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Katerina Jebb produced a nice video for the launch of the latest Comme des Garcons Parfum, that we first presented a while ago.

“Comme des Garçons are pleased to announce a new perfume, Comme des Garçons. Constructed linearly, the fragrance opens with the man made organic composites of aldehydes and safraleine, opening up with hawthorns and derivations of lilac, before exploding in a riot of flower oxides, then finally succumbing to notes of industrial glue and brown scotch tape with hints of musk and stryax. Purposefully taking a bottle that has been disqualified from existence and purposefully giving it its right to exist. Launching mid November.”

Look out for a release at CDG retailers in the coming weeks. A detailed look at the bottle design and packaging of the perfume follows here.

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For Christmas 2011 Maison Martin Margiela presents a new limited edition bottle for their ‘untitled’ Eau de Parfum. The bottle comes in a metallic design, matching the packaging. colette already has it in stock.

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Comme des Garcons is about to release its latest fragrance and what we know so far about it, is already very impressive. The box of the fragrance, is made of one piece of carton paper, folded in origami style into a beautiful, yet simple, white box.

CdG takes it even further and presents an entirely new bottle design as well for this new perfume, produced of old glass, rejected and un-used by others. The outcome is a very special and organic structure of a bottle, unseen before. All in all a new fragrance product from the Japanese brand and we cannot wait to find out more about it.

The new perfume will make its retail debut October 2011

A further look at the bottle follows after the jump.

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Although a product like AXE Excite would not be something you would usually find on our pages, we were interested to learn recently that AXE Excite was actually created by the Swiss perfumery house, Firmenich. Co-created by Pierre Negrin, Frank Voekl, and Harry Fremont, a powerhouse trio of perfumers responsible for fragrances by the likes of Marc Jacobs, Three as Four for Colette, Oscar De La Renta, Chantecaille, Dior, Calvin Klein, Polo and many, many more, we were intrigued that AXE had enlisted perfumer royalty to create a product with an intended mass audience. AXE invited us to Firmenich’s headquarters and laboratories in midtown Manhattan to talk to Pierre, Frank, and Harry and gain an inside perspective to what goes into creating a fragrance irregardless of its price point. We think you’ll be as fascinated as we were at the blend of science and artistry involved. Enjoy!

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Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov has developed a new unisex fragrance series named TYPE. The series consists of three scents that reflect a specific moment in time in three different cities: Berlin, Copenhagen and Damascus.

Playing with the simplicity of the cities’ initial letters, the Eaux de Toilette called TYPE B, TYPE C and TYPE D not only represent three very unique and different fragrances, but above all reflect some of the very characteristics of each of the represented cities.

You can pre-order the three fragrances already from colette.

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Matching their Christmas 2010 campaign, Comme des Garcons presents the limited edition “Merry Happy Crazy Colour” perfume. The bottle comes in an attention seeking multicolor design and will soon be available from Number 3.

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This month visvim will introduce a new perfume that they have developed together with Blaise Mautin. The “Alaska” fragrance will be released at F.I.L. Kyoto along with a special event on November 13th. Via Plog.

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The other day we gave you a very first look at the two new Undercover perfumes that are about to be released – Holygrace and Holygrapie. Recently the brand hosted a special launch event for their new fragrances at L’Elaireur in Paris and as usual Jun Takahashi found his very own way of presenting the new product. The fragrances were dressed up in fur and Swarovski stones, inspired by his GRACE character. Also they were presented inside cages at the event.

This time they went even further and are livestreaming their perfume launch event and installation, including Jun Takahashi in action, building up things for the installation. Check it out here below.

More images of the presentation and the new fragrances follow after the jump.

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Jun Takashi presents two new Undercover perfumes – Holygrace and Holygrapie. The two perfumes were inspired by his Grace character and by his child Grapie. The perfumes will release soon at colette and other retailers around the globe.

More images of the new Undercover perfumes follow after the jump.

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An interesting new project is coming out of the Brunetti house. Most of you should know Eric Brunetti and his FUCT label. Emmelie Brunetti presents her new Hopi Botanicals label for Spring 2010. The brand makes solid perfumes, packaged in old trading post tins and vintage boxes.

“A collection of natural solid perfumes, packaged in “old Trading Post” inspired tins as well as one-of-a-kind vintage and antique snuff boxes. These pure & simple “grassroots” scents are handcrafted in California and made out of the highest quality ingredients available on the market. Certified organic, fair trade and always cruelty-free. When unable to source organic, a natural or wildcrafted alternative, harvested in the “greenest” manner possible, without the use or addition of chemicals, preservatives or genetically modified organisms is favored. No synthetic fragrances are used to create these perfumes, only pure, therapeutic grade essential oils.”

Take a further look at the Hopi Botanicals product line-up after the jump.

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HUGO, the younger and edgier collection from Hugo Boss, has worked with designer Karim Rashid on a limited edition perfume bottle. The HUGO perfume has been released in 1995 and comes now in the new Rashid bottle, which is limited to 1000 pieces worldwide. The bottle will be available at 100 retailers, including Selfridges (London), Sephora (Paris), Harvey Nichols (Dubai) and the Gallerie Lafayette in Berlin from next week already, where the launch event is also be taking place.

A more detailed look at the HUGO x Karim Rashid Bottle follows after the jump.

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Comme des Garcons will introduce their most popular perfume, CDG 2, later this year in a special “Glitter” edition. The Comme des Garcons 2 Glitter comes in purple and will be released September 2009 at CDG retailers, including Number 3.

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