Perfume coverage in the huge September issues of Allure, Details, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Marie Claire; please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you’ve seen in other fashion & beauty magazines:
Cover: Sofia Vergara
Scent strips: Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia, Donna Karan Cashmere Mist, Oscar de la Renta Live in Love, Isaac Mizrahi Fabulous, Chloé Eau de Parfum…
Roger & Gallet has launched Rose Imaginaire, a new fragrance for women inspired by three gardens (in Sicily, the Nile Delta and Oceania) and named for the fact that it contains no actual rose essence…
Estée Lauder will launch Very Estée in October. The new fragrance for women will be fronted by model Hilary Rhoda, and is intended as a “modern celebration of the Lauder woman’s affinity for style and luxury”…
As new perfume releases fly by, I can’t help but remember the old saying, “There is nothing new under the sun.” While the monotony can be a drag, it has one big advantage: if you like a particular style of perfume, you might have lots of versions to chose from, at difference price points and availability.
This post is dedicated to calling out “smell-alikes” — that is, fragrances that aren’t dupes but smell similar enough to be siblings. They might give you ideas of fragrances to try, or they might provide a proxy for a rare perfume you can’t get your hands on. I hope you’ll add your own smell-alikes to the comments.
Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower/Coty Sand & Sable. Sure, there’s no comparing the quality between these two, and smelling them side by side would probably ruin Sand & Sable for me for good….
A video advert for the new Philosophy Living Grace.