Showing posts with label solid fragrances. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solid fragrances. Show all posts

September 29, 2017

Fragrant Friday - Derek Lam 10 Crosby Parfum Sticks

Derek Lam 10 Crosby Parfum Stick - 3.5g - $49 - a new and fresh take on fragrance in a portable and practical solid form housed in a sophisticated twist-up stick that provides up to six hours of wear. Use it on its own or layer it with the 10 Crosby Eau de Parfum for a more immersive experience.

There are 5 scents available:

2AM Kiss - inspired by the provocative nature of having just met at a club, leaving together after hours, stumbling onto the street where it is just the two of you and sharing your first kiss, it's an intimate scent encounter of salty caramel wrapped in rich, crystallized amber to create an irresistible, slightly intoxicating and absolutely addictive experience.

Silent St. - inspired by the peace and silence on New York City streets after a snowfall, it's a soft, floral, fresh scent that evokes a sense of quiet peace with its clean, pure aura and is filled with the essence of pure white musks - like fresh fallen snow, its perfume is ethereal in its simplicity.

Drunk On Youth - inspired by the ecstasy of being young and free, it's a tender, budding blend of sunny honeysuckle and crisp apple that is sophisticated, yet innocent, a fragrant breath of fresh air.

Rain Day - inspired by a rainy day on Crosby Street, it's an enchanting balance of tropical Haitian vetiver and citrusy Tunisian neroli for an unexpected mix that creates a chic take on your typical fresh and fruity perfume.

Blackout - inspired by the New York City blackout of 2003, it's a deeply romantic blend of complex osmanthus and chai tea essence with the sweetness of the flower sensually merging with the spiciness of the tea to create an alluring fragrance with a dangerous edge.

If you love a fragrance that travels, this is the one for you - it easily slips into a gym bag, purse or desk drawer with no fears of spilling or leaking - making fragrance touch-ups on the go super easy! It also has great staying power, each fragrance stick features the true form and essence of its raw ingredients developed with skin conditioning emollients, such as jojoba oil and formulated with long-wear technology so you get the same length of use that you would out of your eau de parfum!

Available now at sephora.ca and at select Hudson's Bay and Nordstrom locations come November.

- Lisamarie -

October 23, 2014

30 Days of BCA - Day 23 - Estée Lauder Modern Muse Solid Perfume Compact

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month when all our favourite brands will be coming out with special edition products that in some way, will benefit charities associated with the disease.

A great thing all on its own - add in that many of the products will be pink and you've got something well worth talking about!

Be sure to come back everyday at 11:30am when we will be featuring a new BCA product!

Estée Lauder Modern Muse Solid Perfume Compact - $55 - a lush woody fragrance with an innovative dual-impression structure that features two contrasting aspects: Sparkling Jasmine Accord and Sleek Woods Accord in a limited edition solid perfume compact.

100% of the retail price of the compact will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Available now at Holt Renfrew, Hudson's Bay Yorkdale and online at www.esteelauder.ca until June 30, 2015 while supplies last. 

- Lisamarie -

And don't miss out on the other great days:


October 16, 2013

30 Days of BCA - Day 16 - Estée Lauder Evelyn Lauder Dream Solid Perfume Compact

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month when all our favourite brands will be coming out with special edition products that in some way, will benefit charities associated with the disease.

A great thing all on its own - add in that many of the products will be pink and you've got something well worth talking about!

Be sure to come back everyday at 11:30am when we will be featuring a new BCA product!

Estée Lauder Evelyn Lauder Dream Solid Perfume Compact - $55 - a hand-crafted compact with a beautifully detailed new Pink Ribbon design and filled with Pleasures fragrance. Inscribed in the collectible compact is "Estée Lauder Breast Cancer Awareness 2013."

100% of the compact proceeds will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Available at select Estée Lauder counters and at www.esteelauder.ca - while supplies last.

And be sure to check out the other days:

Day 1 - Bobbi Brown French Pink Set 
Day 2 - Sephora Purposely Pink Lip Duo
Day 3 - Avon Love Ribbon Breast Cancer Awareness Necklace 
Day 4 - Aveda Hand Relief 
Day 5 - Mixed Chicks Leave-In Condtioner
Day 6 - Origins Drink Up Hydrating Lip Balm in Pink Guava 
Day 7 - Sephora Makeup Made Simple BCA Palette 
Day 8 - Aerie Bridget Push-Up Bra 
Day 9 - Estée Lauder Evelyn Lauder and Elizabeth Hurley Dream Lip Collection
Day 10 - Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion 
Day 11 - Murad Hydrate for Hope 
Day 12 - La Mer The Hand Treatment
Day 13 - AG Hair Cosmetics Fast Food Leave On Conditioner
Day 14 - OPI Pink of Hearts 2013
Day 15 - Wonderbra Special Edition Chantilly Lace Bra 
Estée Lauder Evelyn Lauder and Elizabeth Hurley Dream Lip Collection - See more at: http://www.beautycrazed.ca/#sthash.JSpV0lnm.dpuf

- Lisamarie -

November 21, 2012

Fragrances that love to travel from Benefit, mark. Chloé and Burberry!

