Anya McCoy of Anya’s Garden wants to expand yesterday’s Kaffir Cologne giveaway — she’s offered up two more bottles for Now Smell This readers.
Update: they’re taken, congratulations to Karin and Pivoine!
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at beautyhabit: with any order of $100 or more, get a free 6 piece deluxe sampler using coupon code PETITETREAT, good through 6/12. New items include Miller Harris Fleurs de Bois.
New at sephora: Versace Versense.
Fifi Award winners 2009
The Fragrance Foundation of the United States has announced the winners for the 2009 Fifi Awards. The award ceremony was held this evening at the Downtown Armory in New York City. This year’s Hall of Fame Awards went to Marc Jacobs, Davidoff Cool Water and Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds. Paris Hilton, if you remember, was named Celebrity of the Year. And the winners are:
Women’s Luxe (sold in over 250 doors) ~ Gwen Stefani Harajuku Lovers
Men’s Luxe ~ Sean John I Am King…
True Religion for Men, Billy Jealousy Illicit and Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Malt ~ fragrance reviews
True Religion for Men
It’s a lot harder to find a good-fitting pair of jeans than it is a ‘good-fitting’ cologne. My house is full of jeans that no longer make the cut (except for gardening duty) — jeans that are too: short, faded, loose, “deconstructed” or embellished for my own good (and the good of innocent onlookers). It’s hard to find a slim-tailored pair of dark blue jeans that have not been abraded, faded/bleached, embroidered, ripped or whiskered. True Religion Brand Jeans are not ‘me’, but what about the new True Religion for Men cologne?
As usual, the company description of True Religion for Men is confusing and unintentionally amusing…
Lancome Hypnose Senses ~ new perfume
Lancôme will launch Hypnôse Senses, a new flanker to 2005’s Hypnôse fragrance for women, in June. The new fragrance is described as “carnal and disconcerting”, and features a chypre base.
Hypnôse Senses was developed by perfumer Christine Nagel, and features osmanthus, rose, patchouli, cistus labdanum, benzoin and tonka bean…