Celine Dion for her upcoming fragrance release, Sensational. I find it kind of dull for a TV ad, but then, I'm not a Celine Dion fan. If you're a fan, do comment and tell me if it's wonderful. The song is Eyes On Me, from the album Taking Chances.
Online fragrance shopping
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Celebrity perfume news round-up 2008, part the first
In case you must know….
Justin Timberlake will front a new men's fragrance from Givenchy, according to Women's Wear Daily.
Anne Hathaway will front a new fragrance from Lancome this fall. Read all about it at Bella Sugar.
Eva Mendes will be the face of a new Calvin Klein fragrance expected to launch this fall. Read more at Marie Claire…
Hermes Un Jardin Apres La Mousson ~ new fragrance
Un Jardin après la Mousson will be the third fragrance in the Jardin series from Hermès, and is expected to launch this coming May. Un Jardin après la Mousson was inspired by “India in monsoon season”, and follows Un Jardin en Méditerranée (2003) and Un Jardin Sur Le Nil (2005).
For the third fragrance in the Jardins series, Jean-Claude Ellena, Hermès' in-house perfumer, traveled to Kerala, in southwestern India, where he was inspired by nature's revival following the region's annual rainy season…
Perfume and the In Between Season
T.S. Eliot might have written that “April is the cruelest month“, but if he'd lived where I do he'd have sacrificed the artful rhythm of his line to write “February” instead. By now, I've had my fill of cold, rainy days. Mean old February seems cannily aware of how I feel and lures me into a false hope of spring by easing a few daphne buds into bloom and the odd robin and scrub jay into the yard. Still, the lilacs are weeks from blooming. It isn't really winter any more, but it certainly isn't spring. What kind of perfume suits the “in between” season?
For me, the in between season is a great opportunity to try something new or to revisit scents I haven't worn for a long time. I'm ready to put away Caron Tabac Blond and Guerlain Mitsouko for a day or two…