Tag Archives: Fragrance
Estee Lauder is one of those storied cosmetics brands that evokes memories of grandmothers and gold compacts in the same vein.
Of course, the grandmother is chic and and the compact is gilded.
The brand, over years, reached out to newer, younger demographics but still remained luxurious in its successful pursuit — they did, after all, bring on Tom Ford to helm his Tom Ford for Estee Lauder limited-edition collections.
Posted in Brands, Collaborations, Fragrance, Industry Scoops, New Product Also tagged C-Thru, Diamond, Estee Lauder, mass market, olfactory, product, purple, recession, Ruby, Tom Ford, Wal-Mart |
Celebrities and fragrance go together like Regis and Kelly.
Halle Berry is the latest A-lister to head down the perfume route with Halle by Halle Berry, set to launch this coming March. The project, which was two years in the making, is a collaboration with Coty, which runs most of the celebrity scent market.
Posted in Celebrities, Fragrance Also tagged amber, Aubriel Aubry, Calvin Klein, cashmere, Celebrities, Coty, driftwood, fig, freesia, Halle Berry, hibiscus, mimosa, olibanum, pear, perfume, sandalwood, scent |
Ralph Lauren’s little girl, Dylan Lauren, is looking to make her mark on the beauty market.
Lauren’s confectionary retailer, Dylan’s Candy Bar, signed a deal with Sephora until May 2009 to create a new bath and bodycare line called Re-Treat.
Posted in Around The Water Cooler, Bath and Body, Collaborations, Industry Scoops Also tagged 2009, accessories, apparel, bath, beauty, bodycare, butter cream, confectionary, Dylan Lauren, Dylan's Candy Bar, jewelry, lotion, New York, Ralph Lauren, Re-Treat, retailer, Sephora, shower gel, Upper East Side |
By May | September 26, 2008
Gwyneth Paltrow officially added the title of blogger to her portfolio. The Oscar-winning actress, yoga-junkie and macrobiotic diet-eater just launched a lifestyle website called Goop, encouraging everyone to “nourish the inner aspect”. Gwyneth the Guru?
David Yurman formally launched his eponymous eau du parfum at Sak’s Fifth Aveue in New York on Tuesday night. The florally-woodsy scent is a suitable alternative for the Yurman devotee who can’t afford to drop $1,700 on his Pave Tahitian Pearl Ring.
Posted in Beauty Bits, Brands, Celebrities, Fashion, Fragrance, Industry Scoops Also tagged Biotherm, David Yurman, Diane von Furstenberg, economy, Fairy Dust Tinkerbell, Gap, Gwyneth Paltrow, L'Oreal, market, Paris Hilton, Parlux, website, YSL Beaute |
Anna Sui released her newest fragrance, Night of Fancy, captured beautifully in a sheer purple bottle with Jessica Stam as its campaign gal. Night of Fancy is the olfactory follow-up to her previous scent, Flight of Fancy.
The top, middle and bottom notes of this oriental-floral are an eclectic, fruity mix of wild strawberries, grapefruit leaves, living blueberry, jasmine sambac, cashmeran, olibanum and milkshake accord. Sounds rather delicious, no?
Posted in Fragrance, New Product Also tagged Anna Sui, blueberry, bottom, Flight of Fancy, floral, fruity, Jessica Stam, lavendar, middle, Night of Fancy, notes, oriental, peacock, purple, top |
By May | September 16, 2008
On Monday night, fashion and beauty’s finest were at the Dover Street Market in London, celebrating two things: the beginning of London Fashion Week and hat guru Stephen Jones’ collaboration with Commes des Garcons.
Posted in Collaborations, Fashion, Fashion Week, Fragrance, Industry Scoops Also tagged bottle, CDG, Commes des Garcons, hat box, London, London Fashion Week, milliner, perfume, Rei Kawakubo, scent, Stephen Jones |
By May | September 11, 2008
Dean and Dan Caten feted the stateside debut of their fragrance duo He Wood and She Wood last night, celebrating with famous friends like Marc Jacobs, Rachel Zoe and Cassie on a rooftop venue in west Chelsea.
Posted in Fragrance, New Product Also tagged air, Canada, Caten, DSquared2, nature, outdoors, sap, scent, vanilla, water, wood |
Angel by Thierry Mugler — launched in 1992 — is a cult favorite that shot to mainstream popularity fairly quickly, intoxicating men and women with its gourmand top, middle and base notes of bergamot, peach, apricot, patchouli, vanilla, chocolate, passion fruit, mandarin and caramel.
By May | September 4, 2008
Last week, the beauty industry was abuzz with rumors that cosmetics brand Hard Candy might be going under when the company’s website had 75 percent slashes in product prices. Top brass at Hard Candy are denying the gossip, saying the brand will continue operating their fragrance business, while repositioning other aspects of the company.
By May | September 3, 2008
Fashion and beauty are the Bobbsey Twins of aesthetics.
There are supermodels masterminding the colors of eyeshadow palettes (Daria Werbowy for Lancome) and beauty companies enlisting style icons to pump up their lines for the masses (Cory Kennedy for Urban Decay).
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