Cerruti will launch 1881 Fairplay this month. The new fragrance for men is fronted by French actor Marc Lavoine…
Luxury is back
High end fancy stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom all made money.
But Gap Inc., which owns the Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic chains, was down 10 Percent.
— Read (or listen!) all about it at The Return Of Luxury Retail at NPR.
Avon + Fergie Outspoken Intense ~ new perfume
Hermes Jardin Sur Le Toit ~ fragrance review
Un Jardin Sur Le Toit, the latest in the garden series from Hermès, spurns the exotic inspirations of its predecessors (Un Jardin en Méditerranée, Un Jardin Sur Le Nil and Un Jardin Après La Mousson); instead perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena celebrates the rooftop garden at the Hermès building at 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris (although for some of us, a rooftop garden on the Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré is hardly the stuff of everyday life).
And what, pray tell, do we get from the Hermès rooftop garden? Apples and pears, apples and pears. Apples and pears, though hardly new to perfume, seem to be the notes du jour, and as I’ve already mentioned they’re not exactly my favorites.
Jardin Sur Le Toit starts out grapefruity-citrusy and sharp…
Bath & Body Works Country Chic ~ new fragrance
Bath & Body Works has launched Country Chic, a new addition to their Signature Collection of fragrances:
Master perfumers have layered sparkling lemon…