By, Sharon Curtis

Even though this was a ‘Pro Pick’ just a few days ago, I felt it deserved some more play!

We’ve had so many emails about this fragrance and I know why. In an age where most fragrances are "been there, done that", this fragrance offers a fresh edge. As an added bonus, it only costs $38, a true bargain!

Our great friends at Benefit sent us a B Spot of our very own, and it’s been a love affair ever since we received it.

The fragrance is sweet, refreshing, seductive and ultra feminine. It’s made up of mango, freesia, peony, amber & sandalwood.

To honor B Spot, Benefit is having a special event that includes a complimentary makeup lesson and a gift with purchase of $65 or more.

Participating stores are:

Macy’s

Sun Valley - July 31-August 2

Downtown Seattle - July 31-August 2

San Antonio - July 31-August 2

Santa Rosa - July 31-August 2

Puerto Rico - July 31-August 2

Dadeland - August 7-9

Boston - August 7-9

State Street - August 14-16

Herald Square - August 21-23

To find more event locations or to purchase the fragrance directly, go to:

www.benefitcosmetics.com

Enjoy!!

By, Sharon Curtis

I’m so excited to announce a new fragrance launch from Ed Hardy. Although this fragrance won’t hit shelves until December, it sounds so yummy I just had to share.

Famed Ed Hardy designer Christian Audigier’s new brainchild will be named Love & Luck. The Fragrance was inspired by a painting from tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy.

The Love & Luck fragrance is described as "soft and elegant". It features top notes of bergamont, blood orange and red sake accord; middle notes of heart of black current, pink peppercorn, nectarine, jasmine petals and forbidden plum; and base notes of sensual musk, cedarwood, sandalwood and patchouli.

This eau de parfum will be available in a 1.7-oz. for $55 and 3.4-oz. for $75.

Be on the look out at Nordstrom, Macy’s, Dillards and Ulta stores during the holidays.

  By Sharon Curtis

One of my favorite fragrance house’s, is little known. I’m referring to Strange Invisible Perfumes. These fragrances are rather hard to find. I buy mine at Barney’s New York in Beverly Hills.  The most unique feature of SIP is the process of making the fragrances. It’s done through an intense botanical extraction process. The result are very fresh and clean fragrances.

The newest addition to the line is called Musc Botanique. This fragrance is described as clean with an underlined animalistic quality. It’s muskiness is a combination of geranium, white amber, angelica and frakincense. It’s completely uni-sex.

SIP fragrances aren’t cheap. Musc Botanique will retail at $135 for a 1.7 oz. eau de parfum and $185 for a .25-oz. perfume version. It will debut in September and be available at Barney’s New York and Strange Invisible Perfumes.

Each year, Shu Uemura comes out with a special, limited edition fragrance to mark the anniversary of the first Shu Uemura Beauty Boutique in 1983.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first Shu Uemura Boutique, so Shu Uemura has created a very special fragrance trio. This trio is comprise of three fragrances, each of natural origin, formulated with Depsea Water and packages in the designs of Tokoyo-based artist Gwenael Nicolas. 

The three fragrances are:

Fleur de Rose

Sophisticated floral 100% natural origin fragrance with fresh floral amber note. Turkish rose to awaken feminine sensibility.

Fleur de Source

Pure, serene and refreshing cool feeling in a 100% natural origin fragrance with a floral spicy note. Watery papyrus and Egyptian basil essential oils evoke cool beauty.

Fleur de Terre

Energizing, luminous 100% natural origin fragrance with a fresh floral woody note. Precious Italian bergamot essential oils to provide revitalizing feel.

Each fragrance retails for $85 and is a limited-edition

With your $100 beauty or fragrance purchase, receive an awesome makeup bag plus the following deluxe samples:

Anastasia Brow Gel
Anthony Logistics for Men® Self-Tanner with Anti-Aging Complex
Clarins Sunscreen Soothing Cream SPF 20 (0.28 oz.)
Cover FX ‘Skin Prep FX’ Treatment & Priming Serum sample
Elemis Papaya Enzyme Peel (0.1 oz.)
Freeze 24.7® IceCrystals™ Anti-Aging Prep & Polish sample
Hanae Mori ‘Butteryfly’ Eau de Parfum (0.04 oz.)
John Varvatos Eau de Parfum (0.05 oz.)
KORRES Natural Products Guava Body Butter (0.85 oz.)
Lancôme Hypnôse Custom Volume Mascara (0.07 oz.)
Laura Mercier Eye Colour in Sandstone (0.03 oz.)
Origins ‘A Perfect World™’ White Tea Skin Guardian (0.17 oz.)
PHYTO Phytodéfrisant Botanical Hair Relaxing Balm (0.5 oz.)
TanTowel Self-Tan Towelette (1 application)

      By Sharon Curtis

 Article Source: WWD

Due out in mid-September, Calvin Klein is launching a sexy, floral oriental fragrance called Secret Obsession. This provacative new fragrance features the beautiful, Eva Mendez (one of Julianne’s client’s) in it’s ad campaign.

The networks are going crazy over the new ads featuring Mendez, claiming the ads are too steamy. Considering the stuff that’s out in the world right now, this ad looks down-right tame to me!

Secret Obsession, features top notes of, exotic plum, mace and rose de damas; a heart of Egyptian jasmine, French orange flower and tuberose, and base notes of cashmere woods, burnt umber, Madagascan vanilla and Australian sandalwood.

The fragrance features three sizes: 1 oz. for $40(exclusive to Sephora), 1.7 oz. for $55 and $3.4 oz. for $72, in addition there will be body lotion and shower gel.

Secret Obsession debuts in mid-September at Sephora, Nordstrom and Macy’s.

WHO: Victoria’s Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr along with Gerard Butler, Jeremy Piven, Chris Evans, Shane West, Christina Milian, Christian Oliver, Rami Kashou of Project Runway, and Nick Verreos of MSN Style Studio, Ben Lyons, Quddus Phillippe, Kiersten Warren, Jay Chandrasekhar, AnnaLynne McCord, Camille Guaty, Sarah Shahi, Brandon Barash, Josh Duhon, Bradley Anderson, and Brittny Gastineau

WHAT: Victoria’s Secret newest fragrance, Heavenly Kiss, made its debut with an exclusive cocktail party at the appropriately-named restaurant, Beso, which means "kiss" in Spanish. Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr welcomed guests to Hollywood’s newest hotspot - backed by Eva Longoria Parker, celebrity chef Todd English and restaurateurs JT Torregiani and Jonas Lowrance - where an aphrodisiac-inspired menu and sweetly sexy Chambord cocktails evoked the romantic Heavenly Kiss scent.

Heavenly Kiss is the newest addition to Victoria’s Secret’s award winning Dream Angels fragrance collection. Inspired by Dream Angels Heavenly, America’s #1 fragrance, Heavenly Kiss is fresh, sexy and totally of-the-moment. The limited-edition scent is perfect for springtime romance, featuring vanilla accord wrapped in succulent fruits and vibrantly fresh florals. The result is a romantic scent that radiates warmth and leaves you covered in delicious angel kisses - just like the ones on the graphic gold and pink package.

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