Alaïa Launching First Ever Fragrance
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Tuesday January 22nd, 2013
Monday October 8th, 2012
Prince Harry Is Tatler‘s ‘Man of the Year,’ New Yorkers Should Now Mind the Gap, and Lena Dunham Just Got $3.5 Million Richer
That other royal hottie, Prince Harry, makes his cover debut on Tatler. The often-scandalous prince has been dubbed their “Man of the Year.” {HuffPo}
New Yorkers, were you tired of those drab yellow MTA subway tickets? No longer: the Gap is the first company to buy front-of-ticket adspace. Bonus: it’s also a coupon! {Observer}
From Biden’s hair to Romney’s “tan”–here’s how the candidates get their game faces on. {BuzzFeed}
Friday August 10th, 2012
Marchesa Launches its Very Sparkly First Fragrance
Starting in September, you don’t have to be dating George Clooney to get your hands on some Marchesa. The brand is now launching a fragrance, according to WWD. Georgina Chapman told the trade, “Eveningwear evokes an emotion, and this scent does the same thing.” So if you think of iris, freesia, young violet leaves, jasmine, Read more →
Friday June 29th, 2012
Here’s Kristen Stewart’s New Balenciaga Florabotanica Fragrance Ad (Even Though the Actress Has Never Worn Perfume Before)
When we first heard that Kristen Stewart had been tapped to be the face of a new Balenciaga fragrance back in January, our first reaction was, “Huh?”, and then general acceptance. Since then, the reigning highest paid actress in Hollywood has graced many a red carpet in the label–looking stunning at every photo op. Perhaps a better match than we thought.
Now we know a lot more about the fragrance and KStew’s role, including a (sorta fuzzy and crappy iPhone shot–sorry) of her first ad.
Wednesday June 20th, 2012
Daphne Groeneveld Frolics, Flirts, and Lets a Cat Sit on her Head in New Dior Addict Film
We were giddy with excitement when previews of pouty model goddess Daphne Groeneveld‘s mini-film for Dior Addict hit the web, and now that the full video–shot by Jonas Akerlund–is out, we can’t peel our eyes away. If you need some cheering up at all today, immediately press play on this little treasure.
Friday May 25th, 2012
Paris Hilton Is Adding To Her $1.5 Billion Fragrance Empire with New Perfume Inspired by…Herself
Fashion houses like Chloe and YSL create scents inspired by Paris, and so does Paris Hilton–only her inspiration is herself. The heiress’s latest scent Dazzle, which will be sold in a pink diamond-inspired falcon with platinum jewel-bedecked cap (naturally), is meant to express her personality.
“Creating a new fragrance or two each year has been a great way to express the changes I have gone through,” Hilton told WWD. “Now I have a whole wardrobe of them to choose from, from light and beachy to mysterious and sexy.” Hmmm, wonder what happened lately to inspire the floral scent with a pink champagne base (you can’t make this stuff up).
Thursday July 22nd, 2010
Katy Perry Wants You To Smell Like Her Kitty
It was only a matter of time.
Katy Perry will launch her first fragrance, called Purr, in November at Nordstrom and nordstrom.com, WWD is reporting.
The fragrance was inspired by a Catwoman costume Perry wears on stage. Fittingly, the bottle is kitty-shaped. And despite Perry’s penchant for the tooth-achingly saccharine, Purr won’t smell like candy or Hello Kitty’s garden (whatever that smells like). It has “top notes of peach nectar, forbidden apple and green bamboo; a heart of jasmine blossom, pink freesia and Bulgarian rose, and a drydown of vanilla orchid, white amber, creamy sandalwood and musk,” according to WWD, and will sell for $45 for a 3.4 oz. cat bottle.
Tuesday February 9th, 2010
Cartier’s New Fragrance Collection is the Haute Couture of Perfume
There’s haute couture, haute joaillerie and now, thanks to
Tuesday February 2nd, 2010
The Road to My Signature Scent Leads to Histoires de Parfums 1969
For years, I searched apothecaries, departments stores and Sephoras the world over in hopes of finding my signature scent. It started with CK One in middle school. (Which I’ve been secretly considering returning to, if only in jest.) High school belonged to Prescriptives Flirt, which–along with the entire Prescriptives brand–was eventually discontinued. My college and Read more →
Monday January 11th, 2010
Eau de Gorilla
Rumor has it Christopher Kane’s working on a fragrance. Unless it’s a collaboration with Dover Street Market or Six Scents, we’re not sure why. When the decision’s made to expand the brand into mass markets (Topshop doesn’t count) we’d expect shoes or bags at the start, and then perfume. But if there really is a Read more →
Tuesday December 22nd, 2009
Desperate Scent Strips?
Everyone who reads what I write on this site probably knows a couple of things about me by now: I used to be a beauty editor and I have a wicked pop culture obsession. You also know that I am often irked by celebrity fragrances. Now, I realize the big business implications of fragrance and Read more →
Tuesday October 13th, 2009
“I’ve always been known for my scent, if it was in high school, or in the lifeguard truck (‘Where can I get that scent for my wife?’)…I’ve been offered fragrance contracts like everyone else and their dog (hey, that’s that good idea, all natural, of course) but all the elements never came together—the stamp of Read more →
