The UK branch of Cosmetic Executive Women has announced the winners of their 2008 Beauty Awards:
Women’s Celebrity Fragrance ~ Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker
Women’s Prestige Fragrance ~ Daisy by Marc Jacobs…
Archipelago Botanicals Pomegranate, Grapefruit ~ new fragrances
Archipelago Botanicals, best known for their bath, body and home fragrance products, has launched their first two personal fragrances, Pomegranate and Grapefruit.
Archipelago Botanicals Pomegranate ~ “a fresh, lovely scent for everyday wear. Ripe pomegranates burst with sweet-tart fruits while blooming freesia and a hint of lemon keep it from becoming overly sweet or cloying. A crisp, bright, fresh take on a pomegranate fragrance.”…
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at aedes: get free shipping on orders of $50 or more using coupon code spring (enter in the comment box), good though 4/30. New items include Montale Golden Aoud, Red Aoud, Aoud Flowers, Sunset Flowers, Oriental Flowers and Mukhallat.
Deal at aveda: get free shipping on orders of $25 or more, today only, using coupon code MOM48.
New at dillards: Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Lotus.
Deal at jomalone: get free shipping, the cologne sample of your choice and a deluxe sample of Nectarine Blossom & Honey Body Creme with coupon code GIFTS, good through 4/27.
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Etat Libre d'Orange Tom of Finland.
New at luckyscent: Perfumes: The Guide by Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez.
New at nordstrom: Dior Addict Shine, Cartier Declaration 10th anniversary edition in leather case.
New at parfumsraffy: the Ramon Molvizar line.
Roast chicken, bacon
Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez on Good Morning America, courtesy of IrisLA on YouTube. Standard stuff: what is the difference between Eau de Toilette and Parfum, how long does perfume keep, etc.
Jean Patou L’Heure Attendue and Lucien Lelong Orgueil ~ perfume reviews
On the top of the stack of books I’m reading now is Irène Némirovsky’s Suite Française, a novel that takes place in France just as the Germans seize Paris in June, 1940. I’m only halfway through the novel now, but I’m engrossed in its contrast of the war’s crazy beauty and horror, certainty and improvisation, and, of course, good and evil. Living my insular life as an American so many years later, it’s hard to imagine what World War II must have been like for the average Parisian. Jean Patou L’Heure Attendue and Lucien Lelong Orgueil, both released in 1946 to commemorate the end of the war, bring an inkling of the feeling of relief and joy that the war’s end brought…