I forgot to post the Monday Mail on Monday, again! Here it is, a day late.
Today we’re helping Eleni, who lives in Romania and has just finished a degree in theater directing. She’d like to find a daytime perfume she could wear to rehearsals. It shouldn’t offend or distract others, but it should help her confidence and make a statement — a “creative-signature work-scent”. She can pay up to $130, and she is happy to shop online.
Here are some more details about Eleni:
She’s an art- and film-buff with a somewhat moody personality. She wears simple unisex clothes, earthy/green tones, the occasional splash of color. She says she looks “like the plump version of Shirley Manson from Garbage back in the nineties”.
She has strong views on life and enjoys the simple pleasures. She likes housecleaning, opera, Russian and Japanese literature, American poetry, Poland, art-scouting and art-squatting, festivals, collecting old/vintage clothes for theater costumes, mahjong, mikado, chess, poker and swimming.
Eleni likes notes of cedar, fir, aniseed, iris, honeysuckle, almond, nutty notes, incense, leather, suede, verbena, and ripe fruits…
In fragrance, the prestige market grew by 6 percent during the first quarter of 2011 versus flat sales in the FDMx [mass] channel. NPD says the increase in prestige fragrance is due to the positive performance in top existing juice brands, as well as strong sales from 2010 fragrance introductions.
— Read more at The only way is up as US beauty industry rises from recession at Cosmetics Design.
Shakira will launch S by Shakira Eau Florale, a flanker to her debut perfume for women, S by Shakira. According to Shakira, the scent reflects her “more delicate and feminine side”…
Last weekend was the first that hinted at summer. The temperature climbed into the 80s, and roses seemed to explode overnight. To celebrate, I spritzed myself with L’Artisan Parfumeur Ananas Fizz. Saturday evening I prepared to go to an art school gala. My azure silk 1960s cocktail dress was set out, along with some Weiss and Eisenberg rhinestone jewelry and a ten-year old pair of gold Prada evening sandals. Now for perfume. I still smelled faintly of Ananas Fizz’s vetiver and pineapple but wanted something a little headier for the evening. Then — bingo! — I knew just what to choose: Jean Patou Colony parfum, a rich pineapple chypre. It layered perfectly.
So many magazine articles tutor the art of day-to-night dressing. Just pack stilettos and a clutch in your briefcase, they say, unbutton your blouse, put on red lipstick, and hello disco. But what about perfume? How do you go from day to night with perfume?
An obvious approach is to do like I did on Saturday and choose an evening perfume that carries forward one of the main notes of your day fragrance…