Cold cold cold and wind everywhere until recently. Dry and dull skin. What to do? Well, slap on a mask and call me darling. I’ve got mixed complexion, so a greasy T-zone and dry-ish cheek hollows and bones. I’ve tried some of the most hyped masks so you don’t have…
As fragrances go, you’d be hard pressed to find a cheaper scent authored by the unstoppable Francis Kurkdjian. You know the one, enfant terrible of modern French perfumery. Well, he’s at it again, coming up with …not roses, but flowery figs in his latest creation commissioned by Roger & Gallet…
And by unicorns I mean of course those magical creations that Aftel mixes from botanical ingredients. To say she’s the doyenne of an enchanted forest, is an understatement, she lovingly reigns over a great range of living art. Based in California, Aftel, who’s also a writer – reading her…
Tried Essie’s Penny Talk. Bring on the bling! In case you can’t tell, it a mother of pearl light copper hue. Great effect!
Last week I had the privilege of attending a kōdō ceremony in London, probably the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. It was hosted on the premises of the beautiful Conran shop (or the Michelin house, one of the rare Art Nouveau/Art Deco buildings still standing in London)…
See by Chloé has been the French brand’s youthful offshoot since 2001, but this is the first time the company launches a fragrance under this aegis. It hasn’t even been one of those fashion houses that smothers you in launches and flankers until you can’t be breath from their ‘fumes…
Lorenzy Palanca is one of those long forgotten French houses that used to be rather big in France and nearby colonies in the beginning of the 20th century. They were especially known for their soaps and Ebay mostly has soap labels. They only have one shop left in Marseille, which…
Or more appropriately… Who doesn’t know those ubiquitous torso bottles? Jean Paul Gaultier is inimitable and hard to categorize. From ultra structured clothes to iconic perfumes (both for men and women), the cheeky French designer has dressed every bigger-than-life figure in recent pop culture – from Madonna (the infamous cone…
Atelier Cologne hasn’t been doing the rounds for long but it’s already achieved a cult following. I had heard of it through the grapevine – or the perfume blogger community more precisely, so when I found out Sylvie Ganter, one of the co-founders of the brand (the other one being…
Romanian designer Dorin Negrau’s Pour Femme perfume saved me from having to buy one of my guilty pleasures when it comes to scents: Alien. I am not sure if this is a case of brazen copying, real admiration or simply coincidence but undoubtedly Dorin Negrau Pour Femme and Thierry Mugler’s…
The first thing you notice is the color of the juice. It’s the unlikeliest shade of magenta you’re ever going to see in a fragrance because you’re afraid it’s going to stain everything with its angry, short-fused magic. It hovers around deep fuchia and dark pink, like a burlesque star…
It’s not unusual to find a gem in the mainstream perfumery section, it’s just quite rare. In the last few years, most offerings on the designer counters have been more or less variations on the same pink, screechy note. Bottega Veneta hit it straight out of the park with their…
Potpourri hasn’t got the greatest reputation nowadays. Potpourri makes me think of a bag stuffed with semi-plastic leaves, unnatural colors, coniferous material and vague laundry scents. Ick, ew, yikes. The home-scenting fragrant concoction started out at least a few centuries back, with the gathering of fresh herbs and flowers and…
I am really bad with hair. It’s the most puzzling appendix ever given to man (but especially to woman). One must constantly chop it, wash it, style it, vacuum it from the various nooks and crannies it falls onto. As a lady, the process is tenfold more time-consuming and expensive…
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