Fragrances: Miss Dior Cherie by Dior

For us, fashion addicts who also love history, Dior reminds us of the 1950’s glamour. That’s why I am always looking forward to wearing any Dior fragrances I come across. Though it’s not exactly a new fragrance, today I've decided to talk about Miss Dior Cherie.

Elegance is timeless and never dated but when you go to a perfume store and ask for an elegant, timeless perfume, the odds of the sales assistant bringing you that “old lady” perfume are high. I never figured out why. Miss Dior Cherie by Christian Dior is a timeless perfume but with a very modern and fresh approach.

Green Tangerine, Violette, Pink Jasmine, Patchouli, Crystalline Musk, Strawberry Leaves, Caramelized Popcorn, Strawberry Sorbet are the notes on this perfume. No, I’m not kidding. Popcorn and Strawberry Sorbet are really there. As you probably know that’s extremely unusual for grown up’s perfumes but I must say they tie in so well with the rest of the scents that you won’t be able to clearly tell what’s what.

Sweet and sexy, playful but classy, soft but memorable, Miss Dior Cherie is that kind of perfume you can picture bubbly, friendly people wearing. Originally, it was intended for a younger public but I say you’re as young as you feel. This is definitely a good choice for a daytime perfume for fall and early winter. If you're thinking about buying Christmas prensents already, this would be good choice for your younger sister, for example.

The staying power is very good but not outstanding. However, if you use the body lotion as well, I can guarantee it will be extraordinary.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

-Micky-

Perfume of the Week - Very Hollywood by Michael Kors

As days get warmer, most of us reach for the lighter fragrances. Smooth florals, light fruity smells and younger scents are on our lists. Very Hollywood by Michael Kors is exactly the kind of perfume most people gravitate towards on this time of year. The notes are mandarin, iced bergamot, wet jasmine, ylang-ylang, raspberry, gardenia, orris (which I have no clue as to what it smells like), creamy amber, soft white moss and vetiver.

If a perfume has mandarin and raspberry, you can expect that “lemonade” or ice-cream scent that is very fresh and playful and if it has any kind of jasmine in it, you can expect me to like it (gardenia is also from the jasmine family, just in case you didn’t know).

With a name like Very Hollywood I was expecting something glamorous and grown up so to speak. This fragrance however is very casual and young. I think it is perfect for those of you who are younger or maybe just starting to get into the perfume world.

Michael Kors seems to have decided to add a bright and sparkly scent to his perfume line in order to appeal to a more vast audience, who might have more modern tastes. I think this does the trick but if you’re in the market for something more sensual, you might want to try something else.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Micky

Do You Think About Me?: Incanto Bloom (Enchanted) Poll Contest!!!

Last weekend was Valentine's Day. For a lot of women that meant, getting flowers, chocolates and, romantic date. It all sounds great, but for some women the chocolate was from Walgreens, and the romantic date was with the remote control watching re-runs of Love Connection on Directv. Which got me wondering, how many of you had a date to remember. How many of you are still thinking about last Saturday. Fashionwithfifi.com wants to know. Tells us and you can win this:

It's Salvatore Ferragamo's latest masterpiece: Incanto Bloom. Incanto Bloom was designed for the young and fashionable metropolitan woman with a desire for the latest in chic. Bloom offers a lively and subtle twist of Grapefruit. Flowers and Freesia introduce a wide, blossoming bouquet of Tea Roses and Champaca flowers. Bloom is packaged with the Vara bow, one of the most recognizable symbols of the Ferragamo brand, representing pure Ferragamo style and femininity.

The Perfume was born from the mind of renowned fragrance designer Sophie Labbe'. Here she is wearing the long sleeve dress alongside with Fashionwithfifi.com's own Suzanna Gregoire two weeks ago in New York City. She personally told Suzanna that Incanto meant "Enchanted" in Italian. When asked what her inspiration for creating the scent was, she replied- "It's kind of the Enchanted Nature in the city". Sophie was kind enough to personally thank us for attending her party and gifted us the very same bottle of Incanto Bloom that we're in turn gifting to you.

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1) Entering to win is quick and easy. First you must be a Subscriber at Fashionwithfifi.com. It's free to subscribe and only takes about 20 seconds to do so. If you aren't already a subscriber Click Here to subscribe.


2) Next Leave a comment below, telling us about your Valentine's weekend. Tell us was it smash or just another night. If you didn't do anything special for Valentine's Day tell us about your last Hot Date. Was it a bust or did you leave your date thinking about you.

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1) Only one random winner will win the bottle of Incanto Bloom. The winner will be selected from the list of comments below.

2) The bottle is the 1.7 oz Eau de Toilette Spray valued at $62

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4) The Contest runs between now and Mar 2, 2010. Winner will be announced on March 3.

5) Although there's only one Grand Prize Winner, everyone else will receive a runner up prize just for entering.

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Latest in Chic: Salvatore Ferragamo Launches Incanto Bloom

Today, Fashionwithfifi had the opportunity to get a first look of Salvatore Ferragamo’s latest perfum – Incanto Bloom.


Incanto Bloom is for the young, fashionable and charming metropolitan woman with a desire for the latest in chic. Bloom offers a lively and subtle twist of Grapefruit flowers and Freesia introduces a wide, blossoming bouquet of Tea Roses and Champaca flowers. Bloom is packaged with Vara bow, one of the most recognizable symbols of the Ferragamo brand, representing pure Ferragamo style and feminity.


