Research by Bionsen, a natural deodorant company, found that the average woman's daily grooming and make-up routine means she 'hosts' a staggering 515 different synthetic chemicals on her body every single day.
— From Revealed... the 515 chemicals women put on their bodies every day at the UK Mail Online.
My first thought on smelling Standard, the latest collaborative effort from Comme des Garçons (it was made with Finnish design firm Artek) was: woodshop! And then: Hinoki!
Hinoki, for those of you who don’t obsessively follow the Comme des Garçons fragrance line, was officially called Scent One: Hinoki, and was a collaborative effort with Monocle magazine. It smelled like raw wood and other woodshop smells (turpentine, camphor). Standard, despite having a different perfumer (Olivier Pescheux), and different notes (Finnish Labrador tea, twinflower, metal, rust, fennel, ginger, lemon, musk, saffron and cedar) smells like a variation on that theme…
Next month, Comme des Garçons will launch their second fragrance in collaboration with Monocle magazine, Scent Two: Laurel. Scent One: Hinoki, launched in 2008.
Inspired by a trip to the Bekaa Valley…
Victoria’s Secret has launched Sexy Little Things Love Rocks, a new flanker to 2007’s Sexy Little Things:
Wild at heart. A punk princess…
Deal at beautyhabit: buy any Green Bird Eau de Parfum, get a free solid perfume with coupon code GREENBIRD, good through 11/25.
New at luckyscent: Comme des Garcons 2 Glitter Edition, Amouage purse sprays.