New Fragrance Reviews: Scent Bar for Target – Cabana, Forbidden, Sunswept, and Blush + Reader’s Choice Draw

August 3, 2012

Recently it was announced that Los Angeles-based perfume emporium Scent Bar was launching a new collection of bath and body products in partnership with Target stores. I decided to adopt a wait-and-see attitude, because I know that snobbery can come back to bite you in the butt, and I’m glad I did. I received a nice array of the products to test, and I am happy to say they are really good.

New Fragrance: Isaac Mizrahi Fabulous

August 3, 2012August 3, 2012

If there is one word to describe Isaac Mizrahi’s personality and sense of style it would be FABULOUS. It’s also the name of his debut fragrance for women.

The Winner of It’s Me Jacomo Perfume Draw

August 3, 2012August 4, 2012

Last year’s release of the “It’s Me” pair continued this trend with bottles shaped like iPhones that contained modern youth-friendly interpretations of classic perfume structures

Heart Notes

August 2, 2012September 11, 2020

Ground Zero smelled of concrete, smoke, dust, glass and death. And then, all too suddenly, it didn’t smell of anything. Perfume, I realized, is the scent of life itself: an intermingling of different smells which, at any given time, combine and pass a threshold, entering our minds as a whole.

New Fragrance: COCO NOIR Jaques Polge Unveils The Mystery of Black

August 2, 2012August 2, 2012

Created by Jacques Polge,, COCO NOIR marks a return to Oriental fragrances for the House. Recalling his journey to unveil the mystery of black through fragrance, he explains, “The night vision of the ‘Orient that starts and ends in Venice’ imposed itself upon me, and that is where I wanted to go.”

New Fragrance: Juliette Has a Gun “Mad Madam” Eau de Parfum

August 2, 2012

Mad Madame has this touch of craziness, which she is happily displaying. Endowed with a sense of provocation, she enjoys being looked at and igniting conversations. As Oscar Wilde once said, ‘The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.’ -Romano Ricci, Juliette has a Gun