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When nature has started to bloom from a corpse, or you spray on the latest perfume in the Hermès Jardin series, a sort of bright sadness ensues. Un Jardin Aprés La Mousson (A Garden After the Monsoon, in case ne parlez pas le français), a cool-handed blend of cardamom, coriander, pepper, ginger, ginger flower and icy vetiver, wears sheer and sparkling as a Bob Mackie gown, once skin digests the breakfast-in-bed melon plate aroma. This quality is endemic to perfumer Claude Ellena's creations, and like the others in his Jardin series, its notes mingle just out of reach from one another, then overlap at the last second—just the kind of exquisite distance that those of us who like a challenging piece of ass find intriguing. Exclusively at Saks until September, at Hermès boutiques thereafter. $85 for 50 ml, $125 for 100 ml.
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A confession: we don't wash our hair every day. No, it's not a huge admission—we know almost no one lathers the scalp that often, and hair does look better tousled with a bit of mange—but that slight malodor wafting from our scalps on hot summer days is rather unacceptable. A spritz of Viktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb-scented Bomblicious Hair Mist ($40) leaves us less indigent—as in bums who's hair is twisted into a single revolting dread—and more fair maiden at the ball. Pre-order at Nordstrom.
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The husband-and-wife team behind Karin Herzog hold the patent on oxygenating skincare products (if that doesn't impress you, one is the Nobel-honored genius responsible for inventing the respirator)—and they're totally no-nonsense, probably because it was born in Switzerland. Packaging frippery is non-existent, the website is chock-full of unpoetic science-talk and product names are minimal to the point of silliness. Take, for instance, Oxygen Face ($36), a refreshing, mildly antibacterial moisturizing emulsion that also works as a cleanser and a toner. Not only is it a triple-threat, in terms of regimen, it's also extremely low-maintenance. Do not rub me upward and out in small circles, it says. Just slap it on with minimal fuss and let it go to town.
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A candy store and liquor cabinet are united as one in a mold of wax, thanks to pastry chef Pierre Hermé, who's famous for his heavenly macaroons, and who applied his gourmand taste buds to candles (€26 or €38). No, you can't eat them, but with Herbe de Amandes, a fragrance that blends digestif and marzipan, you'll try anyway.
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You might think, given his collaboration with leather-goods house Schott, that Jeremy Scott is going butch. After all, Schott created the biker jackets worn by Marlon Brando and James Dean. But no, that manly legacy is given a swishy twist, like this rococo tea print of treasure trolls in pastoral repose. Also this month: Marni, Stella McCartney, Tom Binns and more. 
Collections
Backstage at the Paris, Milan, New York and London collections for a peek at what we (and you) will be wearing, spilling on and waking up in next season.  Hint Shop
If Rad Hourani were writing this blurb, it would be over already. That's because, for the soon-to-explode French-Canadian designer, it's all about extreme minimalism. Thus, the concept behind this one-size-fits-all, unisex, sleeveless T-shirt—printed with the dates and times of a calendar—is that it can be worn by anyone, anytime. |
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