The Best Selling Women's Perfumes of All Time

Men and Women love the smell of women’s French fragrances. It is no wonder that the French perfume industry worldwide makes around 11 billion dollars every year. It is also well known that women’s French fragrances have been around for an eternity. This is due to the fact that women like to smell nice, and hence women’s perfume manufacturers always try to come up with fragrances that will appeal to the masses.

Tastes in women’s French perfumes are different for everyone. Some like a strong perfume and some like a subdued one. Despite this fact, the tastes for perfumes always seem to have a point where everybody’s tastes agree and complement. This fact remains irrespective of price and ultimately leads us to the timeless fragrances.

Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia ~ new perfume

The new perfume Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia to be launched from September 2010. The perfume opens on a very nice impression of woody and fruity pear, with a counterpoint of tart rhubarb.
Notes: pear, quince, green rhubarb, white freesias, wild roses, patchouli, white amber, musks.

Naomi by Naomi Campbell ~ new perfume

Naomi Campbell will launch Naomi by Naomi Campbell in September 2010. The ‘gracious, elegant and seductive’ fruity floral fragrance for women is Campbell’s eleventh perfume, and reflects the many facets of her strong personality. The notes feature lemon, raspberry, guava, rose, water lily, sandalwood, coffee, vanilla and caramel notes.
The bottle is elegant, tall and thin. Its shape resembles the female figure of Naomi. It is decorated with glittering sequins as it keeps the pink liquid. The face of the advertising campaign is, of course, Naomi Campbell. Naomi by Naomi Campbell will be available in 15 ml, 30 ml and 50 ml Eau de Toilette or 30 ml Eau de Parfum.

Linari Acqua Santa ~ new perfume

Niche perfumery Linari have announced the introduction of a new fragrance called Acqua Santa (Holy Water) in this year 2010.

Nasomatto Nuda and By Kilian Love and Tears ~ new perfume

Like no other flower, jasmine has provided some of the most multifaceted floral beauty in modern perfumery. It's multiple personalities create a complexity and attraction which is undeniable, and has clearly piqued the interest of Kilian Henessey and Alessandro Gaultieri. Each has given us a new and modern expression of jasmine while maintaining their unique styles.

With Love and Tears, Kilian revels in what he calles the "endless spectrum of facets" of the jasmine flower. Citrus, green, floral and animalistic are all expressions of the emotions that are communicated with this scent, focusing on the two most important: erotic and sacred. Sexy and poetic, all at once. this perfume is launched in this year 2010.

Notes: Bergamot, petit grain, cypress, jasmine, orange blossom, ylang-ylang and cistus.

Personal Use

In recently, I am using UDV Pour Elle, Eau De Parfum by Ulric De Varens. It's scent is light-softy and so lovely. UDV Pour Elle have different flavoures which we can see in pictures. And also there have a little model (my lil Bro) who is looking so cute with this fragrance.

StarAsia Bangladesh

StarAsia Bangladesh was established in 1997 with Pierre Cardin Beaute Cosmetics as the first representation and with a team of more than 30 experienced and motivated professionals. In the following years, they expanded their portfolio to include Givenchy, Kenzo, Paco Rabanne, Bvlgari, Ck and many other international brands. In 2003, StarAsia Bangladesh opened a new department to manage the masstige and mass market brands, such as Adidas, David Beckham, Jovan, Bogart … Today, StarAsia Bangladesh is a team of more than 80 people that imports, distributes and markets close to 40 brands throughout Bangladesh.


Address:
StarAsia Bangladesh
Road # 4, House # 133
Block –A, Banani -1213
Dhaka

Paris Parfums store in Bangladesh

Paris Parfums, an international perfume store from France, opened its first store in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20th September 2008. The 1,200 square feet store carries an extensive range of perfumes and skin care products. Reputed fragrances from designer brands such as Kenzo, Calvin Klein, Bulgari, Givenchy, Paul Smith, Carolina Herrera, Loilta Lempicka, Davidoff, Nina Ricci are amongst the many offered at Paris Parfums.

