Ortigia in Berlin

Ortigia is about to open 6th store in Europe. Milano, Rome, Florence and London are now joined by German capital Berlin.

The store will be located at Kurfürstendamm 51. More news are to follow.

Please refer to the Facebook' page of the brand for more informations.

Berlin, Germany

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Belle Rebelle in Berlin

Source: Cosmoty

I really love Berlin for its amazing perfume stores; it hast pretty much everything what a perfume friend can wish, ranging from conceptual spacious Breathe and The Corner to tiny and chaotic The Different Scent, from posh Quartier 206 to cozy 1000&1 Seife. Niche brands are completely covered by the Berlin' stores.

There's one more perfume boutique which was recently opened in Charlottenburg. Belle Rebelle is located at the cool Bleibtreustrasse 42 (I just love the street for its buildings!) Brands, stocked there, are Agonist, Byredo, Carthusia, Carner, Eight & Bob, Fornasetti, Humiecki & Graf, Heeley, J.F. SCHWARZLOSE, Jovoy, Keiko Mecheri, Laura Mercier, Linari, Mona di Orio, Maria Lux, Nasomatto, Profumum Roma, Ulrich Lang. Online shop is to follow soon.

Some other great stores, like Delfi or Douglas, are near at hand, placed at perpendicular Kurfurstendamm.

There's a small interview with the owner of the boutique at Vogue (in German) You can also check out the Facebook page of the store.

Le Labo, CdG, Penhaligon's and another news about new openings

Penhaligon's. Source: ION Orchard

In case, you didn't read it yet - some news about recently opened stores ;)

Two new brand stores in London:

Cire Trudon opened its second store in Europe. It is located at 36 Chiltern Street. Please read more at Telegraph.

There's also another Czech&Speak store, which was recently opened in Chelsea. The shop is located at 54 Pimlico Rd.

Le Labo is a hard worker on the US' market - after recent opening of the store in San Francisco there's another new boutique, which was opened in Los Angeles (the second one in the city). The store is located in Venice, at 1138 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Singapore has its first Penhaligon's boutique, which was opened at the mall ION Orchard. The address: 2 Orchard Turn. Read more HERE.

Comme des Garcons opened Black Shop and Pocket Shop in Berlin. The store is located at Linienstrasse 115, which is - to my mind ;) - one of the most interesting areas in Berlin Mitte, with lots of cool stores and galleries. Hackersche Courts are near at hand; as well as two of the best perfume stores The Different Scent and Breathe.
The Pocket store is an intimate space that is dedicated to Comme des Garçons’ expanding range of wallets, perfumes and PLAY. The concept shop operates like a convenience store, integrating into its habitat as authentically as a local supermarket. Please read more at Blog | Stylesight.

Last but not least the news from Basenotes and Butterboom about HongKong' shopping; as these sites state, the Lane Crawford' branch at Pacific Place will shortly be closed. The new Burberry' store will take its place in the mall.

There're still three more LC' branches at IFC Mall, Times Square and Canton Road.

New locations in Istanbul and Berlin

In last days I came across some great perfumeries, which are to be found in Istanbul and Berlin:

Source: Ormonde Jayne' Blog.

La Deesse, the new perfume shop, was recently opened in Istanbul, as Ormonde Jayne's blog reports. The store is located in Nisantasi' quarter (Tesvikiye cd. No:113/2) Brands, respresented there, are Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Keiko Mecheri, Miller Harris, Ormonde Jayne, Robert Piguet, Place des Lices, YS UZAC and Acca Kappa and home products such as Tiziana Terenzi, Gianna Rose Atelier and The Laundress.
Besides there're also bespoken perfumes, which can be created according to customer's wishes.
Considering that perfume niche brands were not widely respresented by Istanbul' stores to date (except Harvey Nichols), La Deessee is a diversified contribution to the perfume map of Istanbul.

Heinz Schlicht

As it seems, the german capital still has some wonderful perfume stores to discover. Salon Heinz Schlicht, which was founded some decades ago as a hairdresser's shop, recently offers wide selection of niche brands, such as Amouage, Andre Putman, Annick Goutal, Borsari 1870, Caron, Castle Forbes, Detaille 1905, Floris, Hubert Maes, Le Prince Jardinier, Mazzolari, Nobile 1942, Parfum d'EMpire, Penhaligon's, Profumi del Forte, Profumi di Pantelleria, Robert Piguet and 06130 PARFUMS ZERO SIX CENT-TRENTE.
The store is located in the 'western' part of Berlin, Uhlandstrasse 173-174.