beauty guru & perfume whisperer
Have you heard of The 7 Virtues, the Canadian perfume company headed up by Barb Stegmann? If you haven’t, please let me share the amazing story behind this company with you. Barb Stegman, the CEO of The 7 Virtues, is an amazing woman, with a compelling mission. I have corresponded
The orange blossom is one of my favourite little white perfumed flowers. Orange blossom is the fragrant distillation of fresh bitter-orange flower. These oranges are too sour to eat, but it is that bitterness that makes this the most aromatic of the orange varieties. The leaves become petitgrain
There is one perfume I am regularly reaching for, which is unusual for me. Specific perfumes that I enjoy “regularly” are few and far between, as my nose is fickle and sensitive. I either love something one day, then wonder what I was thinking the next. Or love something upon first
Well, I would not have thought it possible but someone has managed to bottle Summer and they call it Honey Blossom. Mandy Aftel of Aftelier perfumes has taken the essence of sweet fragrant air, scented with blossoms blooming with the promise of the honey that’s too come. You can close
Tuberose is everywhere this season! I am pleasantly surprised by the face that many of this fall’s perfume releases feature white florals. And, considering how much I adore Estee Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia, I swooned when I saw that AERIN had released two new tuberose centric perfumes, I was
Can you believe it has been fifteen years since CHANEL released a new perfume as part of their classic collection? The last one was CHANEL Chance, released in 2002. All the perfumes that have landed on CHANEL counters since then have been flankers of their existing perfumes, beautiful on
I was so excited to try Omorovicza Queen of Hungary Water, if for no other reason than the history and weight behind the name. As a perfume fanatic, Queen of Hungary Water is famous for being the worlds first alcohol based perfume, dating back to around the
A quick reading of the history of Le Jardin Retrouvé Perfumes reads a bit like a fairy tale. The original perfumer, Yuri Gutzatz, survived Nazis and war in Europe. He moved to Paris and was hired by a perfume company that eventually took him to India. He returned to Paris
I love beauty mists. They are a great way to add moisture and glow to skin, instantly. They feel wonderful and uplifting and have a perfect spa vibe that adds to any beauty routine. Clockwise from top in the photo below: Vichy Mineralizing Thermal Water is charged in fifteen minerals,
The latest addition to CHANEL’s Les Exclusifs line is the long awaited CHANEL BOY. Long awaited for a few reasons, including the fact that any Exclusif release is an exciting moment for me. The name of the perfume, BOY, references the love of Gabrielle Chanel’s life, Arthur “Boy” Capel. They
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