Paul Smith Portrait

Paul Smith presents his latest olfactory pair named Portrait, made as his most intimate and personal fragrances yet. Portrait for Women and Portrait for Menscents are inspired by memories, travels and photographs. They emerged out of collaboration with French model and fragrance expert Barnabe Fillion.

"A portrait is an attempt to capture the likeness of a person, to capture a moment."

Portrait for Women is a floral-green fragrance, light, fresh and feminine. Starting fresh and fruity, it later becomes very powdery and musky. Top notes are bergamot, black tea, cardamom, black currant and peach. Its heart captures wild rose garden together with a jasmine note, embedded on myrrh and musk that give elegance and depth of this perfume.

Top notes: bergamot, black tea, cardamom, black currant, peach
Heart: wild rose, jasmine
Base: myrrh, musk

Portrait for Men is a woody-spicy scent with a musky finish. It was developed by model and perfumer Barnabe Fillion. It opens with notes of bergamot, cardamom and pink pepper with geranium and black currant blossom in the heart and the base of cedar, tolu balsam, myrrh and labdanum.
Top notes: bergamot, cardamom, pink pepper
Heart: geranium, black currant blossom
Base: cedar, tolu balsam, myrrh, labdanum

The bottle design is described as elegant and timeless, inspired by the ultimate traveler’s accessories—a flask and a camera. The men’s bottle combines silver metal and smoky gray glass, while the women’s offers golden metal and transparent glass that reveals gentle rosy fluid.

Baptiste Radufe and Karlin Caune are the models of the advertisement campaign, shot by photographer Annemarieke Van Drimmelen.

The fragrances are available in quantities of 40 and 80 ml; masculine as Eau de Toilette and feminine as Eau de Parfum.

Top Sexy Fragrances For Valentine's Day

Do love potions really exist? If only life were so simple, so streamlined, so practical... Hit a magic buzz and fumes of a transforming vapor surround you, blinding everyone to your faults, shortcomings and inadequacies. Yet sexual and romantic liaisons work on the power of diversity and association; that little mole you so despise is irresistible to someone out there because it inspires who knows what fantasies; that absent-mindness you curse yourself on every day makes you seem flippant and playful to someone else creating the pull of attraction. You get the drift. It's like that with fragrances too!
 

There are no hard and fast rules in how to choose a romantic fragrance with sexy promises as an addendum, but you can always try and see how it turns out. The most you have to lose is your inhibitions. After all, the greatest aphrodisiac of them all is you and the brain thereupon attached.

These tried and true cult fragrances have something going for them. See if they work out for you as well! [For practical purposes and to make this easy on you, we have selected only perfumes that are currently on the market.]
 

PIGUET FRACAS

According to Frédéric Malle, owner of Editions des Parfums, the reigning beauty of this fragrance, tuberose, is "the Lolita of the perfume world;" naughty, winking, flirting like crazy. This buttery interpretation shouldn't be viewed as a super-serious seduction affair but rather a thing of beauty put into playful action. Just be easy on the spray!

NARCISO RODRIGUEZ FOR HER

Musky halo, "clean" flowers, abstraction and mystery hand in hand. The fragrance despite its linear projection possesses the trait of fusing into one's skin, becoming more of an aura than a perfume. What's sexier than that?

TOM FORD BLACK ORCHID

Forget every blurb you read about how the perfume was developed according to Tom's specifications it should smell "like a man's crotch." (Glurp! I know you wish you hadn't heard of that. Unless you're playing for the other team, in which case grab this to try out.) Thankfully, this truffle and flowers on a vanilla base floriental doesn't smell as crude as that might make it sound. But it's undeniably sexy all the same.

KAI PERFUME OIL

A mini cult, this American made tropical gardenia oil is light enough to appear girly and innocent but hearty enough to create expectations of a long, long night to follow.

DIOR HYPNOTIC POISON

The fetishy red, "poisoined" apple creates as much intrigue with its looks as it does with its scent. Fairy tales and original sin mix and testimonies say it works on guys like a magical charm. The bitter almond folded into vanilla cream radiates with the sensuality of musk and jasmine.

MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJAN ABSOLUE POUR LE SOIR

Perfectly balanced between "dirty" and proper, like perfumes of yore with its alliance of ylang ylang, honeyed rose and cumin, it curiously draws upon a retro "skankiness" that's not vulgar. It can also be shared among lovers, which makes it extra sexy!

ESCENTRIC MOLECULES MOLECULE 01

If you want to give the impression you don't wear anything (play them low and reap them high) this mono-molecule fragrance (it's full of just aromachemical Iso-E Super) at an optimum concentration will trick your date into believing it's just your skin smelling that good. Totally abstract, can't place it, can't put a finger on it, fuzzy, buzzy, delicious trail...

