Prompted in part by reader Carly's request to come up with suggestions for vanilla perfumes and by my recent experience of catching the most voluptuous whiff of crème brûlée wafting from a lady who managed to turn the classic...
September 2009 Archives
Cheryl Cole Just Got Hired by L'Oreal & Would Love To Have a Sig Perfume {Fragrance & Beauty News} {Celebrity Perfumes & Beauty}
Some people like Justin Timberlake and Emma Watson simply hate the idea of offering their perfume incarnations to the public, but singer Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud begs to differ. Like several other WAGS before her (hubby is football player...
Les Sens des Fleurs E'Sens, Ideel des Sens, A Double Sens (2009): Scents Co-Signed by Dr. Bach {New Perfumes} {Green Products}
Les Sens des Fleurs (lit.The Meanings of Flowers), is a French eco-certified bio cosmetics brand founded by Stella Mordocco-Menendez. They just released a new collection of perfumes based on the principles and ingredients developed by Dr. Edward Bach and his...
Miss Oops Rescue Sponge {Beauty Shopping Notes - On-The-Go Beauty}
Miss Oops has apparently designed the beauty version of Mr Clean Magic Eraser, that most indispensable house-cleaning tool, and in this case you don't even need to be near a water source. Troubled by slight mishaps while on the go...
The Must-Have USB Card Reader for Perfumistas {Fragrant Shopping}
If you are a perfume lover and a bit of a fetishist, you can now show your true colors with the set of USB Card Readers that were designed in the shape of perfume bottles. Nothing too fancy yet, they...
Guerlain Idylle (2009) Part 2: The Creation of Longing & Beauty {Perfume Review}
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Pantene Beautiful Lengths event in NYC on Oct 14, 2009: Donate 8 Inches of Hair & Get a Free Haircut {Beauty Notes}
Pantene Beautiful Lengths event at the Mark Garrison Salon WHEN: Wednesday Oct 14th, 2009 TIME: 6pm-9pm WHERE: Mark Garrison Salon 108 East 60th Street 212.400.8000 WHAT: Make the kindest cut of all! The Mark Garrison Salon will be hosting a...
J. Palazzolo Son Est. 1898, a Long-Island, New-York Perfumer {Spotlight on a Brand}
After writing about the Krigler Perfumer house yesterday, I was reminded of another perfume house with roots in New York which is virtually unknown not just by the larger public but by perfumistas as well, as far as I can...
Interview with Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian: 2 Scented Quotes of the Day on Perfume and Emotion
Jacqueline Kennedy at JFK funeral by Andy WarholPerfumer Francis Kurkdjian whose work you might know through Le Male, Fleur du Male, Classique, or Gaultier2 by Jean Paul Gaultier, when asked about the relationship between cuisine and perfume and his conception...
Unexpected Link of the Day: Audio Course on Aphrodisiacal Foods and Smells {Shopping Tip}
I just discovered the existence of Loveology University, "The Online College of Sensual Knowledge," where apparently you can train to become a love coach, a certified Loveologist, a Master Sexpert, and/or find Everlasting Love. For scent-oriented people interested in what...
The Deets on Kherington Payne's Look at The Fame Premiere in L.A. {Beauty Notes} {Makeup} {Celebrity Beauty}
We got the insider's scoop from Lancôme's team about actress Kherington Payne's makeup routine for the red-carpet premiere of the remake of one of the 80s defining film, Fame, in Los Angeles on September 23, 2009. Signed by makeup artist...
Krigler New York City Perfumes {Spotlight on a Brand} {New Perfumes}
Krigler is a New-York based perfume brand taking pride in having been established as far back as in 1904 in the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia before the torments of the revolution which led the Kriglers to take flight....
Kim Kardashian Black Vampy Makeover by Troy Jensen for YRB {Beauty Notes} {Look of the Day} {Celebrity Beauty}
Okay, as I told you last time when looking at the Chanel Les Noirs Obscurs, I am very much interested in exploring - even if only through empirical observation - the really black vampy look that has been the new...
How to Tame Men with Vanilla According to Sex & the City Author's New Web Series for Maybelline {Perfume Images & Movies}
Candace Bushnell, the author of Sex and the City, has a new web series called The Broadroom created in partnership with Maybelline New York. In episode 2 entitled The Sweet Smell of Success, the scent of vanilla is featured as...
Selfridges will House Largest Dior Color Collection in the World + An Ultra Exclusive Edition of J'Adore: The Amphora {Beauty News} {Fragrance News}
London department store Selfridges in Oxford Street has been granted the worldwide privilege of housing the largest collection of makeup color by Dior ever to have been displayed in one location. On October 1, 2009 when the equally record-breaking largest...