There are certain things that immediately bring to mind the holidays: the sight of Christmas trees and menorahs glowing through apartment windows; the taste of cinnamon and clove-infused confections; a Champagne hangover. But for us, it’s the olfactory that resonates most strongly this time of year, be it the smell of burning wood fires, gingerbread [...]

“Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?” John Keats asks in the oft-quoted verses of his famous poem “Ode to Autumn.” The answer? Long gone. This weekend is shaping up to be exceedingly pleasant, in New York at least, but in our heads we’ve already moved on to fall and the season’s [...]

Jo Malone’s new in-house perfumer Christine Nagel is known for her edgy and experimental compositions, so it comes as no surprise that her debut fragrance designs for the brand deliver some olfactory shock value. For the just-launched Intense Collection, Nagel combined potentially opposing ingredients into four harmonious yet unexpected blends. The quartet of scents takes [...]

Poppy King has always been a woman totally obsessed with lips. At 18, an age when most of us are busy getting ill-advised tattoos, King launched her first beauty brand in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia. Called Poppy, the collection comprised pigment-rich, matte lipsticks befitting of 1940’s screen sirens. It was a stroke of genius—and [...]

Jo Malone is known for an intoxicating array of fragrances, bath oils, and candles. Farrow & Ball has been creating über-luxe wallpaper and paint since the forties. What happened when these two posh British brands joined forces? Swoon-worthy scented candles housed in gorgeous, colorful packaging. Five of the most popular Jo Malone scents were paired [...]

I just finalized my December travel plans—Christmas in Montana, very excited. It took actually purchasing said plane ticket to conjure that warm and fuzzy holiday feeling, but there’s an easy and significantly cheaper way to get a jumpstart on some Yule-time glee if heading to Big Sky country isn’t in your future: Jo Malone’s limited-edition [...]

While Jo Malone has made herself something of a household name by championing “the art of fragrance combining” with her eponymous London-based company, you may be less familiar with her sister Tracey. That is, unless, of course, you are part of the Hollywood elite or English society set who swears by her facials and skin [...]

The clock is winding down to the official start of the Fashion’s Night Out festivities, so we thought we’d give you a few more reasons to go out and get gorgeous tomorrow night. Below, find our updated list of steals, deals, and general good times to be had all over the city. For the record, [...]

MAC Cosmetics has signed on for backstage duty at 86 shows for the upcoming Spring 2010 season, which means its pro beauty team is busy at work trying hundreds of different product combinations to pitch at designer meetings before the catwalk processions begin. “We put so much on that by the end of the day [...]

Known for fragrance combining, Jo Malone has introduced a pair of complementary scents in homage to Kohdo, the ancient Japanese art of incense appreciation. The driving force behind the tradition is the idea that specific emotions are influenced by specific scents, so the blend of ingredients in each fragrance becomes important as each individual note [...]