CARTIER DECLARATION

Déclaration successfully juxtaposes fresh tonalities with more risqué animal magnetism in an idiosyncratic mix. A slightly cocky chap in pressed chinos enjoys his aromatized inky tea taken in long, sensuous sips while checking the attractive passersbys. Easy does it! (Psssst! Great on women, too!)

TOM FORD SANTAL BLUSH

A gorgeous, clean, dry sandalwood fragrance with an immediate message of sensuousness and no boozy aftertaste; beautiful and wearable, as tactile as smooth silk cushions. Unisex fare!

PENHALIGON'S AMARANTHINE

A corrupted floral oriental for those private moments when everything is anticipation. Need I say more? A bizarre, refulgent twist on a boudoir scent, banana-tinged jasmine blends with a green but spicy accord on a base of creamy English toffee. Trippy!

Gucci Guilty Black Pour Homme Gucci for men

Gucci Guilty and Gucci Guilty Intense have been heralded as the scents of 21st Century seduction. In these audacious, globally award-winning perfumes, today’s guiltless young men and women have discovered the scent of provocation that has proved utterly addictive. Thrill seekers the world over have been seduced into indulging in guilty pleasures. Now, in the dark and mysterious Gucci Guilty Black, the story becomes still more compelling, giving it a new, more passionate and more daring edge. A sequel and a new chapter.

Creative Director Frida Giannini remarks: “These characters fascinate us as they are taken on a life of their own. We are eager to know about the next chapter in their story as it unfolds through Guilty Black”. The Guilty Black lovers bring out the most thrilling sides of each other: alone they are magnificent, together irrepressible. Fearless in their passion, they are brazen, shameless, unpredictable – ready for each and every explosive encounter. Their attraction is instinctive: they go where they sense danger and each other. Too much is never enough for our young hedonists, who drive each other to live life to the fullest. Again and again, they give in to pleasure and the excitement of breaking the rules.

Gucci Guilty and Gucci Guilty Intense are scents of indulgence and guilty pleasures. Now, in Gucci Guilty Black, the house chooses provocative, glossy black to encase the glowing red and green of its iconic webbing.

GUCCI GUILTY BLACK Pour Homme is a vital GREEN fougère in which dynamism spells seduction:

Top notes:

The scent captures the senses with an explosion of bracing green coriander and invigorating lavender that evokes youthful confidence.

Middle notes:

Its middle motifs celebrate ardent, yet assured masculinity. Aphrodisiac orange flower - stimulating and entrancing - fuses with neroli and richly verdant aromatic notes.

Base notes:

The patchouli that is the hallmark of Gucci fragrances reaches a new potency blended with a lavishly textured cedarwood - intensity at its most alluringly energetic.

Gucci Guilty took the house’s golden entwined Gs and used this emblem as an incitement to subvert. Gucci Guilty Black carries this association still further – never has the coupling within this logo appeared more provocative. The brand is equally famed for its iconic green and red web stripe – signalling both “made in Italy” and “luxury heritage”. here this webbing is transformed into gendered colour schemes: danger-signal red for the Guilty Black heroine, unfettered green for its hero. The flacons are uncompromising bold, black perfection. As one would expect from Gucci, there is great tactile appeal in the bottles’ marriage of high-tech and high style. Giannini notes: “I wanted to create a provocative design for Guilty Black, yet building on the now iconic packaging of Guilty. We added an evocative red glass for the female fragrance, green for the male, as a tribute to the timeless Gucci web stripe.”

The imagery through which the house has brought Gucci Guilty to the world has captured attention: a spectacular combination of director Frank miller’s film noir and Frida Giannini’s sensuality. For this new project, art direction was again overseen by Riccardo Ruini, Creative Director at REm (Ruini e mariotti). Ruini has art directed Gucci’s advertising for the past five years. The campaign for Gucci Guilty Pour Femme won the coveted prize for Best media Campaign at the 2011 US FiFi Awards.

The advertisement was shot at Cinecittà Studios, the legendary home of Italian cinema. Again, its director was Sin City creator Frank miller; its stars femme fatale Evan Rachel Wood and hollywood action hero Chris Evans. Now, in Gucci Guilty Black, we join them for a fresh chapter in their story, and a thrilling sequel to what has come before. The chemistry between them is electric.

Leading fashion photographers Mert & Marcus were again responsible for the print advertising - explosively sensual images in which the gleam of the lovers’ skin is cast in red and green light. Mert & Marcus explain: “We see the couple at night, in flagrante, washed in electric green and red neon. The aura is raw and compelling. very modern, very sexy, very Gucci.”