The store has a strong international feel throughout its premises. The diverse range of quality products, the staff’s high standard of service and excellent product knowledge, as well as a private VIP lounge where customers can sit back, relax and browse at their leisure, makes the entire Paris Parfums experience a refreshing and pleasurable one. Paris Parfums has fast expanding presence across South East Asia, with plans to open more stores in Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Store Address:
Paris Parfums
Road 126, House: 2
Gulshan 1, Dhaka-1212
Open 7 days a week.
Time : 10 AM – 8 PM

Perfect Gift for Men

Perfume gifts for men is a perfect choise. If women are conscious about their looks and spend time and money on their looks, then men are not far behind. Narcissist men revel in their looks and perfumes are an integral part of their grooming. Perfumes have a "feel good" factor about them. Leading fashion houses of the world have created their own brands of exotic men's perfumes which are gifted to men with unfailing regularity by their admiring partners.

Especially, I suggest that girl or lady who wants to give gift for their boyfriend or husband, My Dear Valentine is giving an idea for them that some of the branded perfumes for men which can be gifted in the holiday season or for any other occasion like Valentine's Day.

Perfect Gift for Women

Now fragrance counters are a favorite place to go to buy gifts, whether it’s for a man or a woman। Women of all ages love to receive perfumes as gifts which can be enjoyed everyday, all round the year। Perfumes give a women an extra look of elegance and now become a fashion statement.

The same fragrance will give off different smells on different people. This is because of how the individual’s body chemistry reacts with the fragrance. For best results the fragrance should be applied to the skin (wrist, neck, behind the ears).

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The FIFI Award

The FiFi awards are given annually by the World Fragrance Foundation, which honor the perfume industry’s creative achievements. This award is considered as the “Oscars” of the perfume industry. This award giving ceremony have been held annually in New York since 1973. This programs are attended by the members of fragrance community, designers and celebrities from fashion, theatre, film or television industries.

Export In 2008

Import In 2008

World Trade of Perfume

Every year trade of more than 10 billion dollar take place in the perfume industries and the amount is increasing every year due to keep place with the consumer desire for new fragrances. In the year of 2008 a total of 26,789,905 tons of perfumery products have been imported by 146 countries. On the other hand, a total of 29,252,360 tons have been exported by 112 countries. The world trade of fragrance products mainly ruled by the European and the North American countries. Bangladesh plays a small role in world trade of perfume. A total of 1,371 tons of perfumery products have been exported by Bangladesh in 2008. In same year Bangladesh imported a total of 6,456 tons of perfumes.

Perfume Museum

The Farina Fragrance Museum is the first and the most famous museum of perfumes. It is situated in Cologne city of Germany. It was established by John Maria Farina in 1709. It was actually a fragrance factory. There are various rare collection of perfumes, several particular technical devices which once used and a large collection of pictures and documents as well.

Burberry Sport

Burberry represents a tradition of prestige and performance heritage. On the heels of the Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, the timing couldn’t be more appropriate to launch the newest fragrance collection by Burberry, Burberry SPORT for Men and Women – hitting stores in mid-March 2010.
Burberry SPORT, the newest scent designed in alignment with Burberry’s Sport Fashion line, combines sporting attitude with an energetic spirit. Inspired by the British outdoors and the brand’s iconic performance trench coat history, Burberry’s Creative Director Christopher Bailey designed the two new scents as a natural extension of Burberry’s technical, functional, and fashion DNA.

Ralph Lauren Polo Black

Polo Black Cologne by Ralph Lauren, This fragrance was launched in 2005. Its incredible scent includes a mixture of iced mango, Spanish sage, patchouli noir, sandalwood, Silver armoise and tonka bean. It’s a casual fragrance so that uses of this fragrance would make a great feel in any occasion. The price of black polo is dependent by it's different sizes.