Benefit Crescent Row Set - 4 x 10ml - $40 - includes 3 Crescent Row faves: Laugh With Me LeeLee, My Place Or Yours Gina, Ring My Bella and the brand new See & Be Seen Sasha.

Available at Sephora and sephora.ca.
mark. Fragrance Hits Solid Fragrance Pencil Trio - 3 x 2.5g - $18 - 3 of mark's hottest scents: Celebrate, Jewel and Very Sassy in a clever pencil format!

Available from your Avon rep - 1-800-265-AVON or online at www.avon.ca.
Chloé Bianca Solid Perfume Necklace - $75 - contains the classic Chloé scent in a solid form in a blush toned enamelled locket.

Available at Holt Renfrew and Sears. 
Burberry Body Purse Spray - 15ml x 2 - $68 - all the Burberry Body goodness is an elegant case that comes with 2 refills.

Available at Sephora and sephora.ca. 

- Lisamarie - 

July 6, 2012

Fragrant Friday - Hello Kitty Big Pink Bow Fragrance

Hello Kitty has a new fragrance and I have to say, I really like this one! I mean, I like the idea of Hello Kitty anything but the first fragrance was a little too flowery for my taste so I really only admired the bottle without actually wearing the fragrance.

Big Pink Bow on the other hand is fresh and pretty - me likee!
With top notes of juicy pineapple and pink honeysuckle; a heart note of fresh gardenia; and a base of clean coconut, vanilla and kissed skin accord.

It comes in several forms - with the ring obviously being my fave:

Hello Kitty Big Pink Bow Solid Perfume Ring - $35

Hello Kitty Big Pink Bow 50ml EDT - $70

Hello Kitty Big Pink Bow Rollergirl - $23

Available at Sephora and at www.sephora.com

- Lisamarie -

January 20, 2012

Fragrant Friday - L'Occitane Cherry Princess

Just in time for Valentine's Day, L'Occitane has a new limited edition fragrance that combines the juicy scents of cherries with a delicate floral softness - L'Occitane Cherry Princess - my uneducated sniffer discerns more floral than fruity in this fragrance, but there is a fruity bite to it which enough to make my fruity loving self a fan!

Available in the collection:

Eau de Toilette - 50ml - $38
Solid Perfume - 10g - $14 - keeps you a Cherry Princess on the go!
Silky Body Gel - 250ml - $32 - a moisturizing gel that melts into the skin leaving it soft and delicately scented
Pearlescent Shower Cream - 250ml - $22 - transforms into a foam on contact with water which cleanses skin and leaves behind a lingering scent
Hand Cream - 30ml - $12 - a gel-cream enriched with shea butter to leave hands soft and supple - I am typing this with the hand cream on and I have to stop every few minutes to smell my hands, they smell so delish! If you aren't a regular hand cream wearer but know you should be, scented ones are a great way to inspire yourself to wear it!

Available February at all L'Occitane boutiques across Canada as well as online at www.loccitane.ca

- Lisamarie -

November 22, 2011

Gift a fragrance in a new and different way! With a few options from Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga!

Why not just give a fragrance? - you may wonder. I am a big fan of giving fragrance as a gift - and I think most of my giftees are happy to get it, but there are a couple of problems I run into: the fragrance they like is expensive and just not in my budget that month or they only wear one fragrance and how many bottles of the same thing does anyone need? The solution of course are items from the same fragrance family and these days, there are lots to choose from!

Small budget? Perfumed soap is luxurious and not the kind of thing people will usually buy for themselves - it can also be kept in your lingerie drawer to keep your dainties smelling great! It can sometimes be hard to find as not every line does a soap but you can't go wrong with:

Chanel N°5 Bath Soap - 150g - $27 - it's Chanel, what more needs to be said for heaven's sake!
Solid perfumes are another way to gift fragrance which you can find it in very simple cases all the way up to full on jewellery like this little pretty:

Marc Jacobs Daisy Solid Perfume - 0.75g - $45 - it's a ring, it's a necklace, it's a perfume, it's like the superhero of fragrances! With notes of wild strawberry, violet leaves, ruby red grapefruit, gardenia, violet petals, jasmine petals, musk, vanilla infusion and white woods. Available at Holt Renfrew, Sears, Sephora, Murale and select The Bay stores.
You can never go wrong with a fragranced lotion, especially in the winter!

