Our second-to-last holiday gift post for 2014 includes stocking stuffers and cheap thrills. Our final post, hopefully tomorrow, will be the luxury edition.
From Dana, the classic Tabu Eau de Cologne, in a number of sizes, all affordable: 15 ml for $5.99, 35 ml for $11.50, 90 ml Violin bottle for $19.99, or 75 ml “Nostalgia” bottle for $18.50. At Dana Beauty…
We pick the dates for the seasonal top 10 posts far in advance, and sometimes that works out fine. This year, it feels odd to be writing about fall so early — we’ve had strange weather the past few months, so while it stopped feeling like a proper summer here sometime in late July, it still doesn’t feel anything like fall. Here are ten fragrances I might wear if it did feel like fall, or that you could wear if there’s already a chill in the air where you are. Do add your own fall favorites in the comments!
CB I Hate Perfume Burning Leaves: The perfect way to get into the mood for fall even if the weather won’t cooperate, and extra-nice if you live in a place (as I do) where all the leaves get composted (as they should be) instead of burned (I do miss the smell). The last time I wrote the Top 10 of Fall was back in 2008, and I included Burning Leaves on that post too. Some things never change…
A slideshow round up of new fragrance advertising, print and digital, plus a few older ads (31 slides in all) — most of these are for fragrances recently released in stores or just about to be released…
Candy Florale is the latest from Prada, and it’s the second flanker to 2011’s Prada Candy. First, a quick recap: I liked Prada Candy. It didn’t make my buy list when I reviewed it, but I ended up buying it later that year all the same, and while I have no good excuse — it was an impulse buy, pure and simple — I do wear it from time to time.1 If I had my druthers, which I rarely do, they’d have done a ‘Noir’ or ‘Intense’ sort of flanker. Something a bit more sophisticated, a bit less sweet? Instead, last year they did Prada Candy L’Eau, a lighter, fresher version, ruined (for me, at least) by an overly dryer-sheet-ish white musk.
Candy Florale “evolved from the concept of an imaginary flower created especially for Candy”.2 Early on, the notes were reported in the press as limoncello sorbet, peony, benzoin, honey, musk and caramel; but the Prada website (and Sephora) list cedrat, cosmos, benzoin, caramel and white musk. Take your pick, it makes no difference…
Léa Seydoux floating in the buff (from a strategic distance) for Prada Candy Florale.