Le Male Summer by Jean Paul Gaultie

Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male was developed to take men back to the masculine freshness of a traditional barber shop shave. Jean Paul Gaultier is presenting new, summer versions of perfumes Classique, Le Male and Ma Dame in cheerfully decorated flacons. The new editions are painted with stripes coloured in lively nuances, promising a fiery and colorful summer. Le Male Summer Tonic 2010 is a man seducer among fragrances. Notes of ginger, mint and zhen shen create perfect harmony of this icy cocktail ideal for the upcoming summer. The fragrance is available as 125 ml EDT limited edition.

Giorgio Armani Code For Men

Giorgio ARMANI CODE was launched by the designer house of Giorgio Armani in 2005. This scent possesses a heady blend of fresh spices and lemon, such as bergamot, lemon and olive flower. The Tonka Bean and Guaiacum Wood base is unusual, fragrant and essentially masculine. This donates Giorgio Armani Code For Men a lively and luminous citron opening, a cologne-like essence, over a heart of olive blossom, with Mediterranean waves of anise and aromatic herbs. The base, a combination of tonka bean and gaiac wood, creates a leathery, smoky, balsamic blonde-tobacco effect.

Giorgio Armani Code For Men is a sophisticated, elegant, oriental with a virile and sensual base. This fragrance price is $74.99 .

Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue For Men

Dolce & Gabbana is a famous fashion house that is responsible for a lot of the high end couture that people love. Aside from fashion, they also make a wide variety of products, such as fragrances. One of the fragrances that they have created that has blown the world over is the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue.

Light Blue for men was released in 2007. The scent of the D & G Light Blue fragrance can be described as an aquatic, citrus and woody cologne. This aroma is a result of the different notes that are used in its creation. These scents and ingredients are Sicilian Mandarin, Frozen Grapefruit Peel, Rosemary, Bergamot, Juniper, Musk Wood, Szechuan Pepper, Rosewood, Incense and Oak Moss.

It is a fragrance that is sophisticated, relaxed and vibrant. The fragrance can be worn at anytime during the day and it is the right fragrance choice for the hot and warm summer months. The price of Dolce Gabbana Light Blue For Men is $84.99 .

Eau de Sisley 1 produced by Sisley

In Paris Sisley was acquired by The Benetton Group in 1974. Sisley’s first fragrance, Eau de Campagne was launched in 1974. Eau De Sisley 1, 2, 3 are the perfume by sisley.

Eau de Sisley 1 — “meant to be like a dress made of sunshine”. The notes of Sisley 1 are green mandarin, grapefruit, pink pepper, spice, jasmine water, green tea, juniper berries, patchouli and musk.
Eau de Sisley 1 is sheer enough for hot weather wear and the lasting power is reasonably good. Eau de Sisley 1 spray price is $106.99 .

Alien by Thierry Mugler

Original Thierry Mugler Alien was released in 2005 over a decade after the release of Thierry Mugler Angel, the best-selling, award-winning gourmand perfume. The first Alien summer edition came out in 2008. Alien Eau Luminescente is a light and fresh alternative to the original Alien. Its juice features light florals with hints of amber, and comes in an orange bottle. New summer edition is Alien Sunessence featured in the bright yellow bottle. This one's all about citrus and florals. It's been receiving lots of love on Basenotes and MakeupAlley.

The bottle is faceted like a jewel and its amethyst color symbolizes thoughtfulness and peace of mind. The name, engraved on the glass, is reflected in reverse to form a sign as it would in a mirror.

Alien Perfume comes in a loads of different sizes and a variety of bath products. Such as,
- 6 ml which is perfect as a purse spray
- 10 ml which is versatile as a travel spray
- 0.5 oz which comes in a unique slender bottle
- 1 oz which is the classic bottle
- 2 oz which is a large bottle for Alien-lovers

