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By NowSmellThis The Fragrance Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for the 2009 Fifi Awards, known as the "Oscars of the fragrance industry". Note that some categories show more than 10 fragrances because of tied votes and some have fewer than 10 because not enough fragrances were nominated.

By Angela The story goes that in 1957 the clothing designer Hubert de Givenchy commissioned perfumer Francis Fabron to create a fragrance especially for his favorite client, Audrey Hepburn. Fabron had already earned his perfumer's chops as the nose behind Nina Ricci L'Air du Temps and the origin...

By NowSmellThis New at bloomingdales: DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom, Karl Lagerfeld Kapsule collection. New at sephora: Calvin Klein Eternity Summer, CK One Summer, CK One "We are One", Euphoria Spring Temptation, Ferragamo Incanto Bliss.

By NowSmellThis Givenchy has introduced this year's harvest fragrances, aka "Les Millésimes de Givenchy". As in past years, there are limited edition versions of Amarige, Organza and Very Irrésistible, each enriched with a specific floral harvest from 2008; this year Ange ou Démon is added to the coll...

By NowSmellThis Prescriptives will launch Calyx Sheer Exhilaration in May. The new fragrance for women is a limited edition flanker to 1986's Calyx. Calyx Sheer Exhilaration is described as "energizing", and features notes of passion fruit, mango, guava, lily, jasmine, sandalwood and vetiver.

By NowSmellThis New at dillards: Givenchy Organza Indecence in the "Les Parfums Mythiques" packaging. Deal at luckyscent: markdowns on Bruno Acampora Prima T, Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Pineapple, selected fragrances from Montale & more. 

By NowSmellThis Givenchy will launch Be Givenchy, a new travel retail exclusive fragrance for women, this coming January. Prior scents in the series include Lovely Prism, Absolutely Givenchy and My Givenchy Dream. Be Givenchy is “for the modern-day Lolita”...

By NowSmellThis Deal at macys: with any beauty/fragrance purchase of $75 or more, get free shipping plus a "goody bag" including samples of Donna Karan Cashmere Mist, Be Delicious & Be Delicious Night Body Lotions, Jean Paul Gaultier Ma Dame, Issey Miyake Intense, Calvin Klein Euphoria Women and E...

Shiftan was also the nose behind Givenchy Le De as well as the drugstore staple, Brut, and Hardy created another Prince Matchabelli favorite, Cachet. Although Parfums de Coeur, the company that owns Prince Matchabelli, doesn't list Wind ...

By NowSmellThis One of the sharpest "noses" ever. Author of fragrances for Givenchy, Versace, Paco Rabanne, Burberry, Salvador Dali, Cartier, Chopard, Ferre. One of the brilliant pages of his perfumer career concerns his companionship of many years with Comme des Garcons. Mark's personal testament ha...