The summer limited editions are starting to appear in force. Here are a few scents you can look forward to using (or not) in the heat of August:
First up, CK One Summer 2008 from Calvin Klein, a unisex fragrance developed by perfumer Harry Fremont and featuring notes of watermelon, watermint, hedione, cucumber, cardamom, moss, blonde woods and musk…
This month, Estee Lauder will introduce Bronze Goddess, a new limited edition summer fragrance…
Here are a few of the limited edition collector fragrance bottles that have launched since we last did a round-up for the 2007 holiday season. In most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special”. Also note that a few of these may not be available in the US.
At Sephora, Yves Saint Laurent's Baby Doll. The “special, limited-edition bottle features the signature faceted crystal bottle shaped like a spinning top, with sweet, romantic graphics and a silver stopper”, 50 ml for $52…
I used to make a point of getting all my holiday shopping done by Thanksgiving, but lately I’ve been slipping. I’ve only bought 3 gifts so far this year. Here are a few more gift suggestions for anyone else who still has a long way to go before they rest:
A set after my own heart, the Comme des Garçons Incense coffret. Full sized bottles (50 ml) of all five scents in the series: Kyoto, Avignon, Jaisalmer, Ouarzazate and Zagorsk. Admittedly, I’d like this better if they were in 30 ml, but oh well! And if you’re looking to buy for yourself and don’t need all five, do what I’m doing and find some like-minded friends to split the set. $310 at Luckyscent…
From reading reviews of Estée Lauder Youth Dew on MakeupAlley, it seems that everyone’s grandmother wore Youth Dew. If you don’t know Youth Dew, you might find this strange. After all, the name “Youth Dew” sounds like it’s best suited for adolescents. If you do know Youth Dew, you know that it smells viciously balsamic, almost like sweet motor oil — not a scent you might associate with cookies, knitting, and other traditionally grandmotherly pursuits.
My mother’s mother wore Youth Dew, too. Grandma Jean kept a small bottle of the bath oil on a shelf in the bathroom of her mobile home in an adults-only trailer park outside of Anaheim, California…