In case you thought it was only women who were regularly subjected to overenthusiastic photoshopping, just take a look at poor Matthew McConaughey, the front man for Dolce & Gabbana's new The One Gentleman. Read more here and here. The title, by the way, comes from McConaughey's statement to People magazine about the inspirations for the new fragrance.
Laura Mercier will launch Creme de Pistache, a new fragrance in the Eau Gourmande collection, in October…
Acqua di Parma has “re-styled” original Colonia* (introduced in 1916) to produce the brand new Colonia Essenza. I’ve recently seen Colonia Essenza in two big department stores: Holt Renfrew in Vancouver, B.C., and Nordstrom in downtown Seattle. Holt Renfrew sells the fragrance only in the men’s department; but so far, Nordstrom displays Colonia Essenza with women’s fragrances — even though there’s an Acqua di Parma section in the men’s perfume boutique. Colonia Essenza is, in stores and online, sometimes referred to as a men’s fragrance and other times as a women’s perfume, but I think Colonia Essenza is a classic cologne-for-all…even children can wear it.
Colonia Essenza includes notes of bergamot, tangerine, lemon, orange, grapefruit, petitgrain, neroli, clove, rosemary, lily of the valley, rose, jasmine, patchouli, vetiver, white musk and amber. Colonia Essenza starts off smelling like a crisp orange blossom Eau de Cologne. As orange blossom fades, warm, but still pert, citrus peel aromas appear and lead directly to Colonia Essenza’s floral heart notes…
Ed Hardy will launch Born Wild, a new duo of fragrances for men and women, in November.
Ed Hardy Born Wild For Women (shown above) ~ “Let this daring fragrance take you on an adventure…
The long version of the new Bleu de Chanel commercial, featuring French actor Gaspard Ulliel directed by Martin Scorsese. You can find several “behind the scenes” videos at the Chanel channel at YouTube.
The music is She Said Yeah, originally by Larry Williams, covered here by the Rolling Stones.
Below the jump, Gaspard Ulliel (briefly) interviews Chanel house perfumer Jacques Polge (in French with English subtitles).