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The nascent Justin Bieber beauty empire is increasing yet again. Only a few days after a line of Bieber polish was announced, it now appears that He of The Hair will be getting his own unisex fragrance as well. The scent, My World, will launch next month at Walmart. Lest you think we're just talking some boring perfume in a bottle or something, the Bieb's scent will be infused into faux dog tags Read more
I recently sampled Tom Ford's unisex Azure Lime Eau de Parfum ($190-$465), and while I couldn't quite put my finger on why, it skewed a bit more dude-like than anything else. This got me to thinking: what makes a fragrance masculine or feminine anyway? Packaging and marketing aside, generally speaking, women's scents tend to be lighter, sweeter, and are frequently found in the floral or oriental Read more
We all know how difficult it is to find a great fragrance, and finding a unisex fragrance worth buying has become even more challenging. Come to think of it, ever since the launch of CK One in 1994, I don't think I've managed to find anything comparable. I'm not saying that Quercus by Penhaligon's is tops, but I really did like it and my guy liked it too — so guess what I'll be buying for the Read more
New from Frédéric Malle in collaboration with Sophia Grojsman (the nose behind scent successes such as Lancome Tresor, YSL Paris and Calvin Klein Eternity) is an exclusive scent for Barneys Co-Op. Designed for men and women alike, the fragrance is a succulent blend of capirihna, clean laundry, green apple, orange blossom, amber and cedar. I'm curious to know whether the scent of clean Read more
When a fragrance calls itself unisex, that typically means it just has a lot of unoffensive notes that don't "read" as gendered: lavender, violet leaf, orris, etc. BLK DNM's new Perfume 11 ($110), however, is a scent of a different sort entirely. Instead of blending a bunch of attenuated notes, it takes some of the masculine notes that make mens' scents so appealing, and puts them on a clean, Read more
Unisex fragrances have come a long way from their CK One days. While nothing got between me and my Calvin in middle school, some of today's gorgeously complex scents are as fascinating as they are sexy. I've put together a few of the most intriguing ones, so go out and see what the new unisex smells like for yourself. Shop Read more
Model Lara Stone is known for her gorgeous curves and sexy gap teeth. Now, the Dutch stunner is the new face of ck one shock, the latest fragrance duo from the iconic brand. In a departure from the original ck one's unisex appeal, the new scents were developed along gender lines. One's for men, the other's for women, so which does Lara prefer? And what's the best beauty advice she's picked up Read more
Justin Bieber released a unisex fragrance dubbed My World at Walmart last year, and now, the teen dream is set to launch his first prestige scent: Someday ($35 to $55). As you can imagine, the fruity gourmand will be geared toward teenagers. But what might strike you at first is the way Someday's brightly hued, plastic top resembles Marc Jacobs Lola. Someday's actually features heart-shaped Read more
Khloe Kardashian and her husband, Lamar Odom, have a new commercial out for their unisex fragrance, Unbreakable. There's some definitive naked in there (although nothing that needs censoring). Watching the ad, I realized that what always strikes me about these two is how happy and cute they are together. They're tender and goofy with one another, which is refreshing and rare in public Read more
Lush's Gorilla Perfumes line has been a smashing success since it debuted in the UK, and now it's arrived stateside, with five new scents (plus a relaunch of both Karma and Vanillary) designed to appeal to natural-fragrance fans of all stripes. I sniffed and liked its first Gorilla release, Tuca Tuca, so I decided to give the rest a try, too. To find out what I thought about each of the new Read more
