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Variations on scented themes from fragrance for you
The world’s favourite online perfumery has launched yet another innovative product for perfume lovers -- variations on a scented theme.
Author: Lily Fleming - Date: June 29, 2004

L’Oréal plays integral role in International Museum Exhibition, “Perfumes and Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt”
Blending beauty and science, L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty company, has contributed its scientific and research capabilities to the exhibit, “Perfumes and Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt” which can currently be seen from April 6-July 6, 2002 at the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo, the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Vieille Charite Museum in Marseille.
Author: April Tom - Date: January 14, 2004

New report exposes cruel farming of musk for the perfume industry
In a new report released this week by the World Society for the Protection of Animals , the cruel and primitive farming of thousands of wild civets in Ethiopia for their musk for the perfume industry is exposed. The report, 'Civet farming; An Ethiopian investigation', is based on an undercover WSPA investigation carried out into civet farms last year.
Author: April Tom - Date: January 14, 2004

Creativity and personal determination takes the "dis-" out of dis-abilities
This was the exciting news that Karen Nooruddin received one bright, sunny morning in the summer of 2000. After months of being sick and disabled with a debilitating condition known as "fibromyalgia", Karen began researching ways in which she could naturally, without the use of pharmaceuticals, improve her health. Having heard about the benefits of an herb called "Black Seed" (or Nigella Sativa L.) used since ancient times. Having sought out suppliers in the United States, she finally began using the herb and to her great surprise and pleasure, found relief from the myriad of mysterious symptoms that come with this often misunderstood and misdiagnosed health condition.
Author: April Tom - Date: January 14, 2004

French women are the most sweet smelling in Europe
More than three-quarters (76 per cent) of French women use a fragrance in an average week, the highest proportion for any European country surveyed, according to research from TNS.
Author: Nicole Sims - Date: January 14, 2004

General: ASA acts to pull 'Opium' ads
The Advertising Standards Authority today ordered Yves Saint Laurent to remove all of the posters for its Opium perfume.
Author: April Tom - Date: January 13, 2004

Zindart division enters perfume packaging market Hua Yang, a specialty printing company, now producing packaging for Christian Dior
Hua Yang, an operating division of Zindart Limited , has received several orders to produce packaging for perfumes sold in Duty Free shops by the French perfume company, Christian Dior.
Author: April Tom - Date: January 13, 2004

"Have A Little Scents" -Discount Fragrance Oils- Opens Its New Website
ve a Little Scents” launches its new web site, www.havealittlescents.com, offering discounted fragrance oils and aromatherapy supplies. Many of the high quality fragrances can be used for candle-making, potpourri, simmer pots, and soap-making. These oils are gentle enough to be used as perfume.
Author: Nicole Sims - Date: May 15, 2005

Enter The Realm Of The Goddess
ela J. Leavey, Proprietor of Of The Goddess Ltd. provides a Daily Affirmations and a Daily Inspirations Page on the website five days a week. It is a labor of love for Pamela who feels that making a difference is the world is her mission in life and in business. Profiled on IVillage.com’s Mompreneur section last December, Pamela shared with visitors to IVillage.com that she believes “Offering those pages makes a difference in the lives of a lot of people. I live by the basic spiritual principle, ''Give when and what you can, and expect nothing in return''.” “I do this because I feel that it is so important to share wisdom and knowledge. Many visitors have emailed throughout the past couple of years to thank me for these pages,” Pamela shares. To be successful, Pamela feels you must, “Strive to make a difference in the world”.
Author: Jenny Post - Date: May 29, 2005

Heaven scent
The finest and most comprehensive collection of perfume bottles and accessories made by three generations of Lalique family designers will be offered at auction by Sotheby’s as part of their Twentieth Century Works of Art sale in New York on December 4, 1998. American collectors, Glenn and Mary Lou Utt, began collecting Lalique while living in Paris in the late 1950s. Scouring flea markets and auctions, they ultimately assembled more than 300 exquisite examples representing the history of the company’s fragrance designs from René Lalique’s first commercial bottle in 1908 to modern examples produced for the in-house fragrance Lalique.
Author: April Tom - Date: October 2, 2005

SFSU study shows that synthetic pheromones in women's perfume increase intimate contact with men
Women's perfume laced with synthetic pheromones acts as a sexual magnet and increases the sexual attractiveness of women to men, San Francisco State University researchers concluded in a study appearing in the current issue of the quarterly journal Physiology and Behavior.
Author: Jenny Post - Date: January 12, 2004

The fragrance counter joins Yahoo's premier merchant program
Yahoo! Inc., today announced that The Fragrance Counter, has become a premier merchant on Yahoo!, the world's leading navigational guide to the Internet. Beginning today, Yahoo! users have a fast and easy way to access and purchase The Fragrance Counter's extensive collection of designer fragrances and cosmetics throughout relevant areas in the Yahoo! network of properties. Currently Yahoo!'s premier merchant program includes commerce providers in popular areas such as autos, books, computers, music, online stock trading, software, travel and videos.
Author: April Tom - Date: January 12, 2004

Ajmal To Sell Perfumes On-line
al, a local perfumes manufacturer, has joined efforts with Comtrust, Etisalat’s e-commerce division, to offer on-line sales of its products through secure Internet-based transactions, while the Jordan-based Aramex, has been contracted as a delivery agency.
Author: Nicole Sims - Date: May 18, 2005