Johann Wolfgang von Goethe affirmed: “Superstition is the poetry of life”. Chanel could be considered a poetess in that her creations infused, and still infuse, emotions all while recounting an airy truth, almost imperceptible to the common eye. Without crossing into cliché territory, this makeup line understands superstition as something refined and playful, as if...
The “Rouge Allure Moiré” line composes one of three parts of the “Rouge Chanel” tryptic, made to illustrate affirmed femininity. Its unique feature: Rouge Allure Moiré captures light to enchant the lips with a nacre effect. It only takes one application to fill the mouth with color, and it only takes a little light for...
Majestic, authentic, refined, difficult not to praise this collection that ties in with artisanal tradition and the art of perfume. Miss Dior, Dior Homme, Dior Addict, Eau Sauvage… all of these are names who’s reputation has already been made, stars in the constellation of Dior perfumes that attracts every eye. Little known to the greater...
A ray of light is shining down on the face, naturally dissimulating the remnants of a night spent far from one’s bed in one bright burst. Close to twenty years after its launch, Touche Éclat remains the icon of Yves Saint Laurent’s cosmetics. A color enthusiast, Terry de Gunzburg, then creative makeup director at Yves...
This is a first for Chanel as they inaugurate their first beauty store, entirely dedicated to their makeup lines and mythic fragrances. The brand’s devoted followers will now be able to find the entirety of their makeup lines, brand new beauty products, and exclusive never-before-seen shades. The perfume universe will obviously bring together the brand’s...
Eighteen years have gone by since the creation of “Mâle” by Jean Paul Gaultier; now in 2013, the brand is revisiting its male fragrance with “Le Beau Mâle”. Jean Paul Gaultier’s label asked Francis Kurkdjian to take on a challenge: modernizing “Le Mâle”, a fragrance he created himself in 1995. According to the perfumer, lavender...
A glass corseted body in a flesh pink bustier with conical, almost phallic, breasts… a sensual fragrance evoking sensuousness and the intimacy of the boudoir, the perfume Classique is without a doubt Jean-Paul Gaultier’s icon par excellence. To anchor itself in modernism, the sailor stripe man knows perhaps better than anyone how to take inspiration from times...
Extravagant and off-kilter: this is the first makeup line from stylist Alber Elbaz, at the head of Lanvin for 10 years, made in collaboration with Lancôme. “Alber Elbaz is without a doubt one of the most influential fashion designers in the world. But more than that, he’s the most talented.” It’s with these words that...
Since October, the rumor has been flying. Here and there, it was whispered that the new face of Dior perfume is that of Robert Pattinson. On 12 June, the House of Dior confirmed: that it is this beauty, all in stock, who will succeed Jude Law. The distinguished elegance of a British arch casts, once...
Chanel is opening a nail bar in London inside famed Oxford Street department store Selfridges. Chanel is keeping up with a trend directly imported from New York by opening its own nail bar in London. After OPI’s emblematic “Culture of Color” nail bars or the Nail Factory in Paris, this is a new temple entirely...
