From the inimitable Hip Paris blog… Bio Chic: Our Favorite Organic Beauty Boutiques in Paris Posted: 19 Dec 2013 07:19 AM PST Senteurs de Fée It’s no secret that French girls love their products. Here in Paris, you can find a cream, serum or supplement for just about anything that ails – from cellulite to les cernes toContinue reading “Organic beauty haunts in Paris”
Tag Archives: Fragrance
And I thought I’d heard everything…synesthesia??
Apparently the next big trend is branding through the use of scent…Tommy Bahama’s been doing it for a decade or more, but now it appears that designers are getting into the act on the runways. Check out Fast Company’s article, or just follow your nose!
A Fragrant Life…
From Luckyscent, one of my FAVORITE sites for all things fragrance… The Perfume Lover: A Personal History of Scent Hardcover by Denyse Beaulieu The Scoop What if the most beautiful night in your life inspired a perfume? When Denyse Beaulieu was growing up near Montreal, perfume was forbidden in her house, spurring a childhoodContinue reading “A Fragrant Life…”
I love this woman!
http://www.dailycandy.com/everywhere/flipbook/150204/Linda-Rodins-Beauty-Secrets?vwink=DC:Email:EDIT:EW:20130617:6:962166:41&eid=150096&dcsid=1726211&et_cid=26530&et_rid=558102#slide=1 I normally don’t read DailyCandy much any more, but this interview with Linda Rodin, the creator of Rodin oils, is priceless. I want to be just like her when I am ‘of a certain age’…
$6039.20 to spend and I can’t do it! What’s wrong with me?
I was inspired, no, challenged is the better word, by the blog http://www.joannaloves.wordpress.com to ‘dream up’ how to spend 4000 GBP, or $6039.20 on clothing and apparel related items (including makeup, fragrance and accessories). Now, being a former Fashion Director, you would think that I would be able to ‘spend’ that at the drop ofContinue reading “$6039.20 to spend and I can’t do it! What’s wrong with me?”
Merci…a new take on French retail.
So I just read about the coolest new retail concept in Paris, Merci(thank you Hip Paris Blog!). It was started a few years ago by the owners of the highly successful high end childrenswear line, Bonpoint. The cool thing about Merci is that they give back quite a lot of the proceeds as a wayContinue reading “Merci…a new take on French retail.”
Spring perfume round up…
This article comes from Huffington Post, and there are some delicious sounding fragrances in their mix. I, for one, am going to be trying the Bottega Veneta scent. When my sister and I were visiting Rome last November, we thought their signature scent was amazing…powerful and subtle at the same time. We both ended upContinue reading “Spring perfume round up…”
Tom Ford got it wrong. Noir is for women too!
So ALL of Tom Ford’s fragrances are insanely delicious, which is how I happened upon Noir. They categorize it as men’s (although some are classified as unisex) and honestly, when I spritzed this fragrance, nothing about it screamed “oh my God, she’s wearing a man’s fragrance!”. Its earthy/musky, with definitive patchouli/amber/leather essence but on topContinue reading “Tom Ford got it wrong. Noir is for women too!”
Beauty Haul in Italy…sort of!
It’s sort of if you count weird creams and ointments, but since I do, we’ll call it a beauty haul. Here are some of the interesting things I brought back…. Now I know what you’re thinking…what is all that crap?? Let me enlighten you. I did my homework before the trip and read about aContinue reading “Beauty Haul in Italy…sort of!”
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