The Art of Shaving has launched Lemon Eau de Toilette, a new fragrance:
This precious oil is extracted from the peel of fresh, golden California lemons, using cold pression to retain the utmost in purity and long- lasing aroma. Enhanced by a custom blend of citrus sophisticates—mandarin leaf, bergamot, petitgrain. Sweetened with cyclamen, Indian jasmine and white lily. Warmed with soothing undertones of woodsy, smoky, vetiver and rich earthy oakmoss.
Lemon Eau de Toilette is available now at nordstrom, $70 for 100 ml.
And fans of perfumer Olivia Giacobetti will want to try her latest creation, Monsoon Season for the Lisa Simon line:
Monsoon Season is a refreshing well-being mist which evokes the graceful buckbean, a delicate pond flower. This astringent plant evens the skin's surface while tangor orange, bursting with Vitamin C, stimulates it. The skin is fresh, toned and bathed in the refined scent of Indian rose, somewhere between iris and saffron, sandalwood and jasmine.
Moonsoon Season is $103 for 100 ml at beautyhabit.
R: Buckbean. You've got to hand it to Olivia Giacobetti with those strange ingredients…or “evocations.” I was interested in this for 30 seconds; I thought it might make a good face spray for long-haul flights. But then I saw the fancy atomizer..and even I could not pull that off. Plus, it looks like something for the body, not the face. $100 saved. K
hmmm…all citrus essential oils are extracted by the cold pressing method. And California is a major producer. Lots of hype laden language to convey a simple fact that the lemon eo in this $70 frag could well be from the same batch that is in your Lemon Pledge furniture polish
Well, I love OG, and I'd be tempted, except that my general experience with those “well-being” mists one sprays on the skin is that the scent itself, while wonderful, lasts maybe 5 minutes. Given that Olivia did it, it's probably more like 30 seconds …
But if I sprayed myself with Pledge I'd be moisturized and the smell would last for days! 😉
LOL…true enough. I've never heard of buckbean, whatever it is. And yes, you'd look a little silly using that bottle on a plane 😉
Best for plane, IMHO: Twinlabs Na-PCA spray, the one with Aloe. The one without Aloe has eucalyptus or something in it, and is too harsh for me. Less than $10.
All true! But if it smells good, I'll be tempted since I love lemon. They did a good job with their Sandalwood scent, I thought.
Ok, maybe slightly off topic – but you brought it up…Twinlabs NaPCA? Are you kidding me? I thought I was the only person on the planet who was buying this stuff! Used it for years; during the summer it's the only facial moisturizer I need (not counting sunscreen during the day) and in the winter months, I spray it on my freshly shaved head, and use it under my moisturizer. This stuff rocks! Great site by the way – my first stops online everyday are NYtimes.com and this place! Keep up the great work!
It is great stuff, and actually at one time, it had a small cult following on the skincare board at MakeupAlley — that is how I learned about it. But once I accidentally bought the kind without aloe, and gave myself a little rash, LOL…
And thanks so much for the nice words 🙂