Gucci Guilty Black Pur Homme is available as 50 and 90ml edt, followed by 90ml after shave and 150ml shower gel. Gucci Guilty Black Pour Homme was launched in 2013.

Main Accords: aromatic, green, white floral, citrus, woody.

Personal review: My "cool guy" cologne. Bold scent . Projects a noticeable scent for a few hours, after that it is only noticeable on the skin's surface. This cologne is perfect for going out. Gucci Guilty Black works its magic by getting you noticed while out-on-the town, also having your back when you bring your date to your place for some one on one time. The bold scent stays on your skin ready for a more intimate encounter.

Only The Brave Tattoo Diesel for men

Only The Brave collection by Diesel received another edition in 2012, which arrived on sale in March. The new Only The Brave Tattoo is available in characteristic flacon (glass fist), in dark shades, with inscribed Only The Brave Tattoo in "La Graffiti" style. The outer packaging goes great with design of the flacon.

Only The Brave Tattoo is composed of apple, opening the composition with its zest. A heart comprises sage and Bourbon pepper, while a base features amber-wood tacts, benzoin, tobacco and patchouli.

He tattooed his initials R.R. and the motto Only The Brave above his ankle and Mohawk Indian logo on his arm. ‘I like the idea of writing on the body. '- explains Rosso. 'We were born without any marks and I think it is important to leave trace on the body we were given.'

Main Accords: sweet, fruity, balsamic, tobacco, warm spicy and fresh spicy.

Personal review: A sensual symphony.this is just a sensual scent that says " WOW".ONLY THE BRAVE TATTOO is an impressionable and confident fragrance.It's got sexy all over and you will get alot of attention and compliments from everybody.A bold fragrance so use with care.It is not similar BLACK XS for me. Sweet,Strong,Warm, Provocative,Bold,Magnetic and Completely Irresistible in a Unique bottle.

Red apple and mandarin orange brighten of the fragrance built on a spicy pepper and sage.The base is fanned out on appealing notes of patchouli, woods,benzoin and tobacco,making it a fit fragrance for a evening out when you simply want to be your best and you want a girl to notice you and remember you.It has a sweet spicy scent and when you wear it everyone comments about how great your smell.

This scent will intoxicate even the most discriminant females sense of smell,She'll definitely remember you long after you're finished with your date.ONLY THE BRAVE TATTOO has a sweet spicy scent and when you wear it everyone comments about how great your smell.It is not for the faint at heart. suitable for AUTUMN/WINTER.It is very different than original version and in my opinion this one is much better.my favorite by DIESEL now.Try it before you buy it.

Sillage?Great.

Longevity?It lasts all day only with 2 or 3 sprays.

7.25/10

Lady Million Paco Rabanne for women

1 Million is one of the most popular fragrances launched in last several years. After the edition for men, women's version inspired by gold and wealth was expected. Two years after men's edition, fragrant lady finally appears - Lady Million! We can just assume if this lady wants to earn millions or look like a million dollar. It is perfectly clear that the woman represented by this edition radiates, dominates and possesses fiery character with incredible sensuality.

Flacon of Lady Million is in tune with composition and theme of this edition. Instead of gold bullion, the flacon for women is designed as a golden diamond. While insinuating luxury and wealth, the fragrance prepares a surprising composition of intertwined floral, fresh and woody accords. Only diamond can compete with gold, soLady Million is the perfect companion to modern and masculine 1 Million.

The Notes of Fragrance

Anne Flipo, Béatrice Piquet and Dominque Ropion have all created scents for some of the biggest names in perfumery. But what path did they take to create Lady Million? “It was clear that this perfume had to be as charismatic as 1 Million, with as strong a signature, yet without a direct olfactory link. The Lady Million woman is dazzling, always seductive. This ‘playful’ aspect inspired us immensely. Lady Million is fresh, floral and woody, like a nectar of voluptuous flowers, trailing delicately but still very present. Powerfully seductive, the sparkle of bitter orange with a touch of raspberry reveals the first breath. A burst of neroli follows, smooth and bright. But then the lethal weapon of heady orange blossom slips out of its sheath. Its narcotic sweetness bewitches and grabs all attention. Then, joining with Arabian jasmine underlined by gardenia, the blend soars into something more carnal, yet ever subtle. Now the obsessive pulsing of patchouli enters the fray, pacifying the honey with an addictive and terribly tempting sweetness. Amber spreads to become all enveloping, floating around the beauty, following each movement and offering its most beautiful facets”.

Designer of the attractive, luxurious flacon is Noe Duchaufour-Lawrance. The perfume will be available as 30, 50 and 80ml edp.

