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D&G HAVE IT IN THE BAG (& IN THE CARDS) D&G’s newest fragrance collection draws inspiration from the Tarot card deck, matching personality to perfume in a cosmic rendezvous dictated by the sun, moon and stars. D&G1: LE BATELEUR THE CARD: 1 – THE MAGICIAN The Magician card signifies a hopeless romantic with an unmistakable power to charm and seduce; their openness casts a spell that makes them irresistible to others. THE SCENT: Le Bateleur is a sensual blend of bergamot, pink pepper, cardamom and juniper berry, warmed by bi...

GOT ME ON MY KNEES: LOLA Fall’s Most Buzzworthy Fragrance Fall 2009’s most buzzworthy fragrance has just hit shelves, and the liquid gold concoction is making quite the splash for perfume lovers and trend makers around the globe. The long-awaited new fragrance and follow-up to immensely popular Daisy perfume, Lola by Marc Jacobs, sets itself apart from the recent market return to fruity-floral fragrances, its musk-infused notes and surprise turns creating an unmatched modern interpretation of the fresh-scented family. Lola follows the seasonal trend...

BACK TO BASICS Issey Miyake Goes Simple With “a Scent” Renowned Japanese designer and spiritually creative Issey Miyake has gone back to basics in a quest for minimalism and simplicity with his newest women’s scent, aptly named A Scent. A Scent pays tribute to the “poetry of minimalism”, and was inspired by the fresh, clean smell of the mountains in Japan. It is a woody floral-green fragrance, with fresh hyacinth and galbanum providing the floral heart, while being enhanced by uplifting verbena and a hint of jasmine. It is housed in the most si...

“PLAY”ING WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Celebrity Scent Watch There is a continual stream of celebrity fragrances into the market— but Justin Timberlake and Givenchy’s new Play cologne are changing the concept of how celebrity scents come to be. We have seen fragrances by Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Usher, Sean John, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce and many more, created under rule of the celeb’s own desires and designs to capture their favorite feelings, thoughts and things, and share them with the public world through scent. But a role reversal has be...

NEVER SAY NEVERLAND Christian Audigier Buys Mj’s Ranch Well it looks like where royalty reigns, it rains royalty! Rumours are circulating that the King of Jeans, Christian Audigier, just bought out the former home of the King of Pop. Indeed, the designer has said he gets the keys in the next few weeks! Purchased for $90 million to serve as headquarters for Ed Hardy operations, the infamous Neverland Ranch boasts 2,500+ acres, a National Forest to the east and a college prep boarding school to the south—- big raised eyebrow on that little fact. ...

SCENT OPERA Where Sound & Scent Align A fragrance’s composition of top, middle and base notes is comparable to the composition of a song. Each scent note can be attributed to a single chord within a harmony of sound, like patchouli as a base note bringing depth to a top note of rich jasmine. A group of sound and scent aficionados took this concept one step further this past summer with the creation of Green Aria: A Scent Opera, where not only are single fragrance notes like chords of a song, but full scents become audio character...