Britney Spears will launch her next fragrance, Believe, next month with the tag line “The greatest freedom is to believe in yourself”:
Top: Inner light shines outward with a mouthwatering top note of guava pulp and golden tangerine
Heart: A delicate blend..
David and Victoria Beckham will launch a new fragrance duo, Intimately Beckham Night, next month in the UK (the original Intimately Beckham scents are just recently launched in the US). Expect “the sexiest offer yet from the celebrity couple” and “an even raunchier advertising campaign” (see ad at right, which actually looks a bit tame to me in comparison to the last)…
Coleen McLoughlin, fiancée of Manchester United football star, Wayne Rooney, has launched her debut fragrance in the UK. The new scent, titled simply Coleen, was created by Robertet…
Jacques Helleu, the artistic director of the fashion house, said it was only after seeing Knightley in the latest film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, in which she apparently wore no make-up and had her hair pinned back in a bun, that he noticed her unadorned beauty. “Her natural flaws were visible … Keira wore no make-up. She wore lengths of fabric as dresses. She had almost no hairstyle, just a little bun behind her head. She was a Cinderella in the making!…
When I first came across Etat Libre D’Orange, I assumed on the basis of past experience that this niche perfumery firm had all the hallmarks of the classic snob-value ripoff: great names and high concept, crap fragrances. But I’m co-authoring a perfume guide, so I gave them a try.
— Luca Turin tries (and likes!) the Etat Libre d'Orange line. Read the rest at NZZ Folio.
Not to sound treacly, but it would be how my son's bedroom smells when you walk in.
(The scent is) clean, and it's mixed with their sweat while they're sleeping and the cotton of their blankets and the moisture that's right underneath their hair.
— Sarah Jessica Parker on "the most comforting smell she would want to bottle and carry around with her", via USA Today.