A holiday-themed animation for Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire. (If you missed the original commercial, see it here)
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at beautyhabit: get free shipping all orders with coupon code SHIPNICHE, good through 11/11.
New at luckyscent: Penhaligon's & L'Artisan holiday coffrets.
New at selfridges (UK): Trish McEvoy Precious Pink Jasmine.
Deal at tommisooni (AU): get a 2 ml vial of a rare unpublished fragrance with any purchase, no coupon code needed, offer good through 1/1.
Miller et Bertaux Oh, ooOoh …oh ~ new fragrance
Niche line Miller et Bertaux has introduced Oh, ooOoh …oh (mist, wood, wind and guitar)…
Guess Girl ~ new perfume
Guess will launch Guess Girl, a new fruity floral fragrance fronted by Amber Heard, in February…
Madly Kenzo ~ perfume review
A woman’s greatest quality is her touch of madness. — Madly Kenzo
Madly Kenzo sparked my interest when it launched last year — it has much in its favor, from the whimsical advertising to the wonderful Ron Arad bottle. And it was done by perfumer Aurelien Guichard, who also worked on Kenzo’s UFO fragrance, a fun limited edition (and limited distribution) fragrance that was sold in a more complicated metal variation on the same bottle design. I hoped Madly might be a more commercial (and affordable) version of that scent; here is what I said about UFO back in 2009:
[It is] meant as “an interpretation of the scent of skin”…That, and the fact that Guichard apparently “delved into memories of his mother sculpting in marble, a contrast between the heat of the sculptor’s hands and the coolness of the material” is really all you need to know — as described, UFO is a transparent incense-y skin scent, slightly metallic in the top notes, later, more mineral-ish than metallic, with a light, slightly milky sweetness and an almost-velvety finish.
Nope…