Bobbi Brown launches new summer scent
The whole building knows when the ELLE beauty desk has a new fragrance obsession and this week the office smells particularly delightful, thanks to our latest beauty crush, Almost Bare, from Bobbi Brown.
We’re pretty sure we don’t have to explain the appeal of Bobbi Brown make-up and skin care (our makeup bags are always bulging full of her cosmetics), but she has also been creating fantastic fragrances for ten years and Almost Bare,£45, is the third scent in her range (Bobbi and Beach came first). We love it’s clean and classic aroma which combines bergamot with violet, cedar and amber and has a clever kick of citrus too. It’s a soft and subtle smell and has become our new everyday scent for summer so make sure you go and check it out when it launches nationwide next month.
Click here to visit Bobbi Brown's website
By Susannah Edwards
Posted: 12 June 2008
Stylist, perfumier, designer and art-director Serge Lutens is set to launch his first eponymous cosmetics line at Harvey Nichols, London tomorrow.
Serge Luten’s may not be a name you instantly recognise but you have probably seen his work – or smelt it. He started his career as a photographer for top fashion magazines in Paris, but turned his hand to make-up in the sixties, producing a make-up line for Christian Dior in 1967.
In 1980 he was appointed Creative and Art Director of Shisedo and started to create his world famous fragrances. He masterminded some of Shisedo’s most iconic scents including the ‘Nombre Noir’ in 1982, before opening his own perfumery ‘Les Salons du Palais Royal’. It’s no surprise then that his latest foray in to beauty, his new collection to the UK, Serge Luten ‘Neccessaire de Beaute’, has been created with Shiseido.
And the products match Luten’s beauty credentials. Reassuringly expensive, in chic black lacquered packaging, all the products bare the hall mark of great design and a make – up professional’s expertise.
The Kohl liner, £38, is a particular favourite of ours. No pencil for Serge. His kohl eye liner is a luxuriously rich pot of inky black liner that comes with a double ended tool to apply – one end for fine lines, one for sexy smudging. We also love the new lipsticks, £49, not only for the so now berry shades, but also, they are cleverly smaller than your average lipstick, which means they will fit perfectly in to clutch bags come the party season.
We predict this will become the go-to brand for the ultimate in glamorous make-up.
Available at Harvey Nichols, London from 22nd August.
By Amy Lawrenson
Posted: 21 August 2008
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