Givenchy has launched Naturally Chic, a new limited edition perfume for women. Naturally Chic is described as a combination of confidence and charm, sensuality and lightness…
And the California Star Jasmine goes to…
...Melanie, who has won our latest giveaway. Many congratulations! And my most sincere apologies: I'm two days late with the news.
InStyle Fragrances An Impression of Chanel No. 5 ~ perfume review
In my neighborhood Walgreen’s are two shelves of perfumes, bottled plainly, with banners proclaiming things like, “If you like Giorgio, you’ll love OdorGrenade!” For Drugstore Week, I decided to tackle one of these fragrances. I passed by the dupes of Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, Juicy Couture, and Thierry Mugler Angel and went straight for the InStyle Fragrances “Impression” series for An Impression of Chanel No. 5.
I understand the desire for a deal. Heck, there’s nothing I like better than finding a bottle of Guerlain Eau Impériale at Goodwill or getting a Caron half off at a discounter. I can imagine someone looking at a bottle of perfume and saying, “$100? For alcohol and chemicals? Why should I pay for the name when it all smells the same?” It’s true that if you simply consider the value of the ingredients in a bottle of perfume, the markup is stupendous…
Perfume in the magazines, August 2010: Allure, Details, Elle, GQ & Harper’s Bazaar
Better late than never? Here is the perfume coverage in the August issues of Allure, Details, Elle, GQ and Harper’s Bazaar; as always, please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you’ve seen in other fashion & beauty magazines.
Allure
Cover: Eva Mendes
Scent strips: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue…
Giorgio Beverly Hills Red ~ fragrance review
Along with the usual suspects — Tabu, Old Spice, Jean Naté — drugstores in the United States these days seem to carry a few fragrances also found in department stores. In the drugstores I visited, they’re an odd collection. In the Rite Aid downtown, I found minis of Britney Spears Curious and Calvin Klein Escape, but also a 50 ml bottle of Christian Dior Dune Eau de Toilette for $35. I thought Dior had tightened up its supply outlets. What is Dune doing in a store known for its deals on multipacks of Pringles? In my neighborhood Walgreens, Guerlain Shalimar sits next to Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds and Coty Emeraude. Shalimar? For real? How did that happen?
Continuing this week of drugstore fragrances, I picked up a mini of department store fragrance I’d never tried: Giorgio Beverly Hills Red “extraordinary Eau de Toilette spray.” It seemed emblematic of some of the other mid-level perfumes I saw at drugstores in that it was an old favorite that still had a following but didn’t have enough cachet to regain its lost seat at Nordstrom…