Thi in July 2010. Lady Million makes men's fantasy and desires come true. Advertising face is Dree Hemingway. Lady Million was created by Anne Flipo, Beatrice Piquet, Dominique Ropion andBruno Jovanovic.

Main Accords: white floral, sweet, honey, citrus and patchouli.

Personal review: It is not that bad as I imagined it to be after reading few negative reviews. 

I love honey notes in perfumes as they add that sweet warmth to the fragrance and Lady Million is not much different. It is very warm and sweet but intensed with flower notes as well. 

The first notes are definitely honey( smells literarly like fresh honey straight out of the pot) which is georgous...it is followed by jasmine , some other white (quite intensive) flowers and definitely patchouli. 
I cant smell raspberry and lemon for the first couple of hours- I can smell them somewhere in the middle just right before drydown.
The drydown is beautiful- very deep and it is a bit of everything on my skin- honey, patchouli, citrus and flowers. 

I like this fragrance but I normally use it in the evenings. In a warm weather it can be a bit too much during the day- it gave me headache (white flowers normally give me a bit of headache sometimes) couple of times so I decided to use it at night time in spring and will give it a go during a day in wintertime.

It is not a perfume I would call original but it smells good.There is something expensive about it and I dont mean the bottle.

Gucci Guilty Black Pour Femme Gucci for women

Gucci Guilty and Gucci Guilty Intense have been heralded as the scents of 21st Century seduction. In these audacious, globally award-winning perfumes, today’s guiltless young men and women have discovered the scent of provocation that has proved utterly addictive. Thrill seekers the world over have been seduced into indulging in guilty pleasures. Now, in the dark and mysterious Gucci Guilty Black, the story becomes still more compelling, giving it a new, more passionate and more daring edge. A sequel and a new chapter.

Creative Director Frida Giannini remarks: “These characters fascinate us as they are taken on a life of their own. We are eager to know about the next chapter in their story as it unfolds through Guilty Black”. The Guilty Black lovers bring out the most thrilling sides of each other: alone they are magnificent, together irrepressible. Fearless in their passion, they are brazen, shameless, unpredictable – ready for each and every explosive encounter. Their attraction is instinctive: they go where they sense danger and each other. Too much is never enough for our young hedonists, who drive each other to live life to the fullest. Again and again, they give in to pleasure and the excitement of breaking the rules.

Gucci Guilty and Gucci Guilty Intense are scents of indulgence and guilty pleasures. Now, in Gucci Guilty Black, the house chooses provocative, glossy black to encase the glowing red and green of its iconic webbing.

GUCCI GUILTY BLACK Pour Femme is an intense oriental floral in which RED-hot sensuality is all:

Top notes

The scent demands attention with a sparkling prelude of succulent red fruits and an impertinent fist of pink pepper. The mood is youthful audacity.

Middle notes:

The heart combines the lusciousness of raspberry and peach with a heady femininity of lilac and violet. here is tenderness amid the bravura.

Base Notes:

The patchouli that is the hallmark of Gucci fragrances here generates a sense of addictive craving, while the voluptuousness of amber suggests deep femininity.

Gucci Guilty took the house’s golden entwined Gs and used this emblem as an incitement to subvert. Gucci Guilty Black carries this association still further – never has the coupling within this logo appeared more provocative. The brand is equally famed for its iconic green and red web stripe – signalling both “made in Italy” and “luxury heritage”. here this webbing is transformed into gendered colour schemes: danger-signal red for the Guilty Black heroine, unfettered green for its hero. The flacons are uncompromising bold, black perfection. As one would expect from Gucci, there is great tactile appeal in the bottles’ marriage of high-tech and high style. Giannini notes: “I wanted to create a provocative design for Guilty Black, yet building on the now iconic packaging of Guilty. We added an evocative red glass for the female fragrance, green for the male, as a tribute to the timeless Gucci web stripe.”

The imagery through which the house has brought Gucci Guilty to the world has captured attention: a spectacular combination of director Frank miller’s film noir and Frida Giannini’s sensuality. For this new project, art direction was again overseen by Riccardo Ruini, Creative Director at REm (Ruini e mariotti). Ruini has art directed Gucci’s advertising for the past five years. The campaign for Gucci Guilty Pour Femme won the coveted prize for Best media Campaign at the 2011 US FiFi Awards.

The advertisement was shot at Cinecittà Studios, the legendary home of Italian cinema. Again, its director was Sin City creator Frank miller; its stars femme fatale Evan Rachel Wood and hollywood action hero Chris Evans. Now, in Gucci Guilty Black, we join them for a fresh chapter in their story, and a thrilling sequel to what has come before. The chemistry between them is electric.

