Fragrance / Aromatherapy

Fall is a season of transition and beauty junkies and perfume lovers are quick to admit that a change in makeup and fragrance does a woman good. It’s the perfect time to ditch the light, beachy scents of summer and gravitate towards a stronger — though not empowering — scent. Plus, it’s an easy way [...]

Essential oils, the fundamental ingredient in aromatherapy, are some of nature’s best gifts, and if experimenting with said oils is something new for you, there’s no better time to play around with potions and scents than in the summer season.
The oils below — rose, geranium, grapefruit, bergamot, eucalyptus, and tea tree — are all known [...]

As the face of Avon for the past two years, Reese Witherspoon has taken on a new role for the beauty brand and is putting her nose to the grind, literally. Due out this fall is In Bloom, Witherspoon’s first perfume creation and the first global celebrity initiative for Avon. Read more in WWD.

The summer is a great time to switch up your scent – ditch the heavier fragrances (think patchouli, vanilla and amber) and opt for a fruity, floral and lighter perfume or cologne. Plus, experimenting with fragrance is a great way to switch up your style without any major investing. Here are some ideas to smell sweet this season.

You’ve heard all the muttering about finding a signature scent – a scent so uniquely “you” that it serves as your calling card. Yet, with billions of people in the world and the limited number of fragrances, chances are slim that what you choose will be yours alone.

The time: Winter 2008
The place: Yours
The gift: Romea d’Ameor Collection
I think this is a perfect gift for the holidays. Luckyscent is offering this exclusive line, which is the final masterpiece of retired perfumer Pierre Bourdon. He created fragrances such as Frederic Malle’s Iris Poudre and French Lover, Davidoff’s Cool Water, Shiseido’s Féminité du Bois, and [...]

I received this info courtesy of the good folks at Consumer Reports - if you haven’t already subscribed to their Shop Smart magazine you probably should. There’s nothing more valuable than honest advise to make shopping smarter — they don’t accept advertising which means you get unbiased info — brilliant!
Following is a reprint from their [...]

Nothing cools me off faster on a hot day like a giant glass of iced tea. I love the lemony-sugary jolt it provides. Plus the citrusy-tea scent is always a quicker picker upper.
This weekend I dug into mom’s bath stash to enjoy a shower with two of her latest acquisitions; L’Occitane’s Honey & Lemon Foaming [...]

They symbolize love, smell fabulous, and just so happen to be good for you. Really. Since ancient times, roses have been prized not only for their great beauty and fragrance, but also for the restorative effects that rosehip oil has on skin.
Rosehips are the little pods that are left after buds have fallen off the [...]

If you read the previous post about my unremarkable quirks you’ll remember I have a penchant for instruction manuals. It’s a strange fascination I know but I’m funny like that. I’m also a die-hard fragrance junkie. Florals, woods, citrus – you name it, if it’s appealingly smelly then I’m all over it.
The latest tome [...]

A recent bath reno has us crushin’ on new products to prettify a freshly-made-over loo – but they can’t just look pretty on the bath shelf, they have to actually work! These products pull double duty and satisfy our obsession with all things pretty AND functional.
Tiny Bubbles
Girly potions have never been more plentiful, and [...]

Let’s face it; the beauty industry is filled with euphemisms to make us feel better about ourselves. By telling myself that my oily t-zone was “dewy” I had managed to avoid the underlying problem of my combination skin for longer than necessary. So last night, while watching Terri Hatcher butcher Carrie Underwood’s Before He Cheats [...]