Snooki smells a fraud and Sues

Snooki smells a fraud.

The Jersey Shore star turned perfume designer is suing a New Jersey-based company claiming that it has ripped off her official “Snooki” and “Snooki Couture” fragrances. So in response, this week Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi filed a $6 million lawsuit in a Manhattan federal against Excell Brands, alleging they copied her brand. It seems like it would be a difficult smell to copy.

Snooki’s perfume has been described as the smell of “candy and driftwood,” not exactly a conventional scent. “The fragrance opens with exquisite fruity notes of chilled lychee, quince flower and kiwi,” notes Fragrantica. “The heart is ruled by pink cupcake accord, white jasmine and beach flower.

The base includes woody notes, seaside driftwood and sugared musk.” Snooki originally wanted the scent for one of her favorite foods included in the mix, but decided against the idea. “I wanted to create a sweet-smelling fragrance. I wanted something flirty and fun that would reflect my personality,” Snooki told HuffPost Celeb back in 2011. “I originally wanted something with a hint of pickle, but when the labs created a sample of a pickle scent I quickly changed my mind. It was gross.”

Since the late 1990s it’s become common for celebrities to have their own perfume lines, giving them a steady source of revenue without much work to complete in return. It sounds a bit different for Snooki, who really just wanted to create something that smelled good for her to wear. “I always wanted my own fragrance because I could never find the right scent for me. At home, I would always mix bottles of my favorite fragrance[s] to create a unique and different scent,” the reality star said. Snooki added that she was very hands on in the creation process, choosing everything from the fragrance notes to the bottle design.

So it would seem understandable that she’s upset about another brand ripping off her scent.-her-scent/#XRKoGKhhtklUc1LM.99</div>

What the Smurf? There is now a Smurfing Smurf perfume

"What's that wonderful smell?" someone will ask you about your new perfume, Smurfette Blue Magic. "It's Smurf perfume," you'll mumble, wishing a hole would open up beneath you. "Excuse me?" they'll press. "It's my SMURF PERFUME, inspired by 'Smurfs 2' — you know, the children's movie with the posters with the pale-looking Smurfs on them?" It will get very quiet. In the silence, the blossoming aroma of oriental mandarin, pink pepper, patchouli and hyacinths will become almost unbearably sweet. "Is it a … children's perfume?" the bewildered person will ask. "They do make a children's Smurf perfume, called Blue Style, but this scent is for grown-ups," you'll reply. A pause. "Oh. Well, where did you get it?" As you flee the room, you will cry out, "Toys 'R' Us!"

Don't worry, if you're over 10 years old, there's a fragrance for you, too: Smurfette Blue Magic, "billed as a more high-end scent targeting women between the ages of 13 and 30." The bottle looks like a sex toy and the liquid inside smells like "oriental mandarin, pink pepper, red raspberry and peach blossom" with bottom notes of "wet leafy greens, hyacinth and transparent lilac, sheer amber, patchouli and bright wood."

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Pierre Loti, the Exotic Dandy Has His Perfume Loti Rose d'Amour 1913 Recreated for a Time {Scented Paths & Fragrant Addresses}

An exhibition consecrated to French writer Pierre Loti (1850-1923) at Quai Branly entitled "J'Arrive, J'Aime, Je M'en Vais"* is the opportunity for the recreation of a long lost fragrance called Loti Rose d'Amour, 1913** - the name of a sample really - a custom blend created at the beginning of the 20th century by a Parisian perfumer for the author of Pêcheur d'Islande, Aziyadé and The Last Days of Peking...

Pierre Loti is well-known for his writing but also for his eccentric streak, in particular his love of exoticism, developed during his career as a navy officer, which made him decorate each room in his Rochefort home in a different "world" style as one might put it today, and likewise wear costumes hailing from varied cultures. His nom de plume "Loti" is a nickname bestowed upon him in Polynesia, meaning "red flower".

Artist and nose Laurent-David Garnier happened on a perfume jewel containing the tenuous resinous remnants of a perfume concreta and decided to recreate it by analyzing it but also studying the environment of Loti. One of the writer's habits was to collect botanicals and mummify things like birds with arsenic salts and aromatic herbs, as he was obsessed with the idea of death.

The result, which is partly interpretative and partly based on the materials present in the tiny flacon of origin, is a perfume wafting of Damascean rose, lilac, mint and violet, which one can smell when paying a visit to the exhibition in the darkness of an alcova protected by black velvet curtains.

This will not be the first time that the memory and the universe of the author are honored by perfumers as both Parfum d'Empire and Lubin have each proposed a composition inspired by Aziyadé, the novel by Loti set in Ottoman Turkey.

*"Here I Am, I'm in Love, I'm Leaving"

** "Loti Rose of Love, 1913"

Via Culture Box; Musée du Quai Branly

Shawn Rae's ONENESS Perfume: Bring Out The Nobility In You

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Summertime is a time when the heat of the summer sun reminds us that we want to look and smell our best. This year’s heat wave has inspired us to offer no charge for shipping to all our customers to help them smell their best at this time of year. Enjoy the fragrance and the smiles that Oneness will bring when your friends remark about how wonderful you smell. Think Noble, Feel Noble, Be Noble! 

Oneness is a dynamic nexus of East and West. It exists in a combination of Occidental and Oriental ingredients united together in perfect and harmonious oneness. Infused in this eclectic selection of exotic flowers and plants is a touch of pure golden Sunflowers and a delicious hint of Allspice Berries that grow wild in the rainforests. The crown of this precious jewel is an unfolding of sweet Iris and soft Amber Crystals. 

At its heart, ready to impassion and awaken the soul, lies an aromatic blend of rich Egyptian Jasmine, Bulgarian Rose, and the generous warmth of Incense. The drydown is influenced still, by the exotic addition of East Indian Sandalwood from the mystical Orient, along with Vetiver, Oakmoss, and White Musk, thus creating altogether a completely sensational and inspirational experience. 

Shawn Rae was raised until the age of 18 in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, inheriting from both of his parents a remarkable lineage of Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Jewish, Tibetan, and Chinese ancestry. According to Shawn, “A unified humanity can collectively resolve problems... Divided, we only serve to create them.” Further, Shawn sees, “The challenge is individually and collectively to awaken our true potential for goodness and greatness, and to realize that positive change begins with us.”

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The company behind this perfume is based in Florida,