Jennifer Lopez is launching a new fragrance, Deseo.

With her new scent, Deseo, Jennifer Lopez presents a diamond in the rough - or at least, that’s what the bottle is intended to resemble. The fragrance is the first of Lopez’s beauty projects to reference her Latino heritage. Due out in February, it could generate more than $20 million at retail in the U.S. in its first year on counter.

The new scent draws its inspiration from the singer’s garden. “The idea for the scent usually comes first,” she says. “I always call up and say, I love this or I love that - get this candle or this flower that was in my garden. With Deseo, the inspiration came from a combination of smells in my own garden. So, I called up my friends at Coty and asked them to come take a walk through my garden with me so they could experience it.

It was late at night so there was kind of a dew in the air and I took them to an area where there are these beautiful geranium flowers, orange trees, lemon trees, and all this stuff mixing together that was making this beautiful smell.”

"Deseo" will be available in two sizes, 1.7 oz. and 3.4 oz. and will cost $46 and $56 respectively. There will also be a body lotion which will cost $27.50 for 6.7 oz.

Also hinted on the possibility to create the masculine counterpart of "Deseo," Lopez furthermore revealed "I've always known that I wanted to launch a fragrance for men...Since Deseo is all about desire and sensuality, it seems perfect to develop a male counterpart for it". The fragrance for men will thus be Lopez's first masculine fragrance should it come to realizati

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Armani Code Elixir

With its ‘enigmatic name and the allure of a cryptic message’, Armani Code is the feminine reflection of the men’s scent of the same name. A modern elixir, a sublimely arousing perfume, Armani Code ‘pays homage to women’s magnetism’. The fragrance reveals the luminous, sensual glow of orange blossom, in a bottle with a nocturnal silhouette wrapped in a lacey Oriental pattern.

A luminous opening built around the zest of two different oranges: a bitter orange from Africa and a sweet one from Italy.

In the heart, a Tunisian orange-blossom absolute grants the fragrance its subtle, solar charm, surrounded by floral waves of Sambac jasmine. The sensual, addictive trail is an alliance of orange blossom, Madagascar vanilla and a drop of honey.
Armani Code is a modern elixir and is a sublimely arousing perfume that aims to play homage to women’s magnetism and has a distinctly oriental theme. The fragrance reveals the luminous, sensual glow of orange blossom, bitter orange from Africa and a sweet one from Italy. The heart of the fragrance is based around the sensual note of Tunisian orange-blossom absolute and floral waves of Sambac jasmine. The sensual nature is added by the addictive texture of orange blossom, Madagascar vanilla and a drop of honey.

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Escada has introduced a new women's perfume simply called Escada S. It is billed as a major launch and reportedly destined to become iconic of the brand. Escada has set up a website showcasing the new fragrance complete with commercials and the making-of these. The model is Sophie Vlaming.......

S features top notes of plum, blackcurrant, eglantine rose (rosa canina); heart notes are almond blossom, rose, muguet, and black pepper; base notes are mahogany, sandalwood, musk-like notes, and hazelnut.

Let it be known - so as to avoid confusion and note in passing that the initial "S" is very popular in perfumery - that there is also a fragrance called S by Sherrer and a brand titled S-Perfume founded by Sacré Nobi with a creation called S-Perfume.

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Strip by Agent Provocateur (2007)

Strip is the latest perfume creation by upscale whimsical lingerie brand Agent Provocateur founded in 1994 by Serena Rees and Joe Corres; the latter is the son of Vivienne Westwood another high priestess of sexiness. Agent Provocateur does not hesitate to advertise themselves as “The most erotic lingerie in the world” and it appears futile to try to argue with them after you have glimpsed at their catalog, which short of being X-rated is definitely under the auspices of Venus. They even succeeded in getting banned from the airwaves (see Kylie Minogue’s banned commercial for the brand). So when they decided to use the image of the stripper in this particular case one could anticipate that they would not only talk the talk but walk the walk.......

Some olfactory affinities with the original Agent Provocateur perfume are apparent, the Haitian vetiver accord in particular. The concoction is described by the press release in the following manner: “The original Agent Provocateur formula has been stripped down to the core to reveal a powerful, mesmerizing, and hypnotic formulation.”

The scent starts with an immediate twist, a woody and brandy-like accord making one think of aged cognac and oak barrels near a mossy forest. The earthy, dirty accents intensify in particular with the interesting showcasing of vetiver from Haiti combined with patchouli. What is noteworthy is that the naughty vibe of the perfume rests more visibly upon root-y notes than animalic ones. The vetiver is so dense at times, it is almost leathery. Strip then segues into a softer more feminine powdery musky and amber-y accord with floral notes, the ylang-ylang rounded off by rosy accents, softened by iris and slightly sweetened with vanilla. The perfume then takes on that sexy dark amber tarry quality that is so well exemplified by Dana Tabu, but in a lighter fashion than in the latter one. The scent continues on its sexy trajectory retaining the almost romantic scent of dry patchouli leaves with their slightly chocolate-y and tobacco-like nuances, which used to preserve Cashmere shawls in the 19th century. Again, there is this suggestion of intimacy and feminine textile weapons of seduction. It mingles with soft roses and vanilla and warms up durably with the amber oils. The undercurrent of subtle peppery spiciness contributed by geranium bourbon adds interest. The overall contrast between the vetiver made more incisive, sharper, and more sexually aggressive with its edge of musk and the rounder softer floral amber accord on the other hand is very well done and rather captivating. When the skin is more moist, the dry-down smells more of amber with tobacco/patchouli leaves and when it is drier, it smells more powdery. The impression of natural dirt emanating from the patchouli and vetiver somehow translates figuratively in one’s psyche as “naughty” and as standing for a franker, more overt sexual proposition than one is accustomed to seeing in perfumery these days.

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Black magic

A sweetly seductive new fragrance hits the right notes with a perfect harmony between fashion and perfume

In the designer fragrance sweepstakes, the name, the flacon design and the buzz generated by the launch of a new perfume – not to mention the scent itself – all combine to make a winner. The jury’s still out on the latest Donatella Versace fragrance, Crystal Noir, because the perfume has only just hit fragrance counters around the world, and arrives in Australia this month. But the designer – she of the long blonde locks, mahogany tan and wardrobe which seems to consist

exclusively of clingy cocktail gowns – finally seems to have hit on a fragrance which embodies her own unique brand of Mediterranean-style glamour (her first perfume, Blonde, was launched in 1996, her second, Woman, in 2000). Contained in a deep purple bottle with an oversized, black faceted cap which glitters like a black diamond, Crystal Noir is a heady scent, a sensual blend of gardenia and amber. It’s “the olfactory equivalent of a long train on a fabulous evening dress”, the press kit says, adding, dramatically, that it’s a “red-carpet” fragrance. Versace herself refuses to divulge any famous Crystal Noir converts but confesses that even though it has a strong “night-time” bent, “it’s light enough to be worn during the day by younger women, as well as by women who want to feel glamorous and sensual in the evening”.

If the guest list at the dinner party Versace gave at London’s Cipriani in November to launch Crystal Noir is any indication, Madonna, Alexandra von Furstenberg and Elizabeth Hurley are all fans. “Crystal Noir is for a woman who loves both beauty and modernity,” Versace insists in her husky, Italian-accented English. “It’s the quintessence of femininity – luxuriously refined and seductive. It’s a perfume for the woman who is of today, and who expresses the energy of this new era: feminine, determined and sensual.”

The advertising for Crystal Noir reinforces the notion of modern luxury. Photographed by Steven Meisel, the advertisement features the Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana lying languorously in a shimmery dress surrounded by immaculately groomed young men in evening clothes. Versace doesn’t elaborate much more on the concept other than to say she felt that “Steven could interpret the mood I wanted for the fragrance, and Isabeli was the perfect protagonist”, but the message is clear: Crystal Noir is not for wallflowers.

The fragrance and bottle design were two years in the making. “It took more than two years to create Crystal Noir because I wanted a bottle that looked timeless, but at the same time had the surprise of a light fragrance inside,” Versace explains. She worked with the American creative powerhouse A/R Media and Tino Valentinitsch on the design of the bottle, and the “nose” behind the scent is Antoine Lie of Givaudan. This time around, Versace says she abandoned her usual favourite, tuberose, for the gardenia: “I wanted to expand with a softer and lighter offering,” she says. “I’ve become infatuated with the floral sweetness of the gardenia, but I wanted to add a strong note of amber to balance the gentleness of the gardenia, giving it a surprise.” The gardenia used in Crystal Noir is, in fact, a reconstruction. The traditional, sweet, floral note has been re-elaborated using a state-of-the-art technique called “headspace”, which renders it crisper and fresher, yet still sensual and luminous.

Crystal Noir is being marketed as a “couture” fragrance at a time when the company seems to be reining in its Atelier Versace haute-couture operations. (There was no Atelier Versace couture show last season.) It may be the money men who deemed that glittering stage unprofitable, but Versace’s heart seems still to be with the girls in the beaded gowns. Crystal Noir seems styled almost as an olfactory addiction, an irresistible luxury. “I wanted to create a perfect harmony between fashion and perfume,” Versace says. Crystal Noir should be “a magic instrument of seduction, a pleasure that cannot be given up”.

Words: Charla Carter Photographs: Andrew Cowen