Fragrances Boutique

China’s textile firms may face bankruptcy on yuan appreciation (Xinhuanet)
“Half of China’s textile firms may risk going bankrupt if the value of the Chinese currency yuan rises 5 percent against the U.S. dollar given the industry’s thin profit margins.”
French Court Kicks Google/LVMH Case Back To Appeals (WSJ)
“The French Supreme Court Tuesday referred a previous ruling [...]

NEW YORK, United States — Over the past ten years, the eco-fashion movement has been gathering steam. Following the lead of pioneering brands like Stella McCartney and NOIR, which were founded on the basis of ethical principles near the turn of the millennium, there are now entire fashion exhibitions, forums and blogs all focused on [...]

Stella McCartney has launched the 2010 version of Stella Sheer, a lighter, limited edition take on 2003’s Stella fragrance:

An exclusive scent infused with the sheer beauty of organic rose. Each year, Stella McCartney reinvents…

LVMH Must Watch It (WSJ)
“LVMH should do more to fill out its lack of presence in the ‘hard’ luxury segments of jewelry and high-end watches. High operating leverage at jewelers and watch makers, especially smaller outfits, has left them economically vulnerable and a potential hunting ground to scale up LVMH’s business.”
Giambattista Valli to Sew His [...]

Stella McCartney’s collection is clean and linear.

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US.

From Annick Goutal, Ninféo Mio (above left) in a limited edition butterfly bottle “which bears images of the Garden of Ninfa, the breathtaking locale from which the fragrance takes its name”. £150 for 100 ml Eau de Toilette at Harrods in the UK…

Stella McCartney debuts Solid Perfume Necklace. Classic STELLA in a modern necklace. A fashionable take on fragrance. With the introduction of her limited-edition STELLA necklace, Stella McCartney lets you wear the cult favorite fragrance in more way than one. Tucked away in a round locket stamped with the Stella McCartney logo, the fragrance is always [...]

A new advert for Stella McCartney’s Stella and Stella Nude perfumes, featuring the voice of Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. Below the jump, a “behind the scenes”, again with Chrissie Hynde.

I tried hard to think of a theme that would tie these together, but there isn’t one — just brief reviews of three perfumes I’ve been meaning to write about: Ormonde Jayne Tiare, Stella McCartney Stella Nude and Strange Invisible Perfumes Fire and Cream.

Ormonde Jayne Tiare

Tiare is the latest from British niche line Ormonde Jayne. The tiare flower, as many of you know, is the Tahitian gardenia (Gardenia taitensis), and tiare-based perfumes are usually done in a heady, lush tropical manner — Monyette Paris, Montale Intense Tiare, André Gas Ensoleille Moi, et al. — often with coconut lending a beachy, sunscreen sort of feel. Ormonde Jayne takes a different approach: this Tiare is light and airy…

End of a fairytale: Christian Lacroix fashion house to strip down (Guardian)
“Christian Lacroix, the celebrated French designer whose fantastical creations and luxurious image captured the decadence of its age, was told today that the fashion house he founded over two decades ago is to cease making haute couture.”
J.C. Penney Is Betting Big By Adding A [...]