Category: Fragrance
Great For Traveling — Lavanila Fragrances
Looking for a great, portable fragrance? Lavanila Laboratories presents the Healthy Fragrance Collection in two pretty, portable, and airplane friendly renditions—The Healthy Roller Ball Fragrance and The Healthy Fragrance One-Ounce Collection. Completely free of harsh chemicals typically found in fragrance, now you can enjoy Lavanila’s fresh, clean blends and revel in powerful, skin-healthy ingredients anytime, anywhere.
Lavanila has changed the way we spray and roll on fragrance with the World’s First Healthy Fragrance collection. The first to fuse luxury fragrance with natural science, all Lavanila scents are free of chemically-laden alcohol, petrochemicals, phthalates, synthetic colors, silicone, synthetic preservatives, sulfates, parabens, and propylene glycol that can dry and damage the skin and are instead formulated with 100% natural ingredients such as pure essential oils and skin soothing botanicals. With each spray or roll, a daily dose of 30 essential vitamins and minerals and 19 amino acids is delivered to the skin and locked below the skin’s epidermis via an exclusive marine technology.
Lavanila Healthy Roller Ball Fragrance ($19 each): Housed in a sleek, spill-proof bottle, this travel-sized roller-ball perfume eliminates the risk of spills—a must for any purse or cosmetics case.
Lavanila Healthy Fragrance One-Ounce Collection ($39 each): These cute and convenient minis fit in your carry-on cosmetics case so you never have to be without your favorite Lavanila fragrances, even on the plane.
The Lavanila Healthy Roller Ball Fragrance and One Ounce Fragrances are available in the following scents:
Pure Vanilla: a soothing blend of rich Madagascar vanilla and soft freesia
Vanilla Grapefruit: a refreshing blend of pink grapefruit and warm Madagascar vanilla
Vanilla Coconut: an exotic blend of fresh coconut oil, tiare flower and warm Madagascar vanilla
Vanilla Lavender: a tranquil blend of Spanish lavender, rose absolute, violet leaf, and warm Madagascar vanilla
I have tried the Healthy Fragrance One-Ounce in Vanilla Coconut. I love the sweet, tropical scent that has a warm lasting note. Very nice!
You can purchase these fab fragrances at Sephora, www.sephora.com and www.lavanila.com. Enjoy!
Find a New Fragrance For Your Hair, Body and Home For Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a great time to try new fragrances for your body, hair and home to set the mood for romance and to make yourself feel sexy.
NEST Fragrances Bar Soaps ($16.00 USD) — These lightly scented French-milled soaps contain shea butter and almond oil to create a rich, luxurious lather while and nourishing the skin with antioxidant vitamin E. Available in: Moss & Mint, Bamboo, Moroccan Amber, Orange Blossom, Wasabi Pear, and Grapefruit. I tried the Orange Blossom and I loved it. This is a flowery, romantic scent that is perfect for this season! Purchase at Neiman Marcus or online at neimanmarcus.com
Designed for dry and frizzy hair, the LOVE Smoothing Shampoo ($22.00 USD) uses prickly pear extract to provide intense moisture to hair and scalp. Rice Proteins create a protective layer on the hair and Olive Oil acts as an emollient while Indian Fig Extract heals hair cuticles, leaving hair manageable. LOVE Smoothing Conditioner ($25.00 USD) works to replenish both hair and scalp, restoring heat-damaged hair with Vitamin E, moisturizing with rice bran wax and nourishing hair and scalp with borage oil. The blend of moisturizers and silicones leaves hair soft, silky and manageable and loved. The fig scent is fantastic, too. Visit www.davines.com for salon locations.
The Bath and Body Works Black Currant Vanilla Massage Oil ($16.00 USD) — This sexy oil is fragranced with at combination Black Currant and Vanilla. Vanilla Absolute soothes and calms to instill feelings of comfort. The soothing oil blend contains Sunflower Oil, rich in the antioxidant Vitamin E, to moisturize skin and help keep it young looking. Massage into freshly cleansed skin or add to warm running bath water for the ultimate relaxing bath. Visit www.bathandbodyworks.com to learn more and to purchase.
Designed to evoke over 19 different moods, emotions and locales from around the world, the moment you inhale one of TOCCA’s Candle ($36.00 USD) fragrances, you are instantly transformed to a place far beyond your current reality. Available in 26 fragrances ($36 each). I love the Bianca Candle. With notes of green tea, lemon and a dash of sugar, Bianca leaves you sitting seaside in Italy, enjoying life and sipping tea. Approximate burn time: 60 hours. Visit www.tocca.com or www.sephora.com to purchase.
Enjoy the romance!
