
Ralph Lauren has launched Romance Rosé, a new limited edition flanker to 1998’s Romance…
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Ralph Lauren has launched Romance Rosé, a new limited edition flanker to 1998’s Romance…

Ralph Lauren has launched Polo Ultra Blue, a new fragrance for men. Polo Ultra Blue is a flanker to 2002’s Polo Blue…
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We wrap up (ha) our series on fragrance related holiday gifts with the luxury editions — this post is (relatively, sort of) affordable luxury, and following shortly will be part 8, the crazy expensive luxury edition. Not surprisingly, the bottles also get better looking as we move into the higher prices.

From Ralph Lauren, a holiday edition of Romance: “Sparkling and playful, the iconic glass bottle is dipped in ombré silver shimmer and fastened with a silver satin bow around the neck of the bottle. The Romance Holiday Limited Edition evokes a winter fairy tale, transforming the iconic scent into an eye-catching holiday keepsake.” $94 for 100 ml at Macy’s…
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Reviews of two recent mainstream designer fragrances: Jason Wu Eau de Parfum and Ralph Lauren Woman. Do comment if you’ve tried either, or if you have tested any other recent mainstream designer fragrances that you’d like to tell us about.

Jason Wu’s eponymous scent is his first, and is meant to reflect the jasmine growing near his childhood home in Taiwan — a focus the designer chose after blind-smelling hundreds of raw materials with perfumer Frank Voelkl. Wu may have found his notes by trial and error, but he had a specific idea of what he wanted his fragrance to be like…
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Jessica Chastain for Ralph Lauren Woman.