“I’d catch a grenade for you…” so says Bruno Mars. Foolhardy really. Its suicidal – grenades blow you to smithereens! But I could not help that lyric popping into my head when I took a look at the bottle of the new Jimmy Choo fragrance. Do you not think it looks a little like a [...]
Fragrance
Do note that I’m not a perfume afficionado and as such I will feature perfumes and fragrances but I will not review them, in the traditional sense. This is because I am not good at describing scent, and because I strongly believe that fragrance is much too personal to review and to attach pros and cons to. We all have our favourite scents so I will tell you about the ones I like (and dislike) but you will have to ultimately smell it for yourself.
2 weeks ago, I showed you something quite interesting – fragrance incense paper – a strip of paper you burn to release the scent into the air, which helps fragrance a small area like a small room. It was by Maison Francis Kurkdjian – a luxury perfume house that has just opened its proverbial doors [...]
You may not recognize the name Francis Kurkdjian (or maybe you do). I didn’t. But then I’m not a perfume afficionado. Francis Kurkdjian the man, is the nose behind some of the best selling perfumes created for many brands, amongst them Elizabeth Arden Green Tea, Elie Saab Le Parfum, Giorgio Armani Armani Mania, Narciso Rodriguez [...]
DKNY has launched a new scent… and a Million Dollar Apple fragrance bottle. A. Million. Dollars. That’s like… a lot of money The iconic DKNY Delicious apple shaped bottle has the outline of the New York skyline on it, and is encrusted with over 2000 precious stones including diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires on a [...]
