News in brief: Fossil shows new smartwatches at Baselworld; Acorelle creates its extraits d’émotion
Fossil has announced slimmer Android Wear smartwatches (Q Marshal and Q Wander) as well as new activity trackers and smarter analogue watches at Baselworld. The new smartwatches have a silicone strap option, and cases measuring 44 mm and 46 mm. The Q Wander comes with an interchangeable leather strap, while the Q Marshal has a […]
Atelier Cologne launches Bergamote Soleil Cologne Absolue at intimate event in New York
Atelier Cologne launched its latest scent, Bergamote Soleil Cologne Absolue. The new scent honours three principal elements: ‘friendship, excursions and sharing values’. Founded in 2009, the brand is the epitome of luxury. Sylvie Ganter and Christophe Cervasel are true masters of perfume creativity, inducing exclusive scents, uplifting ingredients and high-end quality to their array […]
The Body Shop releases Black Musk range, with a sensual scent in time for Valentine’s Day
In time for Valentine’s Day: the Body Shop’s Black Musk fragrance blends the powerful pheromones of musk with some sweet scents. It’s an oriental-style fragrance, with top notes of bambinella pear, pink pepper and bergamot, mid-notes of helitrope and licorice, and basenotes of black vanilla and black musk. The 30 ml eau de toilette is […]
Emanuel Ungaro celebrates 50th anniversary, launches La Diva eau de parfum at Petit Palais
Pascal le Segretain Emanuel Ungaro celebrated its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, with a party at the Petit Palais in Paris, and launched its La Diva perfume to coincide with the occasion. Creative director Fausto Puglisi and president Asim Abdullah played host to 600 guests, who were shown a virtual history of the house in […]
Kicking off the Golden Globes’ suites: inspirational, inventive and invigorating
Elyse Glickman Pre-award suites have been around for so long that the expression ‘Now, I’ve seen everything’ genuinely applies in many cases. For this reason, Rita Branch’s latest outing, Ultimate in Luxury Red Carpet Style Lounge, was positively brilliant because many of the vendors were making their red-carpet début. Even better, women-owned companies were in […]
The Lancôme brand started in perfumes before branching out into the wide range of skin care and cosmetics, but now Mellerio dits Meller has taken it as an inspiration to create high jewellery. The famed jeweller, founded in 1613, has created a design to adorn 80 flasks of the limited-edition La vie est belle […]
Johnny Depp models Dior Sauvage men’s fragrance, with Australian and NZ release on August 24
News that Johnny Depp is modelling Dior’s new men’s fragrance, Sauvage, has been making the rounds this month, and now the company has announced August 24 as its on-sale date for Australia and New Zealand. Unlike his colleague Brad Pitt, who was the rare male face for Chanel No. 5, Depp is targeting his […]
Trilogy launches Raha perfume, benefiting So They Can to empower Tanzanian women and children
Trilogy has introduced a second perfume called Raha, following its limited-edition Jua Natural Perfume last year. The Raha Natural Perfume, again in partnership with So They Can, is another limited edition, which sees NZ$2 from every sale donated to the charity to educate and empower Kenyan and Tanzanian communities. Raha, developed in conjunction with […]
Norell New York launches, with Riley Keough fronting Michael Avedon-shot campaign
Norell New York, named for the famed American fashion designer Norman Norell, will be hitting Bergdorf Goodman in New York and Neiman-Marcus throughout the US this month with a range headlined by a limited-edition parfum with a hand-crafted bottle by Baccarat priced at US$1,500. The 50 ml parfum is joined by a 100 ml […]
Dree Hemingway named Chloé fragrance’s new face
Konstantin Pershin Above Dree Hemingway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia earlier this year. Coty has announced that Dree Hemingway is the new face of its Chloé fragrance, with the campaign breaking in September. She follows in the footsteps of Clémence Poésy, Chloë Sevigny, Anja Rubik and Suvi Koponen. American-born Hemingway is a classically trained […]
