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2009 / Browsing by date: February 2009

Alba Botanica Kukui Nut Body Cream ~ scented body products

Posted by Pia on 28 February 2009 23 Comments

For those of us on the East Coast, it has been a cold winter, no doubt about it. I'm entirely ready for spring, but meantime my skin is showing every sign of a mid-winter crisis — it feels taut, itchy and generally uncomfortable. So for the past few weeks, I've been grumbling and rummaging around for various solutions that would fit into my new 'returning student' budget!

I decided to take a chance on an Alba Botanica body cream since I've been pleased with their body washes (see my review of Honey Mango Bath & Shower Gel, and Bois de Jasmin has a review of their Midnight Tuberose Shower Gel). Their Kukui Nut Body Cream seemed like a good bet — chock full of rich nut oils plus shea and cocoa butter, hypo-allergenic, 100% vegetarian and it comes in a jar which always makes me feel that tad more luxurious…

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Prescriptives Calyx Sheer Exhilaration, Givenchy Very Irresistible Summer Sorbet ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2009 11 Comments

Prescriptives Calyx Sheer Exhilaration perfumePrescriptives will launch Calyx Sheer Exhilaration in May. The new fragrance for women is a limited edition flanker to 1986's Calyx.

Calyx Sheer Exhilaration is described as “energizing”, and features notes of passion fruit, mango, guava, lily, jasmine, sandalwood and vetiver.

Prescriptives Calyx Sheer Exhilaration will be available in 50 ml Eau de Toilette…

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Women will always spend…

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2009 13 Comments

Caroline Ruggiero, a native of Rego Park, Queens, who has sold perfume for 32 years, repeats the advice her mother gave her from her time selling cosmetics during the Depression: Women will always spend on things like lipstick and perfume.

— Find out how the beauty counter at Barneys is faring during the recession in Even in Tough Times, It Seems, a Person Needs Mascara at the New York Times.

Le Labo Oud 27, Byredo Fantastic Man ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2009 25 Comments

Le Labo Oud 27 fragranceByredo Fantastic Man fragrance

Le Labo will launch Oud 27 in March. It will be their first global (i.e., not a city-exclusive) fragrance launch since the brand debuted in 2006.

As usual, don’t expect to only smell Oud in this creation… Atlas cedar, incense, Patchouli, Saffron or Gaiac wood make this composition an intimate vision of the East.

Eddie Roschi of Le Labo described Oud 27 as the One Thousand and One Nights, bottled…

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Perfume in the magazines March 2009: Allure, Domino

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2009 Leave a Comment

Allure cover, March 2009Domino cover, March 2009

Perfume coverage in the March issues of Allure and Domino, and please comment on any fragrance coverage you’ve seen in other fashion & beauty magazines lately. Starting with Allure:

Cover: Julia Roberts.

Scent strips: CK One, Prada Infusion d’Iris, Gucci by Gucci, Elizabeth Arden Pretty…

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