Leading fashion photographers Mert & Marcus were again responsible for the print advertising - explosively sensual images in which the gleam of the lovers’ skin is cast in red and green light. Mert & Marcus explain: “We see the couple at night, in flagrante, washed in electric green and red neon. The aura is raw and compelling. very modern, very sexy, very Gucci.”

Gucci Guilty Black Pour Femme is available as 30, 50 and 100ml edt, followed with 200ml body lotion and 200ml shower gel. Gucci Guilty Black Pour Femme was launched in 2013.

Main Accords: fruity, sweet, patchouli, powdery, soft spicy.

Personal review: This is rather similar to the original but "deeper" if you will.

Its full of lilacs so if you don't care for the smell of lilacs, I suggest you steer clear of this. Personally, lilacs are my favorite flower of all time so I love the scent of it.
I don't even get a hint of red fruit-weird I know. Its all about lilacs on my skin-there is depth and sweetness on the drydown, no doubt from amber and patchouli. Patchouli normally lasts longer on me and this is no exception. I get about 3 hours out of it, although after first hour or so, its mostly skin scent but you can still smell it. So far I really like it-normally I like to smell like dessert but this is definitely nice for a change.
I will say that I don't see this as "sexy" which is what all the ads seem to imply. With this name and ads, I would imagine this would be an oriental scent but its anything but(quite misleading). Also, fragrance itself is red which I find rather offputting. They could have just went with red glass bottle instead of making liquid red which can stain your clothes if you are not careful
However, I am thinking about buying this scent if I get a good deal on it. So on the scale from 1 to 5, I would give it a 4 because lasting power is not that great.

Green Irish Tweed Creed for men

Green Irish Tweed by Creed is a classic Fougere fragrance. One of the signature scents of the house of Creed, this "walk through the Irish countrywide" is a favorite of many celebrities. The fragrance is rich, fresh, sporty and unforgettable.

Green Irish Tweed opens with top notes of iris and lemon verbena. The middle notes include violet leaves. The base notes are ambergris and Mysore sandalwood.Green Irish Tweed was launched in 1985. The nose behind this fragrance is OlivierCreed Sixth Generation.

Main Accords: powdery, woody, floral, citrus and aromatic.

Personal review: So, I risked it for a biscuit and blind bought this, even though I had cool water. A few sprays later, this is in no way, shape or form related to cool water, at all!. Very elegant scent, not an aquatic/marine, but fresh, clean and green. It slowly develops into a nice subtle but present dry down of musky, almost woody floral. Beastly projection, moderate-Long longevity, and an over all masterpiece. Try it before dismissing it as an expensive alternative to CW, they are not even in the same game let alone league.

Silver Mountain Water Creed for men

Silver Mountain Water by Creed is an Aromatic fragrance for men. Inspired by Olivier Creed's fondness for skiing, Silver Mountain Water was designed to evoke the sparkling high-mountain streams of water in the Swiss Alps.

The white bottle capped with a silver cap resembles a snow-topped mountain with a glistening silver stream.

The fragrance opens with bergamot and mandarin, followed by a heart featuring green tea and black currant. The base is composed of Galbanum, musk, sandalwood and petit grain. Silver Mountain Water was launched in 1995. The nose behind this fragrance is Olivier Creed Sixth Generation.

Main Accords: green, citrus, fruity, musky, woody and aromatic.

Kenzo Amour Kenzo for women

Kenzo Amour is gentle, sensual and joyful fragrance, a romantic and aromatic journey to Asia. The perfume starts with soft and attractive aroma of Frangipani blossom which possess a very fine almond-like aroma. The smell of these flowers fascinated one of the two creators of this perfume, Daphne Bugey, during her visit to Indonesia. Of course, the Far East can not be imagined without Japanese cherry blossom.

From Japan we travel to China. The heart features very comfortable and soft aroma of Chinese white tea. The composition continues with thin milky aroma of Thailand rice, and to the gorgeous base which includes woodsy, balsamic, and musky notes, and vanilla. Mysterious incense diffuses on skin in all its nuances: nice wooden note and bitterly ranis interlace with soft and powdery note of Burman Tanaka wood with aroma reminiscent of sandalwood and amber. The composition ends with sweet and soft vanilla, clearly distinguished in the base.

Kenzo Amour was created by Daphne Bugey and Olivier Cresp in 2005.

The bottles design is worth mentioning as well. Three bottles, three colors, the same scent. The 30ml (1 fl.oz.) bottle is in fuchsia color, the 50ml (1.7 fl.oz.) is white and the 100ml (3.4 fl.oz.) bottle is colored orange. As imagined by the designer, those colors are romantic colors of Asia. The colorful Kenzo bird on the outer box symbolizes passionate love and freedom of traveling.

