fragrance
Nail Artist Leeanne Colley
DEBORAH FULSANG chats with go-to runway nail artist Leeanne Colley of Tips Nail Bar in Toronto about her favourite scents, from Jello to Womanity. QUESTION:…
Barb Atkin
Vice-president fashion direction at Holt Renfrew, Barb Atkin, talks about perfume and the role it plays in her high-style life. QUESTION: First fragrance and how…
Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
By Ashley Kowalewski Sweet, spicy, delectable: all the things that describe the decadent delicacies you would find at British high tea. Jo Malone London, makers…
Miss Universe perfume and The Scent of Sexism for sale
By Erin Richardson What does Miss Universe smell like? Notes of chauvinism layered with spray tan. At least, that’s what feminists would have you believe.…
Destination Fragrances Part II: ADVENTURE GETAWAYS
By Ashley Kowalewski Aching for a getaway? A little mid-winter adventure escape from this cold and slushy snow? How about a stroll around some exotic…
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,…
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…
Nicki Minaj’s perfume: Pink Friday
Rap chameleon Nicki Minaj has just released her first perfume, named after her 2010 sophomore album Pink Friday. Never one to miss the opportunity to shock…
UNDER-$50 FRIDAY: PRINCIPESSA PERFUMES
Principessa Beauty, Italian-inspired and Vancouver-based makers of sweet smelling and undeniably girly beauty products, has a line of four Piccola Perfume Oils—Arietta, Belloccia, Isolina, and…