We first reported on Kitsuné's quizzically named debut candle, Glace au Sesame Noir (black sesame seed ice cream), back in July. Now, finally, the limited edition (€36) has arrived in select stores, among them colette in Paris and Loveless in Tokyo. Lasting 50 hours, the scent is based on food-inspired notes of sesame, dry wheat, caramel and honey—yummy enough to eat, but please don't. … So culty is French lip balm Mystic Lips that it shuns all manner of self-promotion, relying solely on word of (moisturized) mouth. Not even we know much about the tingle-leaving, vanilla-based Gallic goop, but we can tell you that, for fall, they've introduced Mystic Nights ($8, 7.5 grams), a glittery, glossy new arrival. Available in the States exclusively at Luckyscent… Lladró, the 50-year-old Spanish maker of porcelain figurines, has transformed itself from kitschy to chic, à la Swarovski, with its new line of six home perfumes, each housed in fun little white porcelain cradles, vases and diffusers. Our favorite is this candle ($75, at Lladró boutiques worldwide) with a protruding nose. If only all noses were as porcelain-smooth.
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The late, eternally great Coco Chanel once said, "A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future"—a quip that perhaps inspired Chanel's release this month of a solid perfume compact and purse spray in the icon's namesake scent, Coco Mademoiselle. Not a century too late, the scent has been touted as what Coco would wear if she were twenty-one at the dawn of the 21st century, with sharp top notes of orange and bergamot balanced with more sensual hints of jasmine, morning rose and patchouli. Yet it's the convenience of the white and gold Cambon Collection compact ($120), complete with mirror for easy primping, and tiny flacon ($100) that makes this set a must for Fash Week. —Darla Marks
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Before slutty velour tracksuits and Botox parties, suburbanite initiation into middle age included lopping off one's hair and a visit from a Mary Kay rep, from whom the fortysomething would sadly, bravely purchase a tube of adobe-pink lipstick. Leave it to Shu Uemura to bring back those power neutrals. Sure, the fall color story in their Komon cosmetics collection (inspired by kimono textiles) smacks of split-level stucco condos—rose, beige and rose-beige, with splashes of blue and pebble just to mix it up—but the folks at Shu Uemura can make anything look exotic. The subtly metallic cream eyeshadow is the consistency of dry putty but magically spreads as easy as a hipster catchphrase and lasts almost as long. Pressed shadows dialed a little on the sour side add a glamorous touch of rot to the look. In a way, this is the most radical thing Shu Uemura’s done in a long time. —Liz Armstrong
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The original artisanal parfumerie, L'Artisan Parfumeur goes back to the future with a new little diffusion device called Chez Moi. At the drop of a black glass bead filled with your choice of scent (Blue Cedar, Wild Blackberry, Fig Tree Interior, Marine Mimosa or Amber), the retro-designed machine goes into action, fragmenting perfume molecules into smaller molecules and propelling them into the room every three minutes for up to nine hours. Glade scents, this is not. $230 at L'Artisan Parfumeur boutiques nationwide, available online soon... Those who didn't buy into our declaration last month that the era of fragrance libraries is upon us, check out Les Parfums Mythiques, ten classic scents (six women's, four men's) from Parfums Givenchy, in celebration of the French brand's 50th anniversary. Two of the more anticipated scents, some of which were not available in recent years, are L'Interdit, created in 1957 for Audrey Hepburn, and Vetyver, the legendary men's fragrance made for Hubert de Givenchy's personal use.
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The notion of beauty sleep is taken to new heights with the latest in rehab for your hair. (There’s an Amy Winehouse beehive joke in there, but we'll leave it alone.) Ted Gibson's new Goodnite Hair Repair Serum ($200 for 4 oz.), with its unique mix of amino acids, promises to fill in and strengthen damaged strands—the ideal solution for those who change their hair color as often as their moods swing, and are thus forced to deal with over-processed, malnourished tresses. From Frederick Fekkai, meanwhile, comes Overnight Hair Repair ($195 for 3.4 oz.), packed with repairing agent Tristearin and extracts of edelweiss, offering protection from the environment and those pesky free radicals. The results from both? Healthy and shiny locks, sans the shakes. —Courtney Sauve
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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. Message Boards
"Madonna starves herself on a raw macrobiotic kosher vegan kaballah diet and works out three hours a day to maintain the physique of a 12-year-old gymnast boy, and then has the cheeks of a 300-pound woman implanted into her face. And her forehead is like a plastic baby's bottom. It's like Nicole Kidman's forehead at the height of her botox addiction, and we all remember how unfortunate that era was."  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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