Kenzo Amour was launched in 2006.

Main Accords: vanilla, floral, fresh, white floral and powdery.

Personal review: The opening of Kenzo Amour is almost creamy vanilla and rice. Yes, like everyone's already pointed out, rice pudding! There is also a slight spiciness bringing an exotic vibe.

Amour evolves smoothly. The floral notes sneak out discretly and blend so well in the vanilla. Frangipani turns a little sour on me, which also happens with some other white flowers, and I'm ok with it. Heliotrope adds a powdery aspects to the fragrance and cherry blossom revives the smooth composition.

The flowers mellow after about 7 hours and it turns into a vanilla skin scent and lingers around for another 3 or 4 hours.

Though many describe it comforting and relatively safe, which I agree, it is indeed sweet. I like sweet vanilla, so it's not a problem. But I can imagine this might already be too sweet for some people. I suggest testing, especially if you usually don't have a sweet nose. Though the scent has a soft caracter, it is intense while remaining close to skin. You may not want to over apply.

Nina Nina Ricci for women

Nina is a new modern fairytale fragrance aimed at younger audience. Nina is an elegant floral-fruity gourmand fragrance, the scent of candied fruits. The composition starts sparkly and spontaneous, just like a carefree laughter with the fresh citrus notes of lemon and lime. The sweet gourmand heart is juicy and caramelly due to candied apple, praline note and vanilla whose opulent veil wraps the softly sweet peony and the Moonflower. Finally the apple tree, white cedar and balmy musk notes are touching your skin with their warm and soft sensuality. The fragrance was created by Olivier Cresp and Jacques Cavallier in 2006. The new Nina fragrance has replaced the old one with the same name, created in 1987.

Main Accords: citrus, sweet, fresh, fruity, woody and green.

Personal review: Nina... sweet nina... This fragrance smells fresh & sweet at first spray. Then slowly it will turns sweeter just like candies. It will represent a sweet, lovely & full of live young woman. The one who loves to wear vintage stuffs & the one that will always see tomorrow as a better day. This perfume longevity is good too

Great, delicious, addictive all this is Nina. I love that smell of apple, the beat mix lemon and the sweetness of the praline. Love it all

I would rate it like this:
Smell: 9.5/10
Projection: 8.5/10
Longevity: 8.5/10

212 VIP Men Carolina Herrera for men

After the female version from 2010, Carolina Herrera presents the 212 VIP masculine edition. 212 VIP Men is run by the same slogans: "Are you on the list?" and "This is a private party." The fragrance reflects the style and attitude of the New York party elite, described as a party animal and nightlife scent, containing notes of gin and vodka. A man of this fragrance is a fun, charismatic and stylish, awakening lust and envy in others.

The oriental woody composition is created by Emilie Coppermann as an explosive cocktail of vodka, passion fruit, frozen mint, ginger, black pepper, lime caviar, leather, spices, amber and king wood.

The face of the campaign is Jon Kortajarena. The fragrance is available as 50 and 100 ml EDT with 75 ml deodorant and 100 ml after shave lotion.

212 VIP Men was launched in 2011. The nose behind this fragrance is Emilie (Bevierre) Coppermann.

Main Accords: fresh spicy, aromatic, vodka, woody, animalic, green.

Personal review: Vodka+Gin+Pepper = Yeah VIP Scent... If u like Pepper notes fragrances like as Burberry Beat, Chanel Allure Homme Sport, Dsquared2 Rocky Mountain or CH Chic 212 Vip Men among the best Pepper note scent.. I love this stuff blend. Very good combination of notes and so attractive fragrance. Some people say this scent similar to Paco Rabbanne 1 Million.. What ? Sorry but this is so different fragrance and better than 1 Million for me. Longevity and Sillage is amazing ! Bottle so good. Most compliments on this scent. But so popular now :) I think this stuff wearable for cold weathers winter and spring.. Longevity 8+ hours on my clothes and skin. Sillage is very good.

Projection : 8/10
Longevity : 8/10
Sillage : 8/10

212 Glam Men Carolina Herrera for men

Carolina Herrera launches a new 212 fragrant pair, inspired by the glamour of urban metropolis nightlife of New York and the energy of this city that never sleeps. The limited editions for summer 2012, 212 Glam and 212 Glam Men, capture the atmosphere of New York by night.

212 Glam Men is a lively, energetic and sexy scent of sweet chocolate and cocoa beans notes at the opening. The heart is mysterious and deep with accords of tobacco leaf and tonka bean. The base is woody and musky.

