SCENT OF A PRINCESS – KATE MIDDLETON’S WEDDING PERFUME
Kate Middleton has wowed the world with her enviable poise, sense of style and dry wit, inspiring young woman around the globe to emulate her every fashion and beauty move. We can now add fragrance to that list of Kate must-haves.
On her wedding day, the princess wore White Gardenia Petals ($150 for 100ML, $105 for 50ML) from British fragrance company Illuminum. Happily for stateside Kate fans, the brand is now available in the U.S. at Henri Bendel. This fragrance – a total knockout – is delicate, refined and strong all at once. It’s a pretty unexpected perfume for a princess in the sense that it’s quite edgy and sensuous too, with a top note of lily, which evokes a tropical seaside loc
TRUTH OR DARE – MADONNA’S NEW FRAGRANCE
Who would have guessed that for her very first fragrance Madonna, queen of the extreme, would have taken the traditional route? Traditional yet bold would be my way of describing Truth of Dare, the scent she will be launching next month in partnership with Coty.
Described as a robust signature white floral, Truth or Dare starts with classic gardenia and tuberose notes and reinvents them to create a contemporary and sexy fragrance. To the white floral notes are added woods and vanilla, resulting in a modern interpretation of a classic composition. In addition to vanilla, the gourmand note of caramelized amber has been added to provide a contemporary edge.
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A FRAGRANCE OF ITS OWN
In its ever growing lineup of fragrances inspired by the neighborhoods of New York City, Bond No. 9 now turns its artistic attention to Central Park West. The current and former home to celebrities like Madonna, John Lennon, Robert De Niro and Harrison Ford, Central Park West is one of the most grand and architecturally cohesive avenues in Manhattan. Plus it sits right on the western edge of Manhattan’s largest and most famous grassy area – Central Park.
Central Park West, the fragrance, pays homage to the elegant thoroughfare with it sumptuous and palatial buildings like the Dakota, current home to Lauren Bacall and Yoko Ono. Launching just in time for spring, the scent has been fo
GORGEOUS GIVEAWAY – EXUVIANCE COLLAGEN TRIPLE BOOST SERUM
For this week’s GORGEOUS GIVEAWAY we have 3 bottles of Neostrata Exuviance Collagen Triple Boost Serum (a $68 value) to give to our lucky winners. A perfect adjunct for any anti-aging skincare regimen, the serum is formulated to boost collagen levels and restore youthful volume to skin that has lost its elasticity and firmness.
This unique formula concentrates seven potent collagen boosters designed to maximize skin’s natural collagen at every level, building new collagen and protecting it and its surrounding support matrix.
Key ingredients include:
A four Amino Acid blend provides skin with the building blocks off new collagen
Exclusive Matrixyl Peptides help stimulate new
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