Met Gala 2015: The #ScentStyle of the Stars

Posted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/06/2015 - 12:41 AM

Celebrities, fashion icons, and music stars arrived in New York to celebrate the opening of the latest exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, "China: Through the Looking Glass.”

While many people look at the Met Gala as the pinnacle of red carpet fashion, none of the elaborate gowns or custom tailored suits are ever complete without its accessories. From decorated headpieces to sophisticated boutonnieres, we were in awe at some of the memorable looks!

However, despite photographs from over 225 photographers who were all personally hand chosen by Anna Wintour herself, there is still one question that we were left asking. What fragrances do you think the stars paired with their one-of-a-kind looks?

Here are some of scents that we think the stars used to complete their looks!

 

Fragrance Review: La Prairie's Midnight Rain

Posted by Dimitri on Wed, 04/29/2015 - 6:29 PM

In the fickle world of perfumery, serious perfumisti tend to turn their noses up at fruity floral fragrances... the glut of countless sugary-sweet synthetic fruity launches in recent years has seen us expect and look for more. Occasionally, however, a scent emerges which flies in the face of the norm... and La Prairie's gorgeous Midnight Rain is one of them. Presented in a twinkling flacon of darkest midnight blue, Midnight Rain is a fruity floral perfume which feels resolutely nocturnal!

 

Brimming with sensuous flowers - freesia, orchid, lily, and dark plum blossom - Midnight Rain is an overture to femininity. Dewy fruity accords of guava, mandarin and pomegranate provide a cornucopia of lip-smacking complexity, whilst an accomplished foundation of vetiver, patchouli, woods and musk hold aloft this fruiting/blossoming heart of colorful abundance. Midnight Rain is deep, seductive, and enchanting... a nocturnal Garden of Eden that flourishes under the waxing moon.

Few fragrances boast such quality and uniqueness... Midnight Rain is mature – but not elderly – and totally and wholly captivating.

Best worn at night...when its time to play!

Fragrance Review: Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Lys Soleia

Posted by Dimitri on Wed, 04/29/2015 - 6:19 PM

At the end of a long winter, don't you just love those days when you can detect a huff of spring on the air? That fleeting moment of solar warmth and the perfume of fresh blossoms cartwheeling under your nose? Well Guerlain have managed to bottle that joyous moment with their 2012 Aqua Allegoria release, Lys Soleia.

Lys Soleia is the epitome of temperate spring weather... a radiant floral that evokes sensations of sun on skin and thousand-colored flowers. A brief sparkling citrus facet is the precursor to a stunning assortment of flowers – heady lily, sensual ylang, and carnal tuberose. These notes are underpinned by soft, tropical fruity accords and a delectable cream/yellow ribbon of vanilla, which lends a velvet nectar-like softness to the scent. One can imagine the hum of heavy bumblebees floating by; their legs laiden with yellow pollen. The scent has a vanilla / musk trail that lingers for many hours. 

Lys Soleia is enchanting and enveloping... a perfume perfect for all times and all seasons, and one which warms the heart and the bones... just like the onset of spring!