Van Cleef & Arpels will launch Midnight in Paris Pour Homme in August. The new fragrance for men is named for the brand’s Midnight in Paris watch…
The Monday Mail ~ help Kristina find a new perfume
Kristina, who says she got interested in perfume about 2 years ago, is looking for a new fall / winter perfume that will work for day or night. She has good access to perfume stores, online and off, and she can pay up to €150. Here is what we know about Kristina:
She lives in Germany, where she works as a communication manager in public television.
She is interested in all cultural things like music, arts etc. and loves to take trips to Paris or New York.
She also loves nature, yoga and hiking.
Kristina’s “signature scent” so far had been Chanel No. 19…
Slosh it on
An aged blend of vodka, vermouth, spermicide, and buttercream frosting, bottled in a flask. Slosh it on, ladies.
— The recipe for "Sex and the City Eau de Toilet", from Biblieauphilia, a list of "bookish dream scents" at the New Yorker. Many thanks to Nancy and Ruth for the link!
Yamerra Sensual Bliss Jasmine Sage Hair and Body Butter ~ scented body products
When a heat wave strikes, and I need to pare down the layers that I usually wear — including scent! — I do one of two things. I might mist myself with a light fragrance tinged with green or citrus notes; Diptyque L’Ombre dans L’Eau has been a summer favorite of mine for years, and a newer contender in this category is Atelier Cologne Grand Néroli. On the other hand, I might choose a body product, such as a dusting powder or a lotion, that carries a hint of the richer and spicier fragrances that I usually enjoy. Yamerra, a small Philadephia-based company, offers several all-natural Hair and Body Butters that are intensely scented as well as functional.
The base of Yamerra’s Sensual Bliss Jasmine Sage Hair and Body Butter is a blend of shea butter, jojoba, sweet almond oil, and candelilla wax; the Jasmine Sage fragrance combines essential oils of cedarwood, Peru balsam, dalmatian sage, ylang ylang, and patchouli, plus jasmine absolute. It’s an unusual fragrance for a body product, and it should appeal to lovers of spicy-woody perfumes…
Victoria’s Secret Sexy Little Things Noir Tease ~ new perfume
Victoria’s Secret has introduced Sexy Little Things Noir Tease (Noir Tease for short), a flanker to 2008’s Sexy Little Things Noir, which in turn was a flanker to 2007’s Sexy Little Things…