Give A New Fragrance This Christmas
Do you need a fragrance for a unique lady who doesn’t want to smell like everyone else? Try a fragrance from one of the companies below and the lady will love being different! Try:
Rosie Jane Leila Lou Holiday Gift Set ($52.00) includes 2 oz. Body Lotion, 12 Hour Candle and 5ml fragrance oil. Made with 100 percent essential oils and certified organic ingredients, the Leila Lou Body Lotion offers an easy-to-wear fragrance with hints of fresh cut grass and notes of tangerine and pear. The scent became a cult-classic with the 2009 launch of Leila Lou’s Roller Ball Oil Fragrance – a favorite of celebrities including Jennifer Garner, Rachel Bilson and Vanessa Hudgens. Available at www.rosiejanecosmetics.com
Krigler Extraordinaire Camelia ²09 (100ml: $265; 50ml: $185) — Created in 2009 to celebrate Krigler’s 105th Anniversary, Extraordinaire Camelia ²09 gathers two sorts of Camellias flowers, corsican lemon, pink peppercorn from florida, indian cardamom, Bourbon Vanilla, Musc de Baur, Cedar, Chinese Tea. In the flower’s language, Camellia symbolises excellence, pride, abnegation and modesty. To offer Extraordinaire Camelia ²09 means to declare the perfect love, to recognize an ideal relationship. Visit www.krigler.com to purchase.
Alvarez Gomez Madrid is synonymous with tradition, distinction, fine quality, unique style and the authenticity of the Spanish perfume industry. Family owned and 100% Spanish the company has reigned Spain’s number one perfume house since 1899. A pioneering brand harnessing the benefits of essential plant oils and floral essences, clean and natural combining Mediterranean plants, flowers and fruits. Agua De Colonia Concentrada ($28.00 100ml) — Their signature perfume combining extracts of Lemon, Spanish Lavender, Geranium and Eucalyptus with essential oils of Rosemary, Thyme, English Lavender and Bergamot. The line is expanded into a full line of bath and body from soaps to deodorants. https://minnewyork.com/manufacturer/alvarez-gomez-madrid
Enjoy your new scent!
Fab Beauty Stocking Stuffers Under $10.00 Part 2
Stuff her stocking with really original gifts that are $10.00 and under. Choose natural solid perfumes from Burt’s Bees, a delicious chocolate lotion from Philip B. and new nail polishes from Twilight Beauty — yes, THE Twilight franchise has a high-end makeup line so she can look like her favorite vampire or vampire lover!
Burt’s Bees has recently released solid perfumes ($10.00 USD) in four scents, Naturally Beautiful, Naturally Happy, Naturally Fresh and Naturally Sensual. The descriptions are:
Naturally Beautiful– Feel beautiful with this 100% natural fusion of Peach, Jasmine, Black Tea, Ylang Ylang and Vanilla. A perfect balance of fresh fruits and flower blossoms infuses a solid base of skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters to provide a pure, lovely fragrance for her.
Naturally Happy — Fill your days with smiles with this 100% natural solid perfume bursting with bold citrus-floral notes from Brazilian Oranges, Florida Grapefruits, Rose Petals and Cedarwood. This solid perfume is formulated with some of the best ingredients found in nature – fragrant botanical oils fused with skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters.
Naturally Fresh — Fresh and energizing, this 100% natural fragrance sparkles with sunny notes of Lemon and Grapefruit mixed with woodsy Cedar. This vibrant solid perfume is infused with some of the best ingredients found in nature – fragrant botanical oils mixed with skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters.
Naturally Sensual — Exude feminine sensuality with this 100% natural fusion of Italian Lemon, Sweet Pineapple, Rose-Geranium, Vanilla and woody Patchouli. A perfect blend of fresh fruits, floral and woodsy notes infused a solid base of skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters to provide a pure, sexy fragrance for her.
Visit www.burtsbees.com to learn more and to purchase.
Philip B. 2oz Chocolate Milk Body Crème ($10.00 USD) A rich, happy smell – the finest Chocolate and Vanilla Extracts are blended in this subtle and sophisticated crème. This very moisturizing product makes a great stocking stuffer for your sister or BFF! Available at www.philipb.com.
Nox Twilight nail polish ($6.99 USD) is the newest edition of products from Twilight Beauty. Inspired by the powerful Cullen coven, this line of professional quality nail polish prominently features the enduring Cullen crest on the center of each bottle. Buy your favorite shades or splurge on the Ultimate Collection of all 12 shades at a TwilightBeauty.com exclusive price of $65 $40 (a $84 value).
To reflect each unique member of this clan, Nox Twilight provides a wide array of shades:
Red Velvet – Classic cherry red
Chiffon – Soft delicate pink
Debutante – Fresh peachy-pink
Sugar Plum – Plummy iridescent
Disco Darling – Glimmer shimmer
Wine & Dine – Sparkling champagne
Talon – Forbidding navy
Sangria – Vampy bordeaux
Black Tie – Best-dressed black
Poseidon – Sky blue
Crush – Sassy hot pink
Citrus – Energizing bright orange
Right now I am loving Sugar Plum. It is bright and shiny, which is perfect for the holiday season. Afterwards, I can see my self wearing Sangria or Talon for the rest of the winter. This is very good quality polish, but I suggest wearing a top coat to keep color chip-free for longer. I wore it without a top coat and it didn’t chip for about 3 days, which is pretty good! Visit www.twilightbeauty.com to purchase.