Available as 60 ml EDT.

Main Accords: cacao, sweet, warm spicy, musky and tobacco.

Personal review: 212 GLAM smells unisex. Best for Evening or Night party. Good for spring. I Dont get any chocolate or tobacco in it, Its kind of fruity with musk. Longevity 2 to 3 hrs then gets close to skin. Projection: Good for 2 hrs. Over all very sexy smell. Girls will love. Many Compliments. But average longevity is the problem. But I Love The Smell. Its great. Projection:7, Longevity: 4. Over all i give 212 GLAM 8/10

Kokorico by Night Jean Paul Gaultier for men

 

Kokorico by Night by Jean Paul Gaultier is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. Kokorico by Night was launched in 2012. Kokorico by Night was created by Olivier Cresp and Annick Menardo. Top note is bergamot; middle notes are rhubarb, cacao pod and fig leaf; base notes are tonka bean and woody notes.

Main Accords: sweet, cacao, sour, warm spicy, fruity and woody.

Personal review: KOKORICO by NIGHT an unusual oriental vanilla fragrance, that becomes warm and comforting and is never overbearing,just wants to make people come a little closer to sniff.This one is more sweet and Romantic than the original.It soon goes sweet but never cloying like some of oriental vanilla scents and rich but never heavy.in other words Voluptuous,Cozy,Warm,Earthy and Magnetic.

Strong at first Then rhubarb and cacao make way for a soft base with tonka bean and woody notes make a warm cozy scent that really is not femine at all and is not overpowering.This composition is intensely carnal with a lively hint of sophistication that stays close to the skin but elicits favorable comments from those who come within its reach.

This EDT has sensual warmth.Perfect for AUTUMN/WINTER.A sinfully delightful fragrance it can be worn for Evening wear as well as Romantic Occasion.The bottle is a work of art.However both KOKORICO are so far LE MALE and FLEUR du MâLE for me but this designer is always darling for me.

Sillage?Better than the original.

Longevity?Good on my skin.

6.75/10

Le Parfum Elie Saab for women

The first fragrance from the Lebanese haute couture designer is simply called Le Parfum. After 279 trial versions, an ultra-feminine, flowery-woody composition has been selected, signed by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. The perfume opens with notes of orange blossom. Jasmine is in the heart, including both Grandiflorum and Sambac, whereas the base consists of cedar, patchouli and rose honey accord.

The simple glass bottle of Baroque style was designed by Syvie de France. The campaign features the famous model Anja Rubik. Le Parfum is available as 30, 50 and 90 ml Eau de Parfum with an accompanying collection that includes perfumed deodorant, body lotion, body cream and shower gel. Le Parfum was launched in 2011.

Main Accords: white floral, honey, sweet, citrus and patchouli.

Personal review: This is beautiful. So wonderful and feminine, I love the unconventional touch of honey with the orange flower and the patchouli. Sweet, honeyed warmth, but light enough that it can be worn in all seasons. I would advise this be worn more for special occasions, but it would lend itself to just about anything. I understand why so many people make this their wedding scent. My only complaint is that I don't get much sillage out of this. Perhaps a better pick for me would be the intense version, but either way I have to get this for my girlfriend! I'm in love <3

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Ceramic Watch Review

 This is the newest addition Royal Oak Offshore Diver (hands-on here), which was first available in steel, then forged carbon, and now in all-ceramic. The watch itself is really impressive, but for me it is part of a larger journey with the brand.

My relationship with Audemars Piguet and the family of Royal Oaks goes back nearly thirty-six years. In 1977 my mother was shopping for a watch. She was focused on a gold Piaget with a malachite dial or gold Rolex Lady Datejust. I was always a watch enthusiast, and had recently learned of the Royal Oak at the time. Designed by Gerald Genta in 1972, the Royal Oak was the first sport watch that transcended the genre and crossed the line into the luxury category. It was shocking at the time - an Audemars Piguet stainless steel sport watch that sold for the same price as a gold watch from other brands.

Fast forward to 2013. Black watches are in fashion more than ever before and ceramic is the hottest material around. The market is full of black watches made of plastic, metal or manipulated steel. Audemars Piguet for years has experimented with various materials and like many others prefers ceramic for many applications - though fully ceramic Royal Oak watches are still uncommon. Based upon the classic design and crafted of black ceramic, the latest Royal Oak is again both stylish and unique, and in my opinion still flies “under the radar” being harmonious in color, and design.

For much of its life, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak was 39mm wide. The Royal Oak Offshore models in the 1990s upped that to 44mm wide with the larger Chronograph versions. Recently Audemars Piguet released an updated version of the iconic Royal Oak in a 41mm wide case (hands-on here). In 2010 when Audemars Piguet released the Royal Oak Offshore Diver, it not only offered an interesting middle ground between the original Royal Oak and the Offshore, but also a middle size coming in at 42mm wide.