Vera Wang Rock Princess produced by Vera Wang

Rock Princess (2009), the new launch by Vera Wang is described as a dark Fruity Floral evocative of downtown East Village, except it's not the most original idea but a spinoff of the hit fragrance Vera Wang Princess (2006) which featured fruits, flowers, forbidden woods, musk and dark chocolate. The limited edition Rock Princess also features fruits and flowers on a sweet, woody-vanillic-musk base, but compared to the original Princess smells to my nose woodier and more powdery, more of a woody Floral Oriental scent with fruit notes rather than like a straight Fruity Floral.
It smells like a typical patchouli-based fruity scent: sweet and a little bit dusty due to the wood notes combined with a flowery heart. Rock Princess also has a rich floral heart, giving it a sort of '80s vibe.
The major difference between Princess and Rock Princess seems to be that Rock Princess is a bit perfumier, maybe a bit aldehydic with a creamy cupcake note imbedded somewhere, and lily-like heady florals intensifying towards the end.

L de Lolita Lempicka produced by Lolita Lempicka

Fashion houses are often named after their founding designer, but Josiane Pividal went about it differently. In 1983 Josiane and her husband Joseph, an interior designer, created their own label, "Lolita Lempicka", in homage to Nabokov;s novel and the the painter Tamara de Lempicka. As the fashion house took off, the couple found it simpler to change their names to Lolita and Joseph-Marie Lempicka. Lolita / Josiane were born in Bordeaux in 1954. She first learned how to sew from her mother a trouser maker. In the 1970's Lolita started redesigning second-hand clothes, managing to make them look new and original. In 1984 she and her husband opened their first boutique in Paris's Marais district, and it became an instant success. She became famous for her exquisitely tailored suits, infusing classical Parisian styles with fresh femininity. The Lempicka Company rapidly expanded into the international marketplace. In the 1990's Lolita created award winning fragrances. She earned the prestigious Best Women's Fragrance by the Fragrance Foundation and the American FIFI award in 1998 for Lolita Lempicka.

Euphoria Spring produced by Calvin Klein

Euphoria is not a brand new fragrance to the market. It launched in 2005 and won that year's Fifi award for best luxe fragrance. That being said, it is a wonderful fragrance adored by many, and is still one of today's bestselling women’s’ perfumes. It is classified as an oriental perfume, and should be worn in the evenings, or fall through spring but not in the summer. When wearing this fragrance, be prepared to be stopped for compliments as its sillage, or trail, is strong an beautiful.

Euphoria opens with sweet notes of pomegranate, persimmon, and lush green accord. These blend into fresh lotus blossom, champaca flower and exotic black orchid. The dry down is a very warm and sensual amber, black violet, cream accord and mahogany wood.

This is the perfect fragrance for sophisticated women who are sensual, confident, mysterious and edgy, but still on the playful side. When wearing Euphoria perfume, it is almost like spraying on a layer of confidence and happiness.

Chanel No. 5 produced by Chanel

Ernest Beaux created Chanel No. 5 in 1921 as part of a suite of nine fragrances he presented to Coco Chanel. Chanel No. 5 in Eau de Parfum form is a lush but restrained skin scent. Once the aldehydes subside, a summery blend of fresh flowers emerges with a pinch of something slightly spicy, like a sprig of dianthus. Its sillage is gentle. Chanel is famous for growing its own fields of jasmine in Grasse.

Chanel No. 5 is ladylike but personal and could go just about anywhere, any time of the day or night. Osmoz describes No. 5 as having top notes of aldehydes, bergamot, lemon, and neroli; a heart of jasmine, lily of the valley, rose, and orris; and a base of vetiver, sandalwood, vanilla, and amber.

The Eau de Parfum is $80 for 50 ml at Chanel and is available at department stores in Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum, and Parfum.

Bright Crystal produced by Versace

Bright Crystal is a mixture of Versace's favorite floral fragrances including: pomegranate, accord, peony, magnolia, lotus, plant amber, and musk. With a sheer and sensual style, ladies can look and smell beautiful with a summery spray that is perfect for both spring and summer months. The scent gives women a luminous and ethereal feeling that cannot be matched by lower quality blends. Versace, being known for high quality oils and perfumes, blends a high concentrate of perfume oils that allows the scent to last without rubbing off after application.

