Giorgio Armani has launched the third fragrance in the Les Eaux Armani Privé range. The new fragrance, Oranger Alhambra, joins Rose Alexandrie and Vétiver Babylone.
Oranger Alhambra is intended as “a hymn to [Armani's] childhood memories of freshness and the sunlight of the Mediterranean”:
The art of Persian gardens has lived on in Andalusia…
A few weeks ago I bought a November 1937 issue of Harper's Bazaar at a yard sale. It was a warm afternoon, and I brought the magazine home, poured myself a glass of iced tamarind mint tea, and sat on the couch with the fan whirring quietly in the background. Then I settled for a few hours into a different world.
In those days, Harper's was a magazine of aspirations. The first few pages are ads for Bergdorf Goodman and feature a pouty Danielle Darrieux modeling a lamé gown, an ermine cape, and metallic Delman evening slippers. The lines of the dresses in the ads to follow show the late 1930s strong shoulder and shoes with high vamps. Almost five ads feature the new Talon “slide fastener” (known to us now with its catchier name, “zipper”) touting how smoothly it closes a garment…
Puma has launched Free Flowing Woman and Free Flowing Man, “fresh and modern” follow-up fragrances to 2003's Puma Flowing duo. The tag line: “Jump into the flow”.
Free Flowing Woman (shown) is a green floral with yuzu, mandarin, red berries, jasmine, lotus blossom, peony, musk, sandalwood, amber, and almond wood. It will be available in 20, 30 and 50 ml Eau de Toilette and matching body products.
Free Flowing Man is a spicy citrus woods…
Deal at beautyhabit: get a 5 piece deluxe sampler (includes assorted scents from Manuel Canovas, Saffron James & La Maison de la Vanille) with any order of $75 or more using coupon code BHALOHA, good through 7/17.
New at scentiments: Kate by Kate Moss, Burberry The Beat, Calvin Klein Man, Tommy Hilfiger Dreaming.
A "making of" video for the upcoming Guerlain Homme fragrance, starring Brazilian model Renne Castrucci. If you missed it, you can see the print ad here. (found via madebyblog)