Perfume coverage in the huge September issues of Allure, Details, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Marie Claire; please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you’ve seen in other fashion & beauty magazines:
Allure
Cover: Sofia Vergara
Scent strips: Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gioia, Donna Karan Cashmere Mist, Oscar de la Renta Live in Love, Isaac Mizrahi Fabulous, Chloé Eau de Parfum.
Editorial coverage: The Beauty Reporter section includes a segment on "A Slice of Italy" ( p. 64) with a mention of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Femme and a “Smell This” feature (random passersby comment on a scent) on Donna Karan Woman (p. 68). Change of Season by Frédéric Malle (p. 120) talks about fall fragrances, including Chanel 28 La Pausa and Malle's Dans Tes Bras. Uncommon Scents (p. 122) is a 4-page article about unusual approaches to fragrance: women wearing masculine scents, layering, wearing oils, niche fragrance. Scents of Place (p. 187) is a list of fragrances associated with geographic locales.
Details
Cover: Jake Gyllenhaal
Scent strips: Ralph Lauren Big Pony fragrances; Giorgio Armani Code for men and women; Calvin Klein Encounter; Guess Seductive Homme Blue.
Editorial coverage: p. 138: Groom Like a Gentleman (six new fragrances for fall).
GQ
Cover: Cam Newton
Scent strips: Ralph Lauren Polo Black; Giorgio Armani Code (men’s and women’s); Mont Blanc Legend; Guess Seductive Homme Blue; Calvin Klein Encounter.
Editorial coverage: Zilch
Harper’s Bazaar
Cover: Gwen Stefani
Scent strips: Dior J’adore; Donna Karan Woman; Chloé Eau de Parfum; Issey Miyake L’Eau D’Issey Florale and L’Eau D’Issey Pour Homme Sport.
Editorial coverage: Empty
Check Out: Kat Daddy; Karl Lagerfeld talks about his cat Choupette. Choupette has two maids, and when asked by interviewer Kristina O’Neill if Choupette has a favorite person besides Lagerfeld, he admits Choupette likes one of the maids: the “…one called Francoise.”
InStyle
Cover: Jennifer Lopez
Scent strips: Chloé Eau de Parfum; Coach Poppy Blossom; Jimmy Choo; Juicy Couture Viva la Juicy; Jessica Simpson Vintage Bloom; Vince Camuto (for women and for men).
Editorial coverage: p. 436, Beauty/Fall Fragrance High Notes (Kiehl’s, Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs Dot)
Blurbs: p. 166, Waiting to Inhale; Alexander’s (Skarsgard) Scents Memory.
Aside: Anyone else sick and tired of features on the Missonis? Basta! (p. 630 onwards).
Marie Claire
Cover: Miley Cyrus
Scent strips: Marc Jacobs Dot; Dior Miss Dior; Isaac Mizrahi Fabulous.
Editorial coverage: p. 346, Worldly Scents, Intrepid fragrance explorer Courtney Dunlop uncovers the history of how culture informs what smells good.
Beauty Travelogue: Istanbul…all things scented from Turkey (by Ying Chu).
Blurbs: p. 194; Beauty Desk, lots of scented toiletries and fragrance products.
Check Out: Project Runway mania -- I know Editor-in-Chief Joanna Coles has a recurring role on Project Runway (and Nina Garcia is a Marie Claire editor too) but why so many Project Runway stories? Just in this issue there’s Project Runway’s New York (who cares where Michael Costello — who? — eats while in New York)? Then there’s Gunn Law…a blurb/review for Tim Gunn’s new book; I’ll let you guess if it’s a good or bad review.
Note: As always, thanks to Kevin — I read Allure, he read all the rest!
I continue to be impressed by Allure’s fragrance coverage, but that’s the only mag I read, sporadically at that. The bit about Karl’s cat is…..fascinating and bizarre in equal parts. That type of lifestyle is so surreal.
Agreed. I think the primary difference between Allure and the others is that Allure is mostly beauty coverage; hair/makeup/skin care and fragrance. Yes, they sneak in some fashion editorials but it definitely skews more towards beauty.
On the one hand, Allure has more fragrance coverage than anybody else. On the other, I learn so little from Allure — over the course of a year, might be a handful of little tidbits, that’s it. Most of it is intensely superficial.
I’m just boggled at how a cat could possibly occupy two maids. I mean, I have two cats, and they eat, sleep, snuggle with me, run around and squabble a bit.. and that’s pretty much it. And it certainly doesn’t take two people to clean the litter box. I’m just trying to imagine what these people’s jobs could entail. Official keeper of the kitty treats? Professional mouse toy wielder?
Perhaps it is not an onerous job. Still, I think I would prefer not to work for Karl Lagerfeld.
(not sure if this was covered previously but I was at the library this afternoon and saw this)
Allure’s Fall 2012 Insiders’ Guide to Beauty & Style has a 2 page spread (110-111) with tips on:
– Storing Your Scents (the usual, cool dark place is best)
– Buying Perfume (go mid-day when your senses are the most sensitive, try on blotter first then pick 3, apply the top 3, one scent per wrist and the crook of one arm, wait 15 minutes to smell how it reacts to skin)
– How to Apply Fragrances (best not on dry skin…to make fragrance last, use fragrance free moisturizer first before applying fragrance….or walk into the fragrance mist)
– Luca Turin and Tanya Sanchez – 5 Sexiest Perfumes (one is a spoof I think because I can’t imagine Secretions Magnifiques ever being referred to as sexy)
We covered it last month, but thanks — this will help anyone who missed it then!