of the article. Thank you to Tammy for the link.

This month Osmoz has an interesting feature on Italian fragrances, from Armani to Santa Maria Novella. A series of articles also includes a mention of Città di Kyoto, the newest fragrance from Officina Profumo Santa Maria Novella.

“A perfume that pays homage to two major cultural centers, in Italy and Japan, born of the twinning between the cities of Florence and Kyoto. Opening on notes of Iris (symbol of Florence) and Lotus (symbol of Kyoto), the light floral feel blossoms into a woodsy accord based on Cedar, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Ebony and a Vanilla note.” Read the rest of the feature on Osmoz.

Founded in 1981, Campos de Ibiza includes three fragrances. Colonia Agua de Rosas explores the beauty of the Mediterranean flowers with its notes of green apple, tangerine, orange, bergamot, freesia, magniolia, ylang ylang, carnation, violet, sandalwood, moss and musk. Colonia Cedro weaves basil, bergamot, lemon, grapefruit, juniper, cinnamon, sandalwood and white musk. Colonia Mandarina is a tribute to the island’s citrus fruit. Notes include tangerine, bergamot, lemon, verbena, orange, galbanum, petitgrain, artemisia, lavender, basil, rose, ylang ylang, lily of the valley, geranium, jasmine, amber, moss and cedar.

Italian cashmere brand Cristiano Fissore has released two fragrance, Cashmere EdT Men and Cashmere EdT Women. Cashmere EdT Men includes notes of bergamot, pink pepper, elemi, ginger, cedar, cashmere wood, guajacwood, vetiver, teak, patchouli, amber, white Musk.  All of the aforementioned fragrances are available from first-in-fragrance.  Thank you, I.

The lovely photo of mandarins is from Seenobjects.

The next World Perfumery Congress will take place in June (5th-9th) of 2007. It is an international event organized by the American Society of Perfumers. It has been held in Cannes since 1998, and that is where it is going take place next year. It is open to those who work in the industry as well as to anyone with interest in perfume.

Another conference shall be taking place in Grasse on October 25–27, 2006. “CENTIFOLIA: le Naturel est un Art” is a biannual conference examining the role of natural essences and providing a forum for examining the trends.

The Different Company is launching the new fragrance created by Celine Ellena called Sel de Vetiver, evoking vetiver roots macerating in a glass of water. Sel de Vetiver includes notes of cardamom, geranium, ylang ylang, and vetiver. (from cosmeticnews)