Fragrance (perfume/cologne)
Thierry Mugler’s revolutionary new caviar-infused Womanity perfume
Thierry Mugler, the designer who brought us fragrances with cult followings like Angel and Alien, is now taking on a whole new endeavor with his latest, Womanity which is available at Bloomgdale’s this month and Nordstrom starting in October. There are so many things that stand out about this new fragrance that is unlike many others. For starters, the fragrance uses odd ends in notes to create a wonderfully unique scent. We’re talking things like fig and caviar – yes, caviar.
Womanity launch event
Dove’s new body mist and online correspondents!
Dove recently killed two birds with one stone by inviting bloggers to congregate at the top floor of the Hearst building a few weeks ago to meet their new summer correspondents and their brand new line of body mists.
Dove's new fruit-based deodorants and body spray
Dove Deodorant Correspondents: Liesabeth, Maryssa and Kate
And the award to the best fragrance goes to…
While the rest of the world goes gaa gaa over FIFA, there’s something quite different altogether that has the beauty community buzzing: FiFi (or The Fragrance Foundation’s version of the Oscars for the best perfumes and colognes).
The awards ceremony was held last week in NYC. Usher won Male Fragrance Celebrity of the Year (seriously, what can’t he do??), and Michael Kors nabbed the Hall of Fame award.
Usher and his FiFi award; Getty Images
Salvatore Ferragamo’s new Incanto Bloom perfume
I recently attended the launch of Salvatore Ferragamo’s latest perfume launch for Incanto Bloom in Soho, where creator Sophie Labbé and CEO Luciano Bertinelli were present to give us the scoop on the new floral fragrance.
Incanto Bloom perfume
With Incanto Bloom, which launched this month, the luxury brand is hoping to target the young, metropolitan, fashion-savvy ladies. While it’s aiming at a younger clientele, they’re still keeping the elegance of the fashion house alive in the scent and even the design, with Ferragamo’s iconic Vara Bow as the cap of the bottle (I also love the opalescent white flacon of the perfume).
YSL’s new Parisienne (and flirty ad campaign)
Kate Moss is the face of new YSL fragrance, Parisienne
The essence of a woman who is incredibly free. She is not from Paris but Paris adopts her. Because she knows how to love, how to live.
I’m decidedly into floral scents, and while I initially thought the newly launched Kate Moss-fronted fragrance from YSL, Parisienne, would be too strong I’m actually digging. It has top notes of cranberry, midnotes of violet and base notes of sandalwood and vetiver.
New survey shows men love their beauty products too…
A new survey published in The Independent shows men are “increasingly concerned about their looks and invest in products accordingly.”
The article lists out which types of products in the male beauty category are best sellers in China (creams and moisturizers from gf); France (French fragrance brands like Le Male by Jean Paul Gaultier or 1 Million by Paco Rabanne and hydrating/exfoliating face creams from Sephora); and the US.
Seems like guys from the US are into their skin, teeth, and colognes. Top sellers in the fragrance category came out to be the clasics like Acqua di Parma, Dolce & Gabbana’s Light Blue, and Armani’s Acqua di Gio. Sounds about right — I have yet to find a guy who isn’t currently going through — or at least have recently gotten over their — Acqua di Gio phase. Good cologne, but why not expand your horizons to one that, you know, doesn’t smell like every other guy? Hint: Lacoste, Givenchy Pi, Burberry Brit, John Varvatos.
