I wanted to capture the intimate and personal nature of a man who is sexy, yet strong

…Lopez said of her new men’s fragrance Deseo. Deseo for women launched last September and Deseo for men will be launching in September 2008.
The sexy men’s fragrance has top notes of lemon, yuzu, red berries and cedar leaf. The heart of the fragrance is tobacco leaves, guaicwood and orris. The final dry down of the fragrance is sandalwood, cedar wood, patchouli, amber, and vanilla. I am loving it already! I am all about my man smelling clean, sexy, and with a dry down of pure masculinity with all of the woodsy notes.

Deseo will be available in an eau de toilette in a 1.7 oz for $45 and a 3.4 oz for $55. There will also be an aftershave balm in a 3.4 oz for $40 and a 2.4 oz deodorant for $16. If you give your man a fragrance, you have to include an ancillary piece, and I always include the deodorant. When your man wears your favorite fragrance along with the deodorant, he will smell even better!

You will be able to find this sexy new Jennifer Lopez fragrance in Macy’s, Dillard’s and Ulta, as well as other specialty retailers. Look for it this September and don’t forget to try the women’s Deseo for women available now.

• Marc Jacobs Daisy is the perfect blend of strawberry, violet leaves, ruby red grapefruit, gardenia and musk. This is a vintage inspired scent is light, fruity, and floral all at the same time.
• DKNY Delicious Night is the scent of a sexy spring night in downtown New York City. This shimmering oriental is a cocktail of frozen pomelo, blackberry, and crushed ginger blended together in a fabulous martini glass. Cheers to Spring!
• Fresh Cannabis Rose blends cannabis accord, jasmine, sensuous dark chocolate, and finishes with crisp oolong tea to bring you an incredible spring scent that will turn heads all over town! There is nothing like this fragrance, it is fresh, floral, woodsy, and oriental all at the same time.
  Elle by Yves Saint Laurent gives you floral and woody notes of peony, pink berries and patchouli. YSL has always given us beautiful fragrances but this one is absolutely incredible! Sweet and sexy!
• Gwen Stefani’s L.A.M.B. “L” Rollerball is a relfection of the rockstar who created it. This is a fragrance of feminine charm and rebellious originality. This a burst of floral and sensual musks, but the best part of the fragrance is the rollerball portability. You can bring this in your bag wherever you go for a quick fragrance touch up anytime.

Fragrance is your personal finishing touch to any outfit, any mood, or event. We would love to hear from you on what your favorite fragrance is and why. Let us know how it makes you feel to get dressed up and spritz your signature scent on our contact form. Keep it short and sweet, two to three sentences, and we will highlight you in our spring fragrance focus and treat you to a special beauty gift!

And for Mom’s who like to sparkle while cheering at their local pee-wee baseball game, Bond No. 9 creates Swarovski Star pocket sprays. Just as decadent, but with one more fragrance, Eau de New York, these allow Mom to spritz herself anytime, anywhere. Making all the other Mom’s jealous is just an added bonus…

Luxury items at a luxury price: Swarovski Stars, $600 and Swarovski Star pocket sprays $750.

This Spring’s hottest new fragrance for men, Dirty English by Juicy Couture, is much more spice than we usually expect for this time of the year, but it’s surprisingly light in comparison to it’s name.

The fragrance is a blend of peppered mandarin, blue cypress, Calabrian bergamot, caraway, cardamom pods, marjoram, black leather, “Santal Fatal” accord (a mix of sandalwood, Atlas cedar and vetiver), agarwood, ebony wood, black moss absolute, and amber musk.

The fragrance starts out citrus and dries down to a woody cedar. It’s beautifully blended (for a fragrance in this price range) and is sure to be an instant hit.

$52-$70.00

Buy Juicy Couture’s Dirty English for Men easily online from Men’s Fragrances at Macy’s

Because it’s from the fragrance house of the legendary Annick Goutal, it’s scent is not just evergreen, but a fabulous blend of essential oils that will bring the spirit of the Holidays to your home every time you light it.

Buy one for yourself and for each of your friends or family members.

It’s only around for the Holidays, so act fast.

$45.00 for the set of 5 votives

Available at Nordstrom.com

This mint-scented antiperspirant is the perfect accessory if you sometimes get that (oh, so attractive) nervous perspiration scent. It’s not necessarily the most politically correct gift, but maybe you can wrap it and slip it into the work cubby of that person in the office that takes their weekly shower, whether they need it or not.

$18.00

Available at blissworld.com and at Nordstrom.com

If you don’t like using an antiperspirant, but you still don’t want to smell like a dead skunk by the end of the day, try the

Darphin, HydroRelax Gentle Deodorant Stick

I’ve used this deodorant personally for the past 7-8 years and love it. It has a pleasant scent that doesn’t interfere with any fragrance and it doesn’t bother my overly sensitive skin.

$22.00

Available at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus stores

If you’ve never been to a hotel that your room has the leftover scent from dinner the night before or the musty scent of the ocean, you’ve been very lucky. I personally take a travel candle everywhere I go.

The set of eight really is the perfect gift for your traveling friend.

It includes candles in the scents of Tuberosa Agave, Cult of Helios, Pink Fatale, Green Datura, Vanity, Corsica, Malayan Coco and Fleur de Café and each candle burns for 45 hours.

You, or they will love it.

$68.00

Available at Nordstrom.com

(My personal favorite is Straight to Heaven, which is a woody fragrance.)
Each fragrance comes (only) in a refillable bottle in a beautifully finished chest that must be opened by the turn of a tasseled key. The chest and the bottles are emblazoned by the symbol of Achilles shield, which is to be as an offering to the Gods to bring the wearer protection as well as the gift of seduction.

The fragrance collection is only available at Bergdorf Goodman.

Floris retains two Royal warrants (which means that whomever’s warrant is on the product, they endorse it as being of a high enough standard that they would consider using it (or actually do).Floris is still family run (and owned) and in it’s eighth generation of descendants of the original founder. It’s shop (amazingly) remains at the same place of its origin at 89 Jermyn Street in London.

With all this history in place, now we can get onto the product.

My absolute favorite scent in the line is Grapefruit and Rosemary.

It’s a more sour than sweet grapefruit smell, but delightfully fresh and clean. The room spray as well as the candle immediately removes ANY unwanted smell from your powder room as well as from any other room of your home.

The candle retails for $55.00 and the room spray for $32.00

The product is available through London’s Bathecary at www.shoplondons.com

For more information on Floris, go to www.florislondon.com

$88.00

Available at sephora.com

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