The collection includes a 1.0 oz edt spray ($45), 1.7 oz edt spray ($62), 3.4 oz edt spray ($82), 5.1 oz Body Lotion ($38) and 5.1 oz Bath & Shower Gel ($32).


Salvatore Ferragamo Parfums will launch Incanto Bloom exclusively at Bloomingdale’s this weekend. And if you're in the NYC area on tomorrow, stop by Bloomindale's on 59th Street or visit the pop-up gallery in Soho at 201 Mulberry Street (between Spring and Kenmare) where a few promo events will be taking place to celebrate the launch.



Customers will have the opportunity to do a Miss Bloom photo shoot – where you can style yourself chic with Ferragamo accessories and receive free samples of Incanto Bloom.

With any $82 purchase, you'll receive a free gift with purchase – a mini size version of Bloom that Ferragamo Parfums will ship to anyone of your choice in North America for free! Bloom will make a perfect gift for Valentine's Day and is absolutely a refreshing scent worth trying.

Beyonce Plans to Bring the Heat

Beyoncé plans to bring on the Heat in February 2010 with the launching of her first ever perfume. The fragrance, entitled Heat, is estimated to garner $100 million in retail sales worldwide in its first year. And at least half of that figure is expected to come from U.S. sales. During an exclusive interview with WWD, the mega star expressed her excitement in creating the scent. “I’ve been working on it for a while now. I was on tour for a year, and I have meet-and-greets with fans. I’ve never in my life gotten so many compliments. Coty has their own testing, but that was my testing! The fans loved it. They were like, ‘I love that, I’m getting that, why isn’t it out right now? I need it!” said Knowles with a laugh. “What inspires me [both in music and product creation] is love, passion — something that makes me want to be better, to do more,” she said. “Knowing that I have people who look to me — because thank God I’ve had so many great opportunities — I don’t take it for granted. Young girls can see me, and think, ‘Wow. Maybe if I work hard and I’m focused, I can do the same thing.’ And they absolutely can. It’s not just about me being a singer. It’s about knowing that I have people who look at my life, and to know I can inspire them inspires me.”

Heat features top notes of red vanilla orchid, magnolia, neroli and blush peach; a heart of honeysuckle nectar, almond macaroon and crème de musk, and a dry down of giant sequoia milkwood, tonka bean and amber. Heat will be sold in roughly 2,000 department and specialty store doors, including Macy’s. The assemble includes eaux de parfum in three sizes — 1 oz. for $39; 1.7 oz. for $49, and 3.4 oz. for $59 — as well as a 6.8-oz. Gold Sparkling Body Lotion for $24. On February 3, 2010, Beyonce will make an in-store appearance at the world’s famous Macys in Herald Square to promote the fragrance.

Here's a sneak peak of the ad campaign video

“Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration”

Suzanna

Fragrance of the Week: Cleopatra by Tocca

Today's featured fragrance is going to be short and sweet! Inspired by the Mediterranean seductress, Tocca's Cleopatra eau de parfum captivates the senses. Cleopatra is infused with the crisp, fresh scent of juicy grapefruit and soothing cucumber. The fresh and sparkling grapefruit and lush greens fade into accords of sensual white jasmine and tuberose, leaving an exotic, rich dry down of warm patchouli, golden amber and rich vanilla musk.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"
Suzanna

Cyber Monday Alert: Elizabeth Arden

Happy Cyber Monday. Today is the online equivalent of Black Friday and just like last week retailers will be competing fiercely for your shopping dollars by offering great deals. One of the best deals of the day comes from Elizabeth Arden. Elizabeth Arden is a global prestige beauty company with an extensive portfolio of proven high-performance anti-aging skincare, trend-setting color, and legendary fragrance beauty brands. Founded in 1910, Elizabeth Arden is one of the most recognized names in beauty. Right now when you "Click Here" or on the coupon above you will recieve the Free 7-Piece Beauty Gift with any purchase of $25 or more. Use Code: CYBERMONDAY at Check Out. This coupon is only good through today.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

"Fashion Circle Sale Alert" Celeste

Perfume of the Week: Miss Dior Cherie by Dior

For us, fashion addicts who also love history, Dior reminds us of the 1950’s glamour. That’s why I am always looking forward to wearing any Dior fragrances I come across. Though it’s not exactly a new fragrance, today I've decided to talk about Miss Dior Cherie.

Elegance is timeless and never dated but when you go to a perfume store and ask for an elegant, timeless perfume, the odds of the sales assistant bringing you that “old lady” perfume are high. I never figured out why. Miss Dior Cherie by Christian Dior is a timeless perfume but with a very modern and fresh approach.

Green Tangerine, Violette, Pink Jasmine, Patchouli, Crystalline Musk, Strawberry Leaves, Caramelized Popcorn, Strawberry Sorbet are the notes on this perfume. No, I’m not kidding. Popcorn and Strawberry Sorbet are really there. As you probably know that’s extremely unusual for grown up’s perfumes but I must say they tie in so well with the rest of the scents that you won’t be able to clearly tell what’s what.

Sweet and sexy, playful but classy, soft but memorable, Miss Dior Cherie is that kind of perfume you can picture bubbly, friendly people wearing. Originally, it was intended for a younger public but I say you’re as young as you feel. This is definitely a good choice for a daytime perfume for fall and early winter. If you're thinking about buying Christmas prensents already, this would be good choice for your younger sister, for example.

The staying power is very good but not outstanding. However, if you use the body lotion as well, I can guarantee it will be extraordinary.

Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration

Micky

Love Etc... The Body Shop Perfume

If I tell you there’s a perfume called “Love Etc...” and that its logo is made