5 Minutes with Jean Paul Gaultier This month French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier launches his Scandal fragrance in North America. (It debuted in Europe last year to rave reviews.) Here,…
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When master perfumers begin to create a new fragrance, they have approximately 3,000 raw ingredients with which to work with. Five hundred of those are natural raw materials from both the…
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Perfume’s 7 Olfactory Families Traditional perfumery classifies fragrances into seven different scent “families”. Each has its own character or personality. It’s similar to the way that vintners categorize different types…
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Inside YSL’s Beauty Hotel Following Paris (January 2018), Tokyo (April), Shanhai (June), Seoul (August) and New York (September), YSL Beauty hosted its YSL Beauty Hotel pop-up installation in Toronto on…
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Tuberose Autumn’s hottest perfumery ingredient offers a potent sensual impact. Beth Anderson reports on this very alluring flower. Much like fashion and colour trends in makeup, perfumers tend to favour…
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Italy’s hidden perfume gem: a celebration of Southern Italian lemons The drive from Naples airport along the Amalfi Coast Highway to picturesque vacation town of Positano is famous for its hairpin…
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Nina’s Foundation Class Pro U.K. Makeup Artist Nina Westbury When it comes to makeup application, there is one question that Nina Westbury and I get more then any other: foundation.…
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MAC’s Top 20 Lipstick Shades When it comes to lipstick shades, there are always a handful of shades that become instant sensations around the world. I remember when MAC’s Russian…