Dreamy Beauty for Spring 2021 Couture Season

Couture season for spring 2021 was particularly lovely beauty-wise, with models’ hair often adorned. For Giambattista Valli, Odile Gilbert pumped up the volume. Valli told her he wanted a hairstyle proportionate to the collection’s large dresses. So they went for big hair festooned with flowers and bows. “To make it happy,” said Gilbert. “The inspiration was Marisa Berenson, when she […]

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Prestige Fragrance Sales Increase During Holiday Season

During its most important selling period, prestige fragrances are experiencing an increase in sales for the holiday season. In a report released by the NPD Group, sales for prestige fragrances increased 8 percent year-to-date through October. This year, fragrances have generated $2.7 billion in sales, growing at a faster rate than the previous year. The report indicates the fragrance market […]

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The Smell Test: Gabrielle Chanel

The Score: 4.2 The Verdict: Chanel’s first new fragrance pillar in 15 years, meant as a Millennial answer to No. 5, failed to fully impress our panel of exacting judges. While the scent was immediately recognized for its luxurious blend of ingredients—or, as one judge put it, for smelling “like money” and a few found it “elegant” and “delicate”—the general […]

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