Fun limited edition bottles of Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse, created by students at the Penninghen school in Paris. Not sure how widely these will be distributed, but you can find them now at Nuxe in Spain, €25 for 100 ml.
The (almost) daily lemming
From Nuxe's new Very Rose collection of cleansing and makeup removing products, the Light Cleansing Foam (there is also Soothing Micellar Water, Moisturising Micellar Water, Creamy Makeup Remover Milk and Refreshing Toner Mist). None of these are in the US yet, but you can find it at Nuxe in France for about €15.
Nuxe Le Matin des Possibles & Le Soir des Possibles ~ new fragrances
French skincare & cosmetics firm Nuxe has launched two new fragrances, Le Matin des Possibles and Le Soir des Possibles…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 6
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special editions from Jo Malone, Lacoste, Nuxe and Avon.
From Jo Malone, limited editions of five of the brand’s fragrances — English Pear & Freesia, Pomegranate Noir, Lime Basil & Mandarin, Earl Grey & Cucumber and Peony & Blush Suede — in bottles and boxes decorated by the creative design studio Calm & Collected. Due to launch in May, exclusive to Selfridge’s, in 30 and 100 ml…
Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse & Caudalie Divine Oil ~ scented body product reviews
After I wrote my review of i Profumi di Firenze Frangipane e Cocco last week, I started craving a fragrance that actually smelled like frangipani. I couldn’t find anything fitting that description in my sample drawer, and then I remembered the sample packets of Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse that I had tucked into the bathroom cupboard a month or two ago. Voilà! Just the kind of thing I’d had in mind, even if it came in the form of a body product.
Nuxe is celebrating Huile Prodigieuse’s twentieth anniversary this year with a limited edition bottle and a bit of fanfare over its “multi-usage dry oil.” This product can be used to moisturize the body, hair and face; it’s a blend of “six precious oils” (borage, St. John’s wort, sweet almond, camellia, hazelnut and macadamia) as well as other botanical extracts and synthetic ingredients. To my nose, and my imagination, Huile Prodigieuse has a “fancy French suntan oil” smell: a breath of neroli, a drizzle of coconut milk, a shimmer of musk. And, yes, it features a creamy note of frangipane (or tiare) flower petals…