Bottega Veneta Body Lotion - 200ml - $65 - the scent is a leathery floral chypre with notes of bergamot, patchouli, oak moss, jasmine sambac and pink peppercorn. Available at Holt Renfrew and select The Bay stores.
If you are giving a gift to someone you don't know as well and think fragrance might be a little too personal, a fragranced candle is perfect - still very thoughtful but not as intimate!

Balenciaga L'Essence Candle -210g - $75 - helps create an ambiance characterized by the fragrant interplay of leaves, delicate flowers and soft mosses. Available at Holt Renfrew and select The Bay stores.

Other fragranced non-fragrance ideas will be gratefully received!

- Lisamarie -
a leathery floral chypre with notes of bergamot, patchouli, oak moss, jasmine sambac and pink peppercorn
a leathery floral chypre with notes of bergamot, patchouli, oak moss, jasmine sambac and pink peppercorn
a leathery floral chypre with notes of bergamot, patchouli, oak moss, jasmine sambac and pink peppercorn

May 24, 2011

New and Notable at Shoppers Drug Mart - Paco Rabanne, Quo, Lacoste and Olay!

If you like your fragrances to go, you will be "charmed" by the new Paco Rabanne offerings within the popular 1 Million and Lady Million lines -
The 1 Million Travel Spray for men - 20ml - $40
The Lady Million Solid Perfume - 2g - $48
A couple of new additions to the Quo regular line have appeared: Quo Baked Bronzer - $20 - in three shades: Beach Babe - gold tones, Bronzed Goddess - bronze tones and Sun Princess - pink tones - in a baked formula that blends easily to create a soft glow.
Quo Body Glow - $25 - smooth over the face and body to enhance skin's natural radiance.  Use to highlight specific features or smooth everywhere to create all-over luminosity.  It has a lightweight formula for comfortable all-day wear and hydrating properties to help keep skin looking and feeling fresh.
Lacoste Joy of Pink - 50ml EDT - $72 - 90ml EDT $90 - with top notes of sparkling grapefruit aromas; a heart of Blue Curaçao enhanced with floral notes of peony and base notes of  cedar and musk.  This is a total Lisamarie kind of scent so you will be pleased and/or horrified to know that the optimum points burning a hole in my pocket got me this baby for free - because what I really need in life is another fragrance!
Olay Body Rituals collection - Luscious Embrace - a whole new line of Olay bath products enriched with jojoba butter and crushed orchid extract.  The fragrance has top notes of exotic papaya, blackberry juice and black current; middle notes of calla lily, vanilla orchid and pink rose; and base notes of creamy sandalwood, vanilla bean and powdery musk.  Available in the collection is: Moisturizing Body Wash - 295ml - $8.99, Cleansing Body Wash - 354ml - $9.99, Body Bar - $5.99 (keep an eye out for Erin the Soap Guy's review of this coming soon) and Body Lotion - 250ml - $6.99 - 350ml - $8.99

- Lisamarie -

November 23, 2010

Solid fragrances that are charming from Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs and Thierry Mugler!

Fragrance is one of my favourite things to give as a gift and of course I like to give good quality fragrances - I just find that sometimes, the cost of a bottle of fragrance is more then I'm looking to spend!  Solid perfumes are a great alternative and they come in such fun packaging - who wouldn't love to receive one of these:?!
Calvin Klein Beauty Solid Perfume Compact - $50 - It looks so sleek and classy! Available in December at The Bay.
Daisy Marc Jacobs Solid Perfume Ring - $42 - Love this big chunky ring! Available at Holt Renfrew, The Bay, Sears, Sephora, Murale, Shoppers Drug Mart, Jean Coutu and London Drugs.
Lola Mac Jacobs Solid Perfume Bracelet - $49 - I'm still not a huge fan of the rubber flower, I would have loved it if they had did this in the velvet edition material! Available at Holt Renfrew, The Bay, Sears, Sephora, Murale, Shoppers Drug Mart, Jean Coutu and London Drugs
Angel Perfume Ring - $75 - made from silvered samak and adorned with 70 crystallized Swarovski elements. Angel is one of my favourite fragrances and I think this ring is the cutest thing - hint, hint! Available exclusively at The Bay.

- Lisamarie -