Spotted at TJ Maxx this weekend: Elizabeth Taylor Gardenia, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea, Liz Claiborne Spark and Mambo gift sets, Givenchy Pi, Versace The Dreamer, and Burberry Brit -- have to admit I was surprised by the Brit.
The celebrity fragrance boom
Thank you to Karen for finding this article in the New York Post (sorry, link has expired), which reports some interesting sales figures for celebrity fragrances:
Last year, celebrity fragrance brands generated $94.9 million in sales, up from $45.3 million in 2000, reports the NPD Group.
Britney Spears' Curious was the No. 1-selling launch fragrance in 2004, reportedly raking in more than $36 million in its first four months of counter sales alone.
Jennifer Lopez's three fragrances have grossed more than $250 million globally since the first in the line launched three years ago.
O de Lancome ~ fragrance review
It is finally warming up here today, so I am breaking out the summer fragrances. Ô de Lancôme was created by perfumer Robert Gonnon and introduced in 1969, and reformulated in 1994. It is a classic Eau Fraîche, with notes of mandarin, lemon, bergamot, jasmine, rosemary, basil, honeysuckle, sandalwood, vetiver, and oakmoss.
Ô de Lancôme is classified as a fresh citrus chypre. The top notes are very sharp citrus, with a diffusive quality that makes me suspect that there is a touch of aldehydes. It calms to a crisp, leafy-green citrus with herbal notes and quite a bit of oakmoss. It gets a bit darker and woodier as it dries down…
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Scented flip flops!
Check them out at Closet Spy. (link no longer working, sorry!)