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February 7, 2012



Roget et Gallet Eau des Bienfaits (2012) {New Fragrance} {Beauty & Olfaction}

roget_gallet_eau_bienfaits_2.jpgRoget et Gallet are turning towards the tradition of wellness perfumes more clearly in the year of their 150th anniversary with the new unisex fragrance Eau des Bienfaits. The scent was created by perfumer Mathieu Nardin of Robertet.

Sold in the pharmacy circuit, known for their roborative eau de cologne de Jean-Marie Farina, and having lately come up with a face oil scented with Bois d'Orange, it all feels like a logical evolution for the house....

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January 15, 2012

Dior Garden Party Nail Polish is Scented (2012) {Beauty Notes} {Beauty & Olfaction}

dior_garden_party_polish.jpgDior have released a new duo of nail polishes in their Garden Party collection for spring-summer 2012 which mix the attractiveness of color with the appeal of scent, especially one that will help cover the very recognizable scent of nail polish.

Some people are fans - like fashion deisgner Jean Paul Gaultier who used it as a top note for his Classique perfume - others hate it. In general, men are reported to find the scent of fresh nail polish a turn-off....

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December 10, 2011

Jean-Marc Maniatis Touche Audacieuse (2011): Wear Francis Kurkdjian in your Hair {New Fragrance} {Beauty & Olfaction}

touche_audacieuse_maniatis.jpgFrench hairdresser Jean-Marc Maniatis has partnered with perfumer Francis Kurkdjian to release a perfume for the hair called Touche Audacieuse (Daring Touch.)....

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July 12, 2011

Who Doesn't Like Nice-Smelling Hair? {Beauty & Olfaction}

 

Redken-Natures-Rescue-Radiant-Sea-Spray.jpgRedken released a new delivery system this year for using perfume with Nature's Rescue Radiant Sea Spray. Since the days of Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific, the relationship of hair and perfume has become more muted, but it's by no means dead.

We are always struck by the numerous mentions about nice-smelling hair in films...

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July 17, 2010

Lush Silk Stockings, Black Stockings (2010) and No, They're Not Nylon {Beauty Notes - New - Body Makeup - Olfaction}


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Lush just released a new duo of cool solid body tints for the legs called Silk Stockings (lighter shade) and Black Stockings (darker shade). As one user suggested on the brand's website, you can go crazy and decide to mix the colors, or better stilll paint your legs with darker vs. lighter highlights. Apparently they hold well, do not stain and smell good. Did you know incidentally that an ace perfumer like Sophia Grojsman (White Linen, Beautiful, Paris, Eternity, Trésor etc.) recommends perfuming your legs for an interesting effect of upward diffusion motion? So, this kind of beauty gesture is recommended both from a color angle and a scent one...

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March 10, 2010

Kenzo Kenzoki Perfumed Beneficial Waters/Eaux Parfumées Bienfaitrices Splash, Fizz, Shh, MMM (2010) {New Perfumes} {Beauty & Olfaction}


EAUX-PARFUMEES-BIENFAITRICES-PERFUMED-BENEFICIAL-WATERS.jpgKenzo is tapping into the wellness sphere of the fragrance world, going back to a tradition that gave us most famously L'Eau de la Reine de Hongrie, but also Eau de Ben, Eau de Botot and more recently Clarins Eau Dynamisante or eaux developed in accordance with the tenets of Dr. Bach.

From April 15, 2010, Kenzo will introduce a new collection of four perfumes meant to make you feel better as needed called Les Eaux Parfumées Bienfaitrices de Kenzoki / Perfumed Beneficial Waters of Kenzoki. They are more perfumed and more hydrating versions of the current Beneficial Water line...

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December 11, 2009

Garancia Eau de Sourcellerie (2009): The First Powdery Aromatic & Eau de Decollete {New Perfume} {Beauty & Olfaction}


eau-de-sourcellerie-B.jpgGarancia, a beauty brand making systematic references to magical traditions while using unusual animal-sourced ingredients such as snake venom has introduced a debut fragrance which aims to be both a skincare product and a novel perfume composition.

Eau de Sourcellerie is named after a legend about giant 3-meter-high stags called Mégaceros who turn out to have existed and can be seen reconstituted at the Prehistory Museum at Eyzies de Tayac. The animals according to folklore are reported to have known the existence of a fountain of eternal youth called Sourcellerie...

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November 24, 2009

Twilight Beauty Volturi Reign Scented Body Mists (2009) {New Perfumes} {Beauty & Olfaction}


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Inspired by the Twilight movies comes the label Twilight Beauty. Mostly the items in both the Luna Twilight and the Volturi Twilight collections created by the brand are beauty products. But in the latter library a series of four colored shimmering body mists were issued which are scented...


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November 3, 2009

Frederic Fekkai Femme Fekkai Sensuelle Eau de Parfum (2009) {New Perfume} {Beauty & Olfaction}

fekkai-femme-sensuelle.jpgCoiffeur to both celebrities and grateful Sephora-goers Frederic Fekkai has launched his first personal fragrance called Femme Fekkai Sensuelle Eau de Parfum. It is part of the brand's Femme Fekkai Sensuelle Collection which wishes to weave together functionality and olfactory hedonism, pairing beauty and olfaction.

To spice up things, the tag line in the form of a message of affirmation is printed on the bottle in Fekkai's handwriting and with his autograph, "The spirit of a woman -- revealed."

Next time, I suggest selling an erasable pen that can be used on a specially studied surface on the perfume bottle so that one could add one's favorite quote of the moment and absorb it while spritzing...

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November 2, 2009

Winter Skin On My Mind: Caudalie Moisturizing Cream-Mask Face & Eyes {Beauty Review} {Beauty & Olfaction}



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In this series, Winter Skin on My Mind, I will look at hydrating products that are hopefully efficacious for women, men or children. They are not necessarily the same, but looking at a jar of cream from a family perspective can yield unsuspected results like when I discovered that my tyke's German diaper cream could officially double as a face mask.

I have had winter skin on my mind since the end of the summer holidays what with the dehydration due to the sun and greater outdoor exposure. So, as soon as I was able to study the shelves of my local pharmacies I decided to give a product by Caudalie called Moisturizing Cream-Mask Face & Eyes/Masque Crème Hydratante Visage et Yeux a go.

The brand is well-known by now for its use of the antioxydant power of Bordeaux winemaking by-products such as grape rape or seeds. What is now termed vinotherapy has become a sort of sub-field of beauty treatments including spa ones.

Caudalie (koh-da-lee) is a lovely musical word in French that has an even lovelier meaning: it refers to the vintner's unit used to measure the span of time in which a flavor is felt in the mouth until it fades away. A caudalie or cdl lasts for 1 second. The longer the lingering aromatic sensation, that is the number of caudalies, the better, the more flavorful...

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