Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s Elizabeth and James brand has launched two fragrances for women, Nirvana Rose and Nirvana Bourbon…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2015, part 6
Our annual series of holiday gift posts continues with scented bath & body products. Still to come: cheap thrills, followed by luxury.
From Oriza L Legrand, bar soap trios (“L. Legrand soaps, enriched with organic Shea butter, won their universal reputation for their soothing qualities and absolute purity. Heralded in the first issue of Art and Fashion (circa 1890); the soaps from Oriza L. Legrand are so delicate you cannot be afraid to use them on the face.”) in two fragrances, Verveine de Vénus and Mimosa Doré. Three 125g bars for $39.50 at Twisted Lily…
Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2015
It’s mid-September, and I’ve been flipping through various beauty-and-fashion magazines to keep up with things. I’ve been particularly struck by all the “New Season, New Scent” headlines. I know, I know — this is how the fragrance business stays in existence, yet this autumn I’m craving comfort and familiarity far more than novelty.
Looking back five years (!), I’d still wear most of my picks from my Top Ten Fall Fragrances of 2010, but I’ve also made a few “new” favorites since then. Here are my very personal picks for the months ahead.
I’m looking forward to an off-season seashore getaway soon, and I’ll be packing Diptyque Florabellio…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2014, part 6
Our series of holiday gift posts continues with more travel sizes and coffrets. Two more posts to go: budget and luxury.
From Hermès, the Tailor-Made Nomad set: $118 for the four 15 ml perfumes of your choice. The selection in France is a bit better than the selection in the US at the moment, but hopefully we’ll get more choices eventually. At Hermès, where they also have the similar Hermessence quartet for $156. At Nordstrom, you can find a miniatures set with 7.5 ml bottles of Jour d’Hermès Absolu, Eau des Merveilles, Voyage d’Hermès and Un Jardin sur le Nil for $60…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2014, part 22
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector items from Guerlain, Estee Lauder and 4711; and a new format for Elizabeth and James Nirvana.
From Guerlain’s limited edition holiday collection for 2014, Coque d’Or Spray Powder…