Deal at beautyhabit: for each $50 you buy in e-gift certificates, get a $10 e-gift certificate for yourself. No coupon code necessary, offer good through 12/31.
New at bloomingdales: Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade, Michael Kors Island Bermuda, Lilly Pulitzer Beachy, Squeeze & Wink.
New at sephora: Lilly Pulitzer Beachy, Squeeze & Wink.
Clive Christian has invited 50 student composers from the London Royal College of Music to create piano compositions inspired by the line's three fragrances, X, 1872 and No. 1. You can follow the project at the website, The Sound of Perfume. Nine finalists will play their compositions in front of a live audience on February 4; the winner will receive "a generous cash prize".
All proceeds from the project will be used to establish a scholarship at the Royal College of Music. (found via gcimagazine)
They already knew that appropriate scents can improve the mood of those who wear them. What they discovered, though, as they will describe in a forthcoming edition of the International Journal of Cosmetic Science, is that when a man changes his natural body odour it can alter his self-confidence to such an extent that it also changes how attractive women find him.
— Craig Roberts of the University of Liverpool conducted a study for Unilever, and found that it isn't the fragrance, it's how the fragrance makes you feel. Read more in The scent of a man at the Economist. Many thanks to Jess for the link!
Today's poll topic was suggested by Robin (not me, the other Robin, the one who comments under the name Robin). Robin wants to know where in niche she can still find a reasonable amount of bang for her buck, so to speak.
Here are the poll questions:
1. Name one or more niche perfume lines that you think still provide a reasonable value for the money.
To my mind, there are so many wonderful niche perfumes that can still be found for $100 or less (for 50 ml) that it's hard for me to bring myself to pay more. At that price, you could buy almost anything from L'Artisan, Diptyque, Ormonde Jayne or Parfums de Nicolaï, four of my favorite lines…
Perfume coverage in the January issue of Allure (which is surely the thinnest in recent memory?), and please comment on any fragrance coverage you've seen in other fashion & beauty magazines lately:
Cover: Eva Mendes.
Scent strips: nary a one! I've been subscribing to Allure for several years now, and this is the first “unscented” issue I've seen…