Summer Notes – Jimmy Choo’s New ‘Exotic’ Fragrance

April 8, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

The ultimate luxury – the new Jimmy Choo Exotic fragrance. The perfume comes in a colourful and python skin print package inspired by the latest collection of heels and accessories of the house. The fragrance is updated with more fruits and exotic flowers notes – based on tiger orchids and patchouli, the scent opens with notes of blackcurrant sorbet and pink grapefruit, followed by passion flower and velvety raspberry notes. What a delight! Jimmy Choo ‘Exotic’ Eau de Toilette is […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: eau de toilette, fragrance, jimmy choo exotic, passion flower, Perfume, sephora, Shopping

Scent Your Cashmere With Guerlain

April 8, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Guerlain thought of a unisex fragrance to spray directly on your favorite sweaters and cashmere scarves without any risk of damaging the fabrics. The predominant notes are of fresh bergamot and mandarin, mixed with soft and powdery notes of iris and lavender. Then kicks in the elegant and reassuring wake given by the woody notes of cedar and musk. Perfume your wardrobe and enhance the fragrance with the woody and oriental notes in Guerlain‘s l’Art & la Matière collection. Guerlain Eau de Cashmere […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: bergamot, eau de cashmere, fragrance, guerlain, lavender, mandarin, Perfume, Shopping, unisex

Luxurious Bubble Bath – Chanel’s New Perfumed Foam

April 7, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Chanel enriched its Coco Mademoiselle line with two new products – a gentle body scrub and a scented bubble bath. The foam bath is an extravagance of delicately perfumed bubbles that leave the skin cleansed, soothed and gently scented with the irresistibly feminine fragrance. A luxurious item, on sale already on Chanel‘s website, for $ 90.00 and in limited edition. The Coco Mademoiselle Gentle Body Exfoliant is subtly scented with the irresistibly feminine fragrance, this lush, creamy texture features gentle buffing grains […]

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Wind Of Spring – 7 Fragrances To Try On This Spring

March 27, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Along with the passing of winter we feel the urge to change not only the clothes and the cosmetics but also the perfume – from deep, heavy and persistent notes to more fresh and fruity fragrances. The novelties for this spring are impressive – many brands prepared for spring updated editions and limited versions of their timeless classics or released a brand new item. For inspiration, if you are not decided about what perfume to wear this spring or just for […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: Bottega Veneta, Essence Aromatique, exotica, fragrance, nina ricci, Perfume, Roberto Cavalli, Shopping, spring 2014, Thierry Mugler

First Taste of Spring – 10 Floral Perfumes for Spring 2014

February 4, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Fresh violets, blueberries, wild roses, magnolias, musk, lilies, exotic flowers – a new chapter in the story of the most perfumed flowers – scents lighter than ever, trapped in chic bottles in a sensual infusion – poetic and romantic fragrances. Couleur Kenzo Violet Eau de Toilette, €59 for 50ml (available exclusively to Sephora, end of February). Roses Eau de Toilette by Chloé, €74 for 50 ml (March). Pois de Senteur Eau de Toilette, € 15 for 50 ml. Modern Muse […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: daisy eau de perfume, Eaudemoiselle by Givenchy, floral perfumes, fragrance, Fruit Défendu by Terry de Gunzburg, magnolia, Marc Jacobs, romantic, Shopping, violets, wild roses

Les Élixirs Précieux – Dior Perfumed Oils

January 31, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Inspired by the ancestral Middle Eastern practice of layering  one scent over another and other rituals of oriental perfuming, Dior released “Les Élixirs Précieux“, a collection of four perfumed oils designed to be superimposed with the iconic fragrances from “La Collection Privée Christian Dior“. Well before alcohol, our ancestors would perfume themselves with oils, with proof dating as far back as the 4th Millenium BC in Persia, where perfumed oil was invented. These oils meet the highest standards: Rose magnifies the Turkish rose essence, Ambre has […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: ambre, Christian Dior, dior, fragrance, Les Élixirs Précieux, musc, perfumed oils, persia, rose

Exotic Fragrances

January 16, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Apple Brand New York by Kilian It’s a tradition at Kilian to dedicate a new perfume to the latest town to host them every time they open a new store. After Vodka on the Rocks for Moscow, they are now bring us Apple Brandy for New York, a syrupy scent as cosmopolitan as Manhattan, mixing notes of Cedar wood from China and Texas, with labdanum from Spain. Ylang 49 by Le Labo It took the designers at Le Labo four years to create Ylang 49, the brand’s new floral fragrance based […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: beauty, fragrance, le labo, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, memo, odin, scent, shiseido, Shopping, sisley, tom ford

Ladurée and Nina Ricci – “Baking” a Brand New Fragrance

January 15, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

How do you combine fragrance with macaroons? That was the challenge for perfumer Olivier Cresp, fragrance director at Nina Ricci, and Vincent Lemains, head of pastry design for Ladurée, when they decided to bring their noses together. The result is a fragrance with notes of lemon, rose, almond and raspberry, decanted into Nina Ricci‘s iconic apple-shaped bottle. The glass fruit has been given a mouthwatering pink and gold update for the occasion, referencing the colors of Paris’ favorite macaroons. A pure sensory delight, a marriage […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: almond, beauty, fragrance, gold, la tentation de nina, laduree, lemon, macaroons, nina ricci, Olivier Cresp, Perfume, pink, raspberry, rose, Vincent Lemains

Intoxicating Colors-Irresistible Scents-Revlon Parfumerie Nail Polish Collection

January 14, 2014 by Raluca Stoica

Revlon takes it to another level – A whole new way to experience color. Vibrant, shiny shades go on smoothly for flawless color then dry to light, irresistible fragrances. The line comes in 24 shades split in three different scent families: “Fruits and Floral,” “Sweets and Spices,” and “Fresh.” The global artistic director, Gucci Westman, even designed the bottle to look like a miniature perfume flacon. The scent kicks in immediately after the polish dries. The polishes are available for sale and […]

Categories: beauty • Tags: beauty, fragrance, Gucci Westman, Nail Care, Nail polish, Revlon, revlon parfumerie nail polish, scent