Bright Crystal comes in several different sizes and applications. The .3 oz. Eau de Toilette Rollerball is the smallest in the lineup and is great for travel. It is also the most affordable option, retailing for $20.00. For those with sprays on their mind, the 1 oz. Eau de Toilette Spray is the smallest spritzer, which carries a price tag of $48. For those who want fragrance in bulk, the 1.7 and 3 oz. sprays are also available costing between $60 and $90 depending on the store. Top off your collection with a 6 oz. Body Lotion selling for $40.

While many women love perfumes and colognes as well, many of them do not know the difference between cologne and perfume. Versace sells both perfumes and colognes depending on the scent.

World Famous Perfume Brands

Best 5 perfume brands for women-

• Bright Crystal by Versace - $52.99
• Chanel No. 5 by Chanel - $114.99
• Euphoria Spring by Calvin Klein - $59.99
• L de Lolita Lempicka by Lolita Lempicka - $43.99
• Vera Wang Rock Princess by Vera Wang - $61.99
  

Best 5 perfume brands for men-

• Eau de Sisley 1 by Sisley - $106.99
• Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana - $84.99
• Polo Black by Ralph Lauren - $74.99
• Armani Code by Giorgio Armani - $74.99
• Le Male Summer by Jean Paul Gaultie - $48.99

Fragrances for Winter

In winter, our scent stays on longer so a little fragrance will go a long way. Winter scents can be sweet and powdery or a little dark. Heady, sensual oriental fragrances with amber and musk are top choices for the chilly season. Try Cinnabar by Estee Lauder, Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, Halle by Halle Berry, Thierry Mugler Angel Eau de Toilette, Chanel Coco Mademoiselle and so on for winter season.

Fragrances for Fall

Something a little woody, vaguely musky, and with just a hint of spice is a good start for a great fall fragrance. Earthy, warm notes like oakmoss and lavender combine well with autumnal fruits like blackberry, apple and blackcurrant at this time of the year. The fragrances of this season’s are philosophy 'unconditional love' spray fragrance, Badgley Mischka Couture Parfum Elixir, Lisa Hoffman Tunisian, Hypnotic Poison by Christian Dior and so on.

fragrances for Summer

Our skins naturally produce more oil at summer time of year. Fragrance becomes more distinct in the heat, so try out a scent that’s crisp, light, and fresh. So we could go for fragrances that contain lush, exotic flowers and fruits such as Prescriptives' Calyx. Some companies are now even producing lightweight versions of their regular scents especially for the summer months, such as Christian Dior's alcohol-free J'Adore and Dune Summer, Juara Candlenut Perfume Oil, Ferragamo Incanto Bliss, Bvlgari Eau Parfumee White Tea and so on.

fragrances for Spring

In spring, it’s nice to wear something light, breezy, floral, and flirty. Fresh-smelling fragrances and delicate florals are the essences of springtime and are guaranteed to lift mood, get ready for love and complement our light, pared-down spring look. The fragrances of spring are Elizabeth Arden Pretty Eau de Perfume Spray, Mariah Carey Luscious Pink Eau de Parfum Spray, Daisy and so on.

Seasonal Fragrances

As with food, for every season there are certain scents that just seem to change with the weather. One of the most exciting things about choosing a fragrance in every season is experiencing that 'moment' when hit on a scent that does something simply amazing.

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Today’s Perfumes for both Men and Women

Alothogh the women's fragrance is the bulk of the industry, now men's fragrances have taken a firm foothold. Today's perfumes are both for men and women. Women's perfume such as, Delices de Cartier by Cartier, Princes by Vera Wang, Dior, Max factor etc. Now some examples of men's cologne avaiable today are Pi by Givenchy, Baldessarini by Hugo Boss, Eternity by Calvin Klein, Pleasure for Men by Estee Lauder, Axe and so on. Man are becoming more fashion conscious these days like woman.

Now-a-days, some fragrances are make which can uses by both men and women, like Burberry Sport, Jovan, David Beckham and so on.