Yves Rocher Vanille Noire Eau de Parfum
Vanille Noire Eau de Parfum ($58.00 USD 1.7 fl. oz.) — The description from the website is:
Surrender to the temptation of scented skin, infused with a rare sensuality. Between freshness and sensuality, transparency and depth, Vanille Noire gently reveals its woody character on contact with your skin. This creation is based on the three most attractive qualities of vanilla, which unveil a treasure trove of nuances and subtleties on your skin. Olfactory family: Vanilla, woody, fresh:
– the sensual, leathery notes of Vanilla Bourbon Absolute,
– sweet and floral Tahitian Vanilla Absolute,
– Ugandan Vanilla Absolute with its spicy, woody character.
Vanille Noire Perfumed Body Lotion ($28.00 USD 6.7 fl.oz): This silky, perfumed lotion moisturizes your skin and envelops you in the sophisticated, sensual fragrance of Vanille Noire Eau de parfum. This creation is based on the three most attractive qualities of vanilla, which unveil a treasure trove of nuances and subtleties on your skin. The Plus: A gentle, moisturizing formula, enriched with Shea butter.
What I think: I love this deep, vanilla scent. It is not too sweet, which is a plus, and it is sultry enough for the cold weather seasons. This collection also includes a very fragrant shower gel and an affordable roll-on perfume ($9.00 USD).
Visit www.yvesrocherusa.com to learn more and to purchase these.
Kenzo Homme Woody EDT
Looking for a sexy Fall scent for your favorite man? One of my favorite fragrance companies, Kenzo, has released a perfect men’s cologne for the season, Kenzo Homme Woody ($72.00 USD 3.4 oz, $54.00 USD 1.7 oz).
The Kenzo website describes this scent as, ” An aromatic woody fragrance with an intense and vibrant trail. The energy of fresh, fusing leaves, mint and basil, mingles with the power of woody notes of vetiver and Atlas cedar. The fragrance of a free spirit who draws his strength from nature, between sky and earth.” The scent is:
-Woody, aromatic
-Recommended for both day and night wear
-Atlas cedar base blends with black pepper and mint
What I (and my husband) thought: This is a very masculine scent, with a twist — it is not only woodsy, it has a refreshing kick to it. I also think that it is fresh enough to wear all year, not just in the Fall.
Visit www.kenzousa.com to purchase this scwent. Enjoy!
American Beauty True Delight Perfume
Looking for a fresh, fruit scent to take you from Summer into Fall? Kohl’s American Beauty brand has released True Delight, a scent for all of the lovers of fruity fragrance notes!
True Delight’s main notes are peach and magnolia, with a base of musky wood.
Check this out at a Kohl’s near you or visit www.kohls.com. It will be available in September.
Heat Up Your Summer With SummerByKenzo Perfume!
The summer season may be winding down (hopefully, it is so HOT), but, you can smell like summer all year round with SummerByKenzo perfume. Kenzo’s description of this sunny scent is:
Emerging from a burst of sunshine, SUMMERBYKENZO blends an array of opposites: Sensual and Modern, Refreshing and Warm, Floral and Sweet to create a sultry and succulent fragrance that caresses the skin. The sun’s rays shine through the golden lines of its leaf-shaped bottle.
What I think: Because of the combination of bergamot, citrus and musk, this sexy scent is perfect for all seasons, not only summer. This is perfect for women who want a lighter scent, but not one that is too fruity or floral. It’s light without being too girly.
Visit www.kenzousa.com to learn more and to purchase this fab scent!
Looking for a New Fragrance? Try Botanical Essence No. 1 by Liz Earle
Ever tried a natural fragrance before? I haven’t. But I have tried Liz Earle botanical skincare and it is wonderful. So I was excited to try their Botanical Essence No. 1 ($78.00 USD for 50ml/1.6fl.oz), which is made up of over 98% directly derived from natural ingredients including high-altitude lavender from France, damask rose from Turkey, Italian bergamot and spicy patchouli from Indonesia.
The creator of the fragrance, Jean Charles Niel, took 3 years to finish it. He states, “This creative process gave me the time and the opportunity to craft a fragrance working with the highest quality ingredients. Using the Instant Boost Skin Tonic as a starting point, I looked into the glamour of the brand and Liz’s image to create a vibrant sparkling floral with a beautiful rose at its heart translating into warmth and sensuality for the dry down.”
The notes are:
Top notes: bergamot, mandarin, orange bigarad, lemon, and Cardamom
Middle notes: rose absolute, lavender, geranium, coriander and nutmeg
Base notes: cedarwood, vetiver, tonka bean and patchouli
What I think: This fragrance is so complex, it took a few days for me to decide what I was smelling! The fruity notes battle with the spicy notes for dominance, but the spices win out. It is very deep and sexy, and if that is the type of fragrance you love, this is for you. It is a little strong for me, but I love the natural ingredients involved.
Learn more about this fragrance at www.us.lizearle.com. Enjoy!
Forty, Flirty & Fabulous 