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…
Suzi Weiss-Fischmann of OPI
On her recent trip into Toronto, we had the occasion to sit down and lunch with the charming and down-to-earth Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, Executive VP &…
Lady Gaga
September 13, 2012 marked the official debut of Fame, the much-anticipated Lady Gaga perfume, with a masquerade soirée at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in…
Store fragrance in the fridge and make it last longer
So the snow has already threatened to flurry—or perhaps it’s already fluttering down where you are—which means you’re firmly in the winter-woolly mindset. Or at…
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…
Perfume and politics: Michelle Obama, Ann Romney
As the world tunes into the American election to see who will lead the superpower for another four years, we in the style-obsessed peanut gallery…
Cedar to oud: the wonders of wood
By Deborah Fulsang What a rose is to women’s perfume, wood is to history’s portfolio of men’s fragrances. Not that women’s spritzes aren’t embracing wood—Chanel’s…
ORIENTAL FOCUS ON LADY GAGA FAME
Make mine black you little monster. Only Lady Gaga could approve of Belladonna Atropa and Black Veil of Incense for her debut scent, a toxic…