Chanel Commandeers Cinco de Mayo
We went to a highly DL event a few months back to preview the new Chanel No. 5 cinemercial, Train de Nuit, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The short film features Audrey Tautou, who replaces Nicole Kidman and Keira Knightley as the latest actress to co-star alongside the iconic fragrance. As it turns out, that press [...]
The Price Of Getting Pretty For Politics
In case you missed this little gem tucked away in the national section of Saturday’s New York Times, team McCain apparently filed new campaign finance figures last week with the Federal Election Commission, revealing that it spent $165,000 over the course of nine weeks on three stylists to help make over Sarah Palin. The article [...]
Perfume You Can Literally Bathe In
If you have a few thousand dollars to burn this holiday season, Chanel has the answer for what to get the No. 5 lover in your life: that would be No. 5, supersized. The French brand is releasing three special-edition bottles of the classic scent, in 225, 450, and 900 ml sizes, the latter of [...]
Dior Sends Its Nose To New York
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, the House of Christian Dior released La Collection Particuliere last year, a trio of limited-edition perfumes created by designer John Galliano in collaboration with perfumer François Demachy. The three fragrances—Passage No. 4, a rose scent; Passage No. 8, with hints of violet and iris; and Passage No. 9, which is [...]
the smell of bill blass couture
Bill Blass has entered the designer fragrance game—actually, make that the couture fragrance game. In the brand’s first foray into scent, it released Bill Blass Couture 1, 3, 6, and 7 last week, exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue. Inspired by fashion, each of the four perfumes is an ode to a different couture dress from [...]




