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Smell the Rainbow: Fragrances Across the Spectrum
Skittles and Lucky Charms must have too much influence on me, because whenever I see a rainbow, I just want to eat it like hard candy. Mmmmm, rainbow Jolly Rancher. But besides my pop cultural conditioning, I think that a rainbow's appeal lies in its very immateriality — rainbows are pure color, ethereal entities composed of some of nature's juiciest hues.
Play-Doh Scents For Your Grown-Up Self
I have yet to meet a person that doesn't get nostalgic when Play-Doh is mentioned. Whether you were a fan of the spaghetti-making attachment or the hair-growing factory, there was something for everyone when it came to that colorful modeling compound. We all know that Play-Doh has that distinctive musky almond scent, which has been described as an oriental vanilla, but you don't have to go around smelling exactly like the concoction to get the same effect.
Warm Up With These Comfy Cold-Weather Scents
When the air starts to get a little nippy and my sweaters come out of the closet, I start daydreaming about cold weather perfumes. I put away my beachy scents and find creamy, spicy, deep fragrances with the rich, comforting notes of cinnamon, cardamom, labdanum, almond, Tahitian vanilla, bergamot tea, and warm woods. I'm still on my way to finding the perfect sweater scent, but I thought I'd put together a few that might be a good bet for you.
How Well Do You Know Your Famous Fragrance Notes?
Fragrance notes are a complex and surprising thing. If a fragrance isn't very linear, the accord you get can be totally different than the sum total of its parts, and perfumers are often given to lavish, overstated descriptions of their ingredients. (How does Indonesian vanilla smell different from Tahitian vanilla if they're the same plant species, exactly?) I've gathered up five super-popular perfumes you've almost certainly smelled (or owned) at some point.
Fragrance Is About to Get Fergalicious
There's a new Avon lady in town, and she's more rock-and-roll than most. WWD reports that Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie has signed a deal with Avon. She's no stranger to the beauty world, having represented MAC Viva Glam lipstick, but now she'll have her own product to promote.
Fragrance Name or Tarot Card?
Since it's the month for spooky thrills and otherworldly activity, I thought I'd test your knowledge of the mystic tarot. Almost all of us have had our cards read sometime or another, however inexpertly (sorry Lana, I totally made that stuff up), but when it comes to remembering the names of the cards, well, it's a little more difficult than you would imagine. Can you tell which of these is a fragrance, and which a sign of the tarot?
Phillip Lim Makes One of Six New Scents to Try Out
Last night's launch party for the limited-edition fragrance set Six Scents was rather memorable — and not only because I've never before witnessed performance art inspired by perfume. The bash was held to celebrate the collaboration between six designers and perfumers who got together to see what they could come up with by exploring "the relationship between artist and nature." Six was the theme of the evening, with an equal number of films, art pieces, and photographic works scattered about the studio space.
Which Famous Face Inspired This Fragrance?
Every other celebrity today has a fragrance they're hawking, but fewer and fewer serve as the inspiration for a perfume that isn't their own brand. In the past, though, the great perfumers made scents that were homages to some of the day's most dazzling women — no Fantasy commercials necessary. Many of the scents in this quiz are classics, and so are the women who inspired them.
Leslie Blodgett Opens Her Perfume Diaries
Leslie Blodgett, the CEO of Bare Escentuals, is coming out with her own line of fragrances based on different trips she's taken. The first scent in the Leslie Blodgett Perfume Diaries series, Bare Skin, aims to capture a vacation in Mexico. Esta bueno?
Viktor & Rolf Try to Outdo Flowerbomb With Eau Mega
Flowerbomb, Viktor & Rolf's first fragrance, has been a cult hit since it came out a few years ago. But this week, the brand quietly released its second scent, Eau Mega. Just so you all know how dedicated I am to good-smellin' stuff, I trekked all the way down to Nordstrom during lunch to sniff it, since only a few locations have the fragrance so far.
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