Stella’s love of perfume and patterns
We buy fragrance for so many reasons: the scent, the history, the romance, the brand and the package. If y0u’re a collector with a passion…
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Perfume Style à la Anna Karenina
High society, couture and an illicit affair: Joe Wright’s take on Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is a dramatic affair. And Keira Knightley’s turn in pearls and…
Citrus spotlight on Kilian Hennessey Bamboo Harmony
Straight from the Asian Tales of Kilian Hennessey’s exotic imagination comes Bamboo Harmony, an ethereal blend of orange notes combined with mimosa, resinous mate, pepper,…
Cinderella Spritz
Almost every little girl has dreamed of being Cinderella at one time or another. And, who are we kidding? Every woman probably has too—have you…
20 years of Thierry Mugler Angel-inspired theatre
Thierry Mugler’s now-legendary Angel perfume is the stuff of fantasy. And on the occasion of the scent’s 20th anniversary, The Bay is offering a mini-retrospective…
FRUITY FOCUS ON DOT BY MARC JACOBS
Marc Jacobs created this flirty perfume with red berries and cactus apple to be playful—inspired by the insouciance of the polka dot. A veil of…
Oscar de la Renta’s joies de vivre
By Deborah Fulsang Over the course of Oscar de la Renta’s career—begun in sketching for the renowned Cristobel Balenciaga as an art student to assisting…
Pattinson rumoured new Dior Homme model
Twi-hard fans can rest easy knowing that their favourite sexy-vampire actor Robert Pattinson will still be in the spotlight, even after the saga wraps. Rumours…
AROMATIC LOOK AT CLOSER BY HALLE BERRY
Halle Berry wanted a masculine aromatic fougère that would appeal to a woman’s sensibilities. In contrasting opposing facets of violet flowers and mimosa with cashmere,…
The Amber Odyssey of Hermès
Handsome and romantic, bold and soft, dry and lush: The new L’Ambre des Merveilles perfume from Hermès is a beautiful meld of contradictions. The fifth…
Bond in a bottle: 007, the fragrance
How to bottle masculinity? Such was the challenge for beauty behemoth P&G in creating the new James Bond fragrance. Sophisticated, mysterious, sexy, smart: the iconic…