Love Chloe for women

The new perfume from the house of Chloe, Chloe Love, became available on the market in 2010. Love is a feminine and sophisticated floral composition, described to be powdery and soft. Noses Louise Turner and Nathalie Gracia-Cetto are credited for blending notes of orange blossom, pink pepper, iris, lilac, wisteria, hyacinth, heliotrope, powdery musk, talc and rice. Raquel Zimmermann is the face of the campaign.

Main Accords: floral, powdery, fresh, musky, green.

Personal review: An unexpected devilish pleasure with its provocative nostalgic charm; I can’t place Chloe Love’s origins in my memory, I think perhaps I have experienced this quaint aroma more in passing, a brief encounter from long ago.

A whimsical presentation of a long passed era’s dressing table box of tricks chock full of finely milled talc, powder and home-grown garden elixirs.

Chloe Love opens pointed and shaded green, before a haze of purple and pristine white blooms, and powdered musks seduce your senses with alarming glamour given the apparent powdery efflorescence one could associate with a conservative elderly care giver.

I believe herein lies the appeal of Chloe Love. Your mind conjures your nana in her Sunday best wearing sensible shoes yet simultaneously forces you to picture her as a vivacious young maiden standing infront of the dresser in her boudoir well before you knew her. 

Chloe Love: moderate sensuality? I adore it.

Finding The Best Foundation For Dry Skin

Tips to help you find the best foundation for dry skin

The ideal foundation for dry skin will offer moisturizing and hydrating properties in order to combat excess dryness and prevent flaking. Laura Mercier Creme Smooth Foundation is ultra rich and contains Argan oil, which helps to heal and soothe skin. Lightweight and water resistant, this foundation for dry skin works to diminish the appearance of wrinkles and never appears cakey. You can apply it with fingertips or a foundation sponge, depending on your preference. For those with dry skin, it is always essential to apply moisturizer prior to foundation.

Another great foundation for dry skin is Mac Mineralize Satin Finish SPF 15 Foundation, which blends the natural light reflecting properties of micro minerals to create a smooth satin finish. Coverage is low to medium and buildable with a luminous finish. This foundation for dry skin also contains vitamins A, C and E in order to nurture and condition dry skin. Clinique Supermoisture Foundation is another foundation for dry skin that is lightweight and leaves skin looking radiant and dewy. It has a thick texture that moisturizes the skin but does not appear heavy. For more makeup and product suggestions, check out 12 Best Foundations .

Boss Bottled Night Hugo Boss for men

Boss Bottled Night is a new edition by the house of Hugo Boss which hit the shelves in July 2010! The fragrance aims at ambitious young man who realizes his goals and strives for new challenges. Everything is within arm's reach for him, and every goal is possible to be realized.

Boss Bottled Night is an aromatic fragrance which abounds in intense and masculine woody accords. It opens with lavender and birch tree aromas, while accentuating intense heart aromas of African violet, resting on a base constructed of warm, precious woody nuances of Louro Amarelo tree and sensual musk.

The flacon was created to remind us of hot summer night. It is created of midnight blue and black nuances on characteristic glass flacon body (Hugo Boss Bottled – one of bestsellers in the world of fragrances – 60 million flacons sold).

Dark outlines on the flacon promise a seductive, intense and extremely masculine composition. Face of advertising campaign is actor Ryan Reynolds.(cosmoty.de)

Assortment of Boss Bottled Night:

Eau de Toilette, 40 ml
Eau de Toilette, 100 ml
After Shave, 40 ml
After Shave, 100 ml
After Shave Balm, 75 ml
Shower Gel, 150 ml
Deo-Spray, 150 ml
Deo-Stick, 75 ml.

Main Accords: woody, floral, aromatic, powdery and musky.

Personal review: This is a musky, woody fragrance that has caught my attention. Every time I test it on my wrist, a natural proclivity to smell it develops. My friend says it brings out a very natural mix of scents that she enjoys. It doesn't blow any of us away by any means, but it does keep us thinking about it. I think I'm drawn to the woody tones. It's unobtrusive and pleasant, but it probably won't get you noticed. Boss Bottled Night is a masculine and relatively safe cologne.

Unique fragrance. Very modern and original in my opinion. It's clean and mysterious at the same time. Maybe it's the Louro Amarelo (Wood from the Amazon region of Brazil) accord that I've never got the chance to smell before. Longevity and projection on my skin is amazing. Try it before buying but try it, it's worth smelling for sure.