Not perfume. Eyeshadow.* Shaped like cats. And it’s Caturday, right? I would never use them but of course I want them anyway. They come along with a bunch of other kitty-themed stuff (shown below) in the Paul & Joe Limited Edition 15th Anniversary Makeup Collection. $85 at Beautyhabit…
Paul & Joe will launch Paul & Joe Fragrance Hair & Body Mist, a new limited edition summer fragrance for women, in May…
A few recent repackagings, in case anyone cares:
Yves Saint Laurent’s new packaging for their iconic Opium fragrance. The ad has received some notice on the Photoshop Disasters blog…
The Paul & Joe line has two fragrances, both introduced in 2003: Blanc, a fresh floral created by Jean Claude Ellena, and Bleu, a warmer oriental by Pierre Bourdon. Today I am trying Blanc, which features notes of hawthorn, angelica, almond, sweet pea, freesia, lily, rose, musk, heliotrope and cloud of milk.
Blanc opens with a touch of citrus, and quickly settles into a soft blend of angelica and hawthorn. There is a tinge of almond that lingers into the dry down, which is otherwise well-blended floral notes — every so often I catch a whisper of freesia or sweet pea — over a light, milky vanillic base. It is a transparent fragrance, only mildly sweet, and there is the vaguest hint of powder…