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Double Your Fun: Two New "Same Name Twice" Fragrances

BellaSugar — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:00 -0700

These days, apparently twice is very nice indeed, because WWD is reporting that in August, both Nina Ricci and Juicy Couture will launch fragrances with charmingly repetitive names. The scents, Ricci Ricci ($58) and Couture Couture ($85), are both a little higher end than other offerings from the houses but geared toward young women. While they're both florals with hints of woodiness, their topnotes are very different. Ricci Ricci starts with lively rhubarb and bergamot, followed by four o'clock flowers and a whole bouquet of roses, then finishes with sandalwood and patchouli, while Couture Couture is all citrusy topnotes with a jasmine honeysuckle body and an amber drydown. I'll be excited to try both, but I love Jessica Stam's little devil horns in the Ricci Ricci ads. Hopefully the scent will be just as naughty and charming as the campaign suggests.

Twilight Takes a Bite From Nina Ricci's Apple

BellaSugar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:01:56 -0800

Poor Robert Pattinson. Not only does he have thousands of Twilight-obsessed teenagers chasing him, he's now going to smell them coming. That's because Hot Topic is stocking Twilight perfume ($48), a lavender-and-freesia scent. I'd tell you what it smells like, but I cannot bring myself to enter Hot Topic without feeling grizzled and going off on a tirade about mall emo.

I'll wager that it's not a sophisticated scent, and I'll also bet that Nina Ricci's lawyers are busy bees. Twilight has blatantly knocked off the fashion house's signature bottle (at right). Then again, I'd argue that the idea of a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire who doesn't feed on people was knocked off from Buffy, so what do I know?

Beauty Mark It! A Spring Scent

BellaSugar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:05:24 -0800

There's something about spring that practically begs for a fresh, flirty fragrance, and one of my favorite parts of the season is choosing just the right one. Right now I am dying to get a sniff of Nina Ricci Nina, and not just because I am dying to take a bite out of the bottle!

That's what I'm excited about, but I'd love to know the spring-y scents you're ready for. They can be classic favorites, something new you're excited to try, or one that you recently purchased. Share your choices by bookmarking items from around the web and tagging them with the phrase spring scent. I'll feature your favorites here next Tuesday.

To learn about Beauty Mark It challenges and how to add your picks, check out this how-to. To see some of my favorite online beauty stores, read more.

Saks Beauty Place
Sephora
Drugstore.com
Fred Segal Beauty
Folica
Amazon.com Beauty
Strawberrynet.com
Nordstrom
Bergdorf Goodman
Beauty.com

Nina Ricci Presents Nina Perfume

BellaSugar — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:00:48 -0700

The French fashion house Nina Ricci has introduced a new perfume, Nina. This romantic fragrance was inspired by the City of Light and by childhood fairy tales.

Everything about it is sweet: The fragrance features notes of lemon, lime, peony petals, moonflower, vanilla-infused red toffee apple, applewood and white cedar. The bottle was created out of bright raspberry-colored glass to resemble an apple, and its silver leaves sport an engraved Nina Ricci signature.

The Nina product range includes a 2.7 ounce eau de toilette spray ($67), a body lotion ($26) and a shower gel ($24). I'm not usually one for shower gels, but I bet the mix of apples and flowers would smell feel really fresh and clean. Do you think you'll check out Nina?

Lovely Links

BellaSugar — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:01:01 -0800

Winter beauty splurges and steals - Style.com
Meet the super-cool Janelle Monae - Afrobella
Sampling a $1,000 moisturizer - Beauty Snob
Will the credit crunch kill boob-job loans? - The Cut
Can you use orange juice as a skin toner? - babyassface
Go inside one of New York's most luxe spas - The Cut
As predicted, Nina Ricci is suing over that Twilight perfume bottle - Now Smell This
Paris Hilton has cut her hair again - People Style Watch

Beauty Byte: The Fragrance Foundation Talks FiFis, and You Can Vote

BellaSugar — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:00 -0700

Get excited for the 36th annual 2008 FiFi Awards, which will take place on May 20th in New York City. This event, sponsored by The Fragrance Foundation, honors creativity within the fragrance industry - it's a huge deal in the biz.

To give you an idea of who's up for Fragrance of the Year for Women's Nouveau Niche, the nominees are:

Andy Warhol Silver Factory and New York Bryant Park by Bond No. 9, Gucci by Gucci, Prada Infusion d'Iris and Versace.

For Fragrance of the Year luxe women's category the nominees are:

Chanel Chance Eau Fraîche, Coach, Daisy Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana The One, Emporio Armani Diamonds, Hermès' Kelly Calèche and Nina by Nina Ricci.

This year, you can actually vote for a FiFi online. Just register and fill out your ballot. Any predictions as to who will win? I know some of you disagreed with the winners of the CEW awards, so I'm curious about your picks for the FiFis.