Q: How silly will they get? A: Pretty darned silly.
Beats watching coverage of the ongoing debt crisis.
Azzaro Pour Homme L’Eau ~ new fragrance
Azzaro has launched Azzaro Pour Homme L’Eau, a “refreshing, invigorating” variation on the original Azzaro Pour Homme (1978). The new aquatic fougère fragrance for men is fronted by pop singer Enrique Iglesias…
Online fragrance shopping
New at dillards: Coach Poppy Flower.
New at doverstreetmarket (UK): Comme des Garçons + Hussein Chalayan Airborne.
New at luckyscent: Xerjoff 1861.
New at neimanmarcus: Acqua di Parma Gelsomino Nobile (pre-order).
IFF BlackRider ~ new fragrance
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has created BlackRider, a new limited edition fragrance to benefit The Watermill Center (“Watermill is a laboratory for performance founded by visual artist Robert Wilson as a unique environment for young and emerging artists from around the world to explore new ideas.”). BlackRider was named for the musical fable The Black Rider…
Oracles of beauty advice
Allure.com now allows consumers to discover products in its print magazine's editorial content that can be purchased through a shopping cart shared with Quidsi subsidiaries BeautyBar.com and Soap.com. The site will give any product covered editorially its own page with product reviews, and consumers will be able to purchase the item if it is carried by BeautyBar.com.
— From 'Allure' adds e-commerce functionality to its website at Direct Marketing News.
Most notably, Makeup Alley (which does not sell anything, and carries minimal and discreetly placed advertising) has a library of well-cataloged, super-specific criticism that allows women to do their prepurchase research among peers they trust, despite or perhaps because of their pseudonymity.
— From Someone Just Like Me Said, ‘Buy It’ at the New York Times. Hat tip to Kevin! "Oracles of beauty advice", by the way, is a quote from this article.