People’s Sexiest Man Alive issue hits the stands today (Hugh Jackman??? Are you kidding me?) and in addition to drooling over the goods, you can also smell them, or some of them, anyway. This year’s issue…
…includes a section dubbed “Sexy Scents” with “scratch-n-sniff” photos of Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford…
Auto racing and her husband (sculptor Stephan Weiss) were Donna Karan’s inspirations for her first men’s fragrance — DK Men (released in 1994). DK Men’s interesting bottle was designed by Weiss in the shape of a gear shift/throttle (image, right) and the DK Men TV commercial’s soundtrack was the noise of a revving engine. Karan wanted DK Men to convey “power” and said: “When I see my husband — the guy with the toys, the cool dude, the hottest guy around — it’s always with his hand on the throttle; it’s always power.” (Women’s Wear Daily, 7/15/94) Donna Karan Beauty Co. sold its fragrance license to Estée Lauder in 1997 and DK Men was discontinued; DK Men, rechristened Fuel for Men, has just been re-issued as part of the Donna Karan Collection of fragrances (image, left).
I don’t know why Donna Karan Cosmetics chose to use DK Men’s tagline, Fuel for Men, for the re-issue instead of the original product name…
Lifetherapy, a new line from Lynette Lovelace of Chicago's embrace Boutique & Bistro, debuts with three fragrances: play, vacation and escape.
play ~ “The youthful scent of play evokes a perfect day spent outdoors with notes of marsh grass and the sweetness of fresh jasmine, with a burst of red orange to awaken your senses…”
UK celebrity Kelly Brook has launched Vivacious, her second fragrance for women (the first was Kelly by Kelly Brook):
Kelly Brook Vivacious is both classic and contemporary with sparkling top notes that give way to a rich and sumptuous gourmand base.
Both stylish and elegant, Kelly Brook Vivacious…
Ralph Lauren has launched Romance Always Yours, a new flanker to 1998's Romance fragrance for women:
Celebrate falling in love. Introducing Ralph Lauren Romance Always Yours—the essence of eternal romance. Envelop yourself in this sophisticated floral chypre, touched with notes of the iconic sun goddess rose and sensual musk…