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Perfume in the magazines, December 2013: Allure, Details & GQ

Posted by Robin on 4 December 2013 11 Comments

Allure and Details magazine covers, December 2013

Perfume coverage in the December issues of Allure, Details, and GQ. Please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you've seen in other fashion and beauty magazines:

Allure

Cover: Ashley Olsen

Scent strips: Dior J'Adore, Donna Karan Cashmere Mist, Marc Jacobs Daisy and Daisy Eau So Fresh, Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey, Elizabeth and James Nirvana, Versace Bright Crystal, Crystal Noir & Yellow Diamond, Kate Spade Live Colorfully

Editorial coverage: Cover Look (p. 44) mentions the Ashley twins' upcoming fragrances, Nirvana White and Nirvana Black. More talk on Nirvana in the full length feature Doubling Down (p. 198).

The Beauty Reporter section includes Chanel No. 5 Intense Bath Oil in the Editor’s Favorites (p. 54), a paragraph on "4 Ways to Wear Fragrance" (p. 60) and a “Smell This” feature in which three experts talk about Express Glam (they hate it! just kidding, p. 60).

Beauty 101 this month is on Uncommon Scents, and includes Best Men's Scents for Women, Best Women's Scents for Men and Best Unisex Scents.

10 Beautiful Things selected by Tory Burch includes her own debut fragrance (p. 82).

Presents Moment includes a number of fragrance gift suggestions, including the Nest fragrances and Fornasetti incense (p. 86).

Insider's Guide includes a short interview with Anjelica Huston, who talks about her favorite fragrance, Jean Patou 1000 (p. 114).

War of the Roses (p. 182) is about modern rose fragrances, and includes quotes from Victoria Frolova of Bois de Jasmin, Mandy Aftel and Alyssa Harad, among others.

Details

Cover: Christian Bale

Scent strips: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme (and Pour Femme); Lacoste Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Blanc and Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Noir; Mont Blanc Legend; Prada Luna Rossa; Paco Rabanne 1 Million Intense; Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male

Editorial coverage: Nothing, not even in a Christmas issue!

GQ

Cover: Will Ferrell (YAWN!)

Scent strips: Ralph Lauren Polo Red; Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme; Mont Blanc Legend; John Varvatos and John Varvatos Vintage; Nautica Voyage and Voyage N-83; Paco Rabanne 1 Million Intense; Gucci Made to Measure

Editorial coverage: Nada

Note: As always, thanks to Kevin — I read Allure, he read all the rest!

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: allure, details, gq, magazines

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  1. Dilana says:
    4 December 2013 at 8:12 am

    Maybe that very serious and “tortured” looking Christian Bale is supposed to be “Christlike” for Detail’s Christmass issue. Actually, he just kind of looks like a movie star whose assistant has told him that the Starbucks Latte steamer is broken and he’ll have to drink his Nigerian blend with normal skim milk.

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    • Robin says:
      4 December 2013 at 8:55 am

      LOL!

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    • kindcrow says:
      4 December 2013 at 8:24 pm

      Looks like the poor thing has a backache to me.

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  2. D.D. Jackson says:
    4 December 2013 at 10:52 am

    Robin, I think it’d be a nice touch if you modified your website so we could print out copies of the scent strips from the magazines.

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    • Robin says:
      4 December 2013 at 10:58 am

      You’d be sorry. Allure is so stinky I have to keep it in a plastic bag.

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      • D.D. Jackson says:
        4 December 2013 at 4:41 pm

        I guess I’ve just outted myself as not being a reader of those mags lol

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    • sayitisntso says:
      4 December 2013 at 11:50 am

      I’d settle for a screen version of scratch and sniff. See a photo of a scent you want to sample? Scratch that photo of the bottle on the screen and enjoy. Robin, get on that will you? 🙂

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      • Robin says:
        4 December 2013 at 11:57 am

        Hey, it’s on my list of NST improvements, no worries!

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      • D.D. Jackson says:
        4 December 2013 at 4:40 pm

        That works; why waste all that scented printing ink?

        Hey…. but there’s an idea… if you ganged together enough printer nozzels, and hooked each one to a different note….

        Hmmm…. Any investment angles in the crowd? O.o

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  3. kindcrow says:
    4 December 2013 at 8:26 pm

    I don’t read Allure, so I don’t know what’s normal, but that sounds like an insane amount of scent strips to me. You are wise to keep it bagged!

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    • Robin says:
      4 December 2013 at 10:08 pm

      It’s just because it’s December, it’s not usually that many! But I’m not a fan of scent strips anyway, they always smell bad to me, even when they’re for fragrances I like.

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