Reasonable Perfume Price

At this time the working classes still rarely used anything more exotic than the very early scents or the new perfumes produced by cosmetic houses rather than fashion design house couturiers.

Some of the less costly perfumes had quite pleasing scents. Everyday prices meant that the ordinary person could afford to buy a perfume gift from ranges by Coty, Yardley, Max Factor and Revlon and not break the bank. Goya also produced scents in a price conscious range.

The Perfumes Industry Take off

Over the last forty years, the perfume industry has boomed. In 1993, there used to be about one new perfume launch every week. Now, there’s one every day, with each company trying to one-up their competition with expensive, innovative, and glamorous launches. Through the second half of the 20th century, there were many changes in the styles and fragrances of perfumes. It seems that they change in accordance with the dominant lifestyle of the day.

The picture in below , we can see the Grasse Perfume Industry on France.

Synthetic Sources

Most of the modern day’s perfumes has its origin from the synthetic source. Synthetics can provide fragrances which are not found in nature. For example, Orchid are usually not used directly from the plant itself but are instead synthetically created to match the fragrant compounds found in various orchids.

Natural/Aromatics Sources

This category of perfumes has its origin from plants and animal sources. Plants are known as the largest source of fragrant compounds used in the perfumery.

Plant Sources:

• Bark
• Flowers and Blossoms
• Frits
• Leaves and Twings
• Resins
• Roots, Rhizomes and Bulbs
• Seeds
• Woods
  

Animal Sources:

• Ambergris
• Natural Musk
• Civet
• Castor
• Hyraceum
• Honeycomb
  

Other Sources:

• Lichens
• Seaweed

Sources of Perfumes

The art of making perfume is known as “Perfumery”.
Traditionally perfumes were made from the natural sources found in the local areas. It has been revealed from the old records that they have been using herbs and spices to make perfume. The flowers were not used by this time. ‘Avicenna’ a Persian doctor who was also a chemist is known as the father of modern day’s perfume. He started the process of extracting essential oils from the flowers.

Perfumes are made from the constituents taken from both natural as well as synthetic origin. Here in my next features, you will see the detailed information about the aromatic/natural sources and the synthetic sources of the perfumes.

Perfume containers have always been attractive

The Egyptians treated their perfumes with great respect, and believed that only the best containers were good enough to hold them. Every effort was made to produce especially beautiful containers.

Take a look at the bottles and containers that perfumes are sold in today, and you’ll see that this practice hasn’t changed for thousands of years. Today’s perfume bottles are as attractive as they always were. And now, manufacturers are getting very innovative with their bottle designs. Sometimes for attractive containers people attract to buy and use perfume. So this is the most important for the manufacturer to make beautiful perfume bottles. Look at the top of today’s perfume bottles, its alaways been attractive as old bottles.

Concentration

Various sources differ considerably in the definitions of perfume types. The concentration by percent/volume of perfume oil is as follows:
• Perfume extract (Extrait): 15-40% (IFRA: typical 20%) aromatic compounds
• Eau de Parfum (EdP), Parfum de Toilette (PdT): 10-20% (typical ~15%) aromatic compounds. Sometimes listed as "eau de perfume" or "millésime".
• Eau de Toilette (EdT): 5-15% (typical ~10%) aromatic compounds
• Eau de Cologne (EdC): Chypre citrus type perfumes with 3-8% (typical ~5%) aromatic compounds
• Splash and After shave: 1-3% aromatic compounds.

Early Use of Perfumes

Today women have fragrance wardrobes of at least six different perfumes, rather than a single signature perfume, keeping one special perfume for occasion moments. People have used perfume, oils and unguents on their bodies for thousands of years in lesser or greater amounts dependent on fashion whims. The early Egyptians used perfumed balms as part of religious ceremonies and later as part of pre love making preparations. Myrrh and Frankincense were exuded gums from trees used to scent the atmosphere in rituals. Other plants such as rose and peppermint were steeped in oils until a perfumed unguent formed. The unguent was then rubbed into the skin.