Posts with tag fragrance

The Playboy empire is spreading -- aside from the nudie magazines and clothing, it's reaching out into fragrances, too. The ladies from The Girls Next Door attended a party in the penthouse of Manhattan's Hotel on Rivington to celebrate the launch last week, and shared some details about their favorite scents.

Besides chocolate and cheesy films, we have a pretty unhealthy weakness for new fragrances. Especially ones with ornate bottles that make our counter tops look lush, and dare we say, Parisian.

Just to be clear, we're not lusting after pop star Jesse McCartney -- we'll leave that to his teen fan base. He'd better be hoping that those fans get a decent allowance, though, because he's about to launch his first fragrance, Wanted.

One of the first makeup tips you learn in middle school is to emphasize either your eyes or your lips, but never both. Shortly after you master that lesson, you learn that really dark makeup shouldn't be paired with a light, flirty, feminine outfit. So, did Jennifer Lopez miss out on all of the middle school beauty gossip, or what?

Sonya Rykiel is having a party and she wants everyone to come along for the ride.

In honor of the Parisian label's 40th anniversary, they've created an oriental scent that comes equipped with frankincense-lavender accord, mouth-watering notes of red currant, coffee-blossom and a sweetness of heliotrope and vanilla. In addition, the label also put on a rather spectacular fashion show that consisted of those iconic knit sweaters and playful dresses that Rykiel has become known for, but since our economy is pretty much in the trash right now, we'd advise anyone interested in buying into the big celebration should take the fragrance route.

Why? Fragrances last much longer than trendy tops, the bottles the lovely scents come in make great counter top decorations, and they cost much less than the designer's expensive duds.

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Halle Berry is having a big year. The Oscar-winning actress gave birth to her first child, daughter Nahla Ariela, in March, is producing and starring in three films, and is now doing something brand new -- launching her own fragrance, Halle by Halle Berry (seriously, when are these actors going to come up with unique fragrance names? Aren't they supposed to be all creative and stuff?).

Do you love surprises in the mail and unwrapping tons of gifts? Or maybe you just want to help support more small businesses, but the thought of where to start seems overwhelming. In either case, you might want to give The Little Black Box a try.

This monthly treat is filled with goodies of all shapes and sizes from small businesses and independent designers. It's the ultimate swag bag, and we were lucky enough to snag one of this month's bags for review.

We love all of the amazing independent designers out there and we wanted to find out more about what makes these creative types tick. If you do too, check out more of our Indie Designer Interviews.

If you've got super sensitive skin and can't deal with the harsh chemicals found in many mainstream beauty products, give handmade soaps a try. Gentle soaps made with all natural ingredients are the specialty of today's indie entrepreneur, Trish Herndon, owner of Pink Parchment Soaps.

We adored Vicky's short new hair at Fashion Week -- it was funky, sexy, and totally flattering. However, it turns out that, cute as it is, it has the possibility to go very, very wrong, as you see here at the launch of Victoria and David's new signature fragrance. Isn't part of the draw of super-short hair the fact that it can look wicked cute with very little work? So why, oh why, did she opt to slick it back like Pee Wee Herman??

Maybe it was so that her hair would look as slick as her shoes/boots/leggings. You'll have to click through the gallery to get the full effect. Oh, and for the record, we're not all that happy with Becks, either.

Do you remember Hard Candy? The beauty line that every blue-blooded pre-tween had some interaction with during such sadistic childhood rituals like school dances and first day of school appearances.

Well, they kind of don't want to make make-up anymore. We know, weird. As of late, the brand has been practically giving all of its glitter eye shadow and coal eyeliner away for free, offering up to 50% off on most items at the brand's site.

Don't call them Mother Theresa just yet, though. There's a method to this oh so cheap madness. The company is trying to phase out its beauty line, most likely because of slagging sells, so it can focus on "new strategies."

In the meantime, the Hard Candy fragrance that launched last fall is still going strong. The fruity scent will be accompanied with a shower gel and a body lotion in the near future.

[via WWD]

Ladies, at one point in time, we've all picked up one of those lip chaps that come in scents like Hershey's, Skittles, or Cinnabon. They usually smell really, really good, you know, like the real thing, and if no one is looking, we may even try to take a taste.

Well, Demeter understands that we all have an insatiable sweet tooth and they've created frangrances that smell just as sweet as those lip chaps that we've all come to love:

According to WWD, Demeter expects to ship the offbeat fragrances with scents like "Hershey's Kisses, Special Dark, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and Jolly Rancher Green Apple" to stores in early 2009.

Luckily, though, you chew on the real candy bars until then. Yummy, indeed.

We love all of the amazing independent designers out there. In order to find out more about just what makes all of these creative types tick, we present to you an ongoing segment called Indie Designer Interviews.

We'd like you to meet Diana Rajchel, owner of Magickal Realism Natural Perfumery. Diana creates all-natural fragrances in addition to massage oils and conditioning oils for your hair, and bath milks and soaking salts.

Narciso Rodriguez has money and he doesn't care who knows about it.

After Liz Claiborne Inc. took a fairly large stake in Narciso brand's last year, the designer has been able to play a little bit more with better fabrics and subsequently put on one of his best shows last season. Now the very busy man wants to re-up his very popular fragrance arsenal :

WWD reports Narciso will be launching a new fragrance in January, for which he has already created an advertising and image campaign. No word on which model will be fronting this new scent or what the fragrance wil actually smell like, but if it's anything like Narciso's first flirty floral scent -- expect it to win a Fifi award, too.

As Cat mentioned earlier this summer, we have a bit of a "thing" for the bright colors and pineapple patterns of Lilly Pulitzer. Truth be told, we're not even closet Lilly fans -- we have a full-on preppy thing going in our closet, and we don't care who knows it.

However, even we know that sometimes preppy isn't the look you need. A bright pink and green shift decorated with margarita glasses and parrots is great for mid-day cocktails in Ft. Lauderdale, but not for lunch with the ladies on the Upper East Side. So, for those days when you need to dress a little darker, but still want to indulge your inner Lilly, there is a fragrance. Actually, there are three.

We've had moving on the brain lately. We're not sure if it's because we live in a college town and are starting to see the students creep back into town, with their cars overstuffed with bedspreads and bookshelves and beer, or because we moved fairly recently and are still feeling the effects (i.e. still can't find anything), but the fact of the matter is, we've been thinking about it.

And when we think about moving, we immediately think of housewarming parties. Trust us, we can turn just about anything into a party!