Deal at aedes: get free Fedex Ground shipping on any order of $50 or more with coupon code Spring (enter in the comment box; shipping cost will be adjusted after your order is processed), good through 3/31. New items include Amouage Jubilation.
New at macys: Clarins Sunshine.
New at nordstrom: Vera Wang Bouquet, Givenchy Harvest Collection, Yves Saint Laurent 'L'Homme by Jean Nouvel' limited edition.
New at sephora: Juicy Couture Dirty English, Kenzo Amour Indian Holi, Armani Code Sheer.
Coming this spring from Italian niche line il Profumo, three floral Eaux de Parfum for women and a new fragrance for men:
Blanche Jacinthe (shown) ~ “This delicate fragrance opens with celestial notes of water hyacinth leading to sensual heart of wild white and water white hyacinth with orange flowers and jasmine. It closes with a trail of amber and musky notes.” Additional notes include galbanum and chamomile…
“Ew! Gross!” said Maeve, who sometimes receives makeup samples from an aunt who works at a duty-free boutique. “I am never wearing perfume again!”
— Maeve O’Malley, a fifth grader from Dartmouth, Mass., on being told that some perfumes contain ambergris, real or synthetic. Quoted in Experimenting With Makeup: What Puts the ‘Ick’ in Lipstick? in today's New York Times, with thanks to Sondra for the link.
The UK branch of Cosmetic Executive Women has announced the finalists for their 2008 Beauty Awards. The winners will be announced on April 21. The finalists are:
Kate by Kate Moss
L.A.M.B. L by Gwen Stefani
Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Madonna Lily, a new fragrance in the DSH New Creations Limited Edition Collection:
Nothing smells so much like the first, green flash of Spring as the refreshing purity of a white Madonna Lily. It's brilliant and intensely fragrant trumpet exudes such an unearthly femininity and grace that one almost hears Angels singing…