Actor Bruce Willis has launched his debut fragrance for women, Lovingly by Bruce Willis. The new fragrance “is a declaration of love to his wife Emma Heming-Willis” (she features in the ad campaign) and follows the actor’s cologne for men, Bruce Willis Eau de Parfum (2010)…
Britney Spears has agreed to pay a beauty company following a legal battle over a perfume deal, it has been reported. The 29-year-old singer had been accused by brand management and consultant company Brand Sense Partners of cutting them out of a deal.
— Read more at Britney Spears agrees to pay beauty company to end $10 million perfume lawsuit at the Daily Mail.
Jennifer Lopez will launch J Lo Glowing, her latest fragrance for women, in May. Per Ms. Lopez,
Glowing is such a clean fragrance…
Once again, I am lacking a theme, unless you call “fragrances I tried recently” a theme. So without further introduction, here are quick reviews of Diptyque’s Eau Particulière & Eau Mage, Dear John by Lush, Meow! by Katy Perry and Soivohle’ Jasmine Summer.
Both of these fragrances are part of the limited edition Les Invités du Trente-Quatre collection celebrating Diptyque’s 50th anniversary. Eau Particulière (shown above center) is a “multi-use” fragrance from perfumer Olivier Pescheux — you can use it on your body, as a room or linen spray, whatever. It features rose, musk and mint, and it’s pleasant, but it suffers from the tendency of mint-heavy fragrances to smell like toothpaste, or in this case, mouthwash. It’s subtle (and fresh) enough that it doesn’t smell like much of anything for very long. Unisex, in 240 ml Body & Home Spray, $135.
Eau Mage (above left) is a conventional (i.e., personal) fragrance from perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin…
David Beckham will launch Instinct Sport in March. The new limited edition fragrance for men is a flanker to 2005’s Instinct, and follows Intense Instinct, Instinct After Dark, Pure Instinct and Instinct Ice. Instinct Sport reportedly ’embodies a combination of energy, determination and dynamism’…