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Stones in my perfume

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:52:49 +0100

After perfume bottles that look like diamonds, here come real diamonds… inside perfume bottles! Jeweler Mauboussin recently attracted a lot of hype by hiding diamonds inside their fragrances for women. The trick for clients was to get the right bottle, since only one in 12 concealed a diamond. But all sorts of stones – both precious and not – have been cropping up in the world of scents lately. All of newcomer Valeur Absolue’s fragrances contain semi-precious stones, like aquamarine, pink quartz or tiger’s eye. Designer Hervé Domar tucks rhinestones – in different shapes and colors, depending on the scent – into his bottles. British jewelry designer Solange Azagury Partidge offers a fragrance containing diamond powder.

The trend has shown up in the world of make-up as well: several brands have integrated precious or semi-precious stones into their skin-care lines. Bulgari’s latest skin-care range uses a compound of 4 different stones reduced to powder: sapphire, tourmaline, malachite and citrine. Yet another brand has even based their whole image on the concept: Gemology proposes ruby, jade and diamond creams and lotions…. Diamond powder is also used in make-up: Nivea, for instance, includes it in their lipstick. A (precious) trend to watch out for...

- Nicolas Olczyk

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Acqua di Parma invites you to Calabria

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:45:33 +0100

The collection Blu Mediterraneo d’Acqua di Parma, honoring plants cultivated in the Mediterranean, has just celebrated its 10-year anniversary (launched in 1999, it was repackaged and relaunched in 2005). After the aromatic scent of Panarea myrtle in 2008 and Blu Mediterraneo Italian Resort in 2009, the brand is planning a new perfume for 2010. According to the TalkingMakeup website, the new fragrance ‘Bergamotto di Calabria’ celebrates the bergamot of Calabre with green, fruity, floral, woody, spicy and balmy tones. The other scents in the collection (photo) highlight: Capri orange, Tuscany cyprus, Sicilian almond and Amalfi fig.

Los Angeles at home…

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:53:26 +0100

… with the new candle ‘LOS ANGELES ANGEL / Feather and Green Tea’ by Memo. After Back to Dubai, Marrakesh Kiss or Paris Passion, the alternative brand celebrates the city of angels with this fresh and aromatic candle. Available in 180g or 1.5 kg formats. Information and e-shopping: mymemo.com

With Marc Jacobs, spring looks delicious

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:07:23 +0100

Food lovers, the new collection of perfume splashes by Marc Jacobs is dedicated to you. After celebrating grapefruit, fig and orange, or more conceptual notes like clean cotton or rain, this season Marc is launching a very gourmet trio with a ‘macaroon’ spirit: scents like ripe and sparkling pomegranate with Pomegranate Splash, tart green apple with Apple Splash and fresh notes of pistachio and citrus with Biscotti. More information soon at osMoz. Photo: screen capture of the Ultra Fragrances website.

You like musk? Tom Ford does too…

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:06:50 +0100

After patchouli, vanilla, tobacco and vetiver, Tom Ford has discovered a true olfactive interest for white musks, and is launching a new collection of 4 scents related to musk. ‘For me,’ he says, ‘the true beauty of musk (is) far from being heavy or dirty; inhaling pure musk is a bit like inhaling bare skin’. Here, the raw ingredient takes 4 olfactive directions: white flowers with JASMINE MUSK, slightly more animal with URBAN MUSK, clean and creamy with MUSK PURE. WHITE SUEDE, the only one not muskly named, combines musks with leather and suede notes. Available in 50 ml bottles in the Private Blend collection. Suggested price: 160 Euros

The Harajuku Lovers get ready for summer

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:06:06 +0100

Singer Gwen Stefani’s little perfumed dolls, Harajuku Lovers, are still going strong. It may be cold outside, but a new collection has been designed for the sunny days ahead. Called Sunshine Cuties, the line outfits the original 5 dolls in bathing suits with flowers in their hair. For fans of the collection, the brand’s website (www.hlfragrance.com) presents the winter line ‘Snow Bunnies’: dolls that are still very girly, but more warmly dressed. Photo: screen capture of the Moodie Report website.

Idylle in body products

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:11:13 +0100

After the eau de parfum Idylle with notes of Cyprus rose in October, Guerlain is launching the ‘Ritual’ line of the fragrance. Here again is the idea of a golden drop of a bottle in this line of shower gel, deodorant, lotion and body cream. Price: 39 to 72 euros. Available starting 1 February.

Balenciaga: a chic and subtle return

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:00:58 +0100

Ressuscitating the Balenciaga perfumes is Coty perfume group’s ambition. It must be admitted that their work with Chloé has been rather successful: the Chloé fragrance is a modern rose scent that has received several prizes. Will Balenciaga Paris be as successful? It just might. The elegant advertising features Charlotte Gainsbourg, a chic and unusual artist but also a safe choice. Balenciaga, which hasn’t launched anything since Cristobal, a sweet Oriental duo (1998 for women, 2000 for men) is on its way back. The resurrection of the brand is however the work of designer Nicolas Ghesquière, 38, who’s designed the collections since 1997. The new fragrance ‘Balenciaga Paris’ planned for February is not a rose scent like Chloé, nor really a cyprus like some have said. Balenciaga Paris is a pretty violet scent. A violet for the city. Sweet, musky, woody, clean, and not too green. A flower a bit retro, sweet and cottony that evokes a Guerlain Météorites powder case. The powdery side could also remind some of Le Dix, the first fragrance launched by the brand in 1947, and will probably please fans of Narciso Rodriguez for her. As for the packaging, style and elegance here too, with an asymmetric pentagonal bottle, a stopper like a marble egg and a fabric bag for protection. A new, chic product that works.

Diptyque turns red for charity

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:58:29 +0100

Diptyque candles and perfumes has partnered with the label (RED) to offer a candle for charity. 10% of the sale price will be given to Global Fund to contribute to the distribution of medicine in Africa. The candle, (RED) with a scent called ‘Vanilla Rooïbos’, uses a fair trade vanilla extract and Rooïbos red tea from South Africa. Also, according to Diptyque it includes elements of mate, berries, rose, tobacco, herbaceous notes, leather and amber (prepared by Firmenich). Several luxury brands have already collaborated with (RED), like Armani, who launched the perfume duo Emporio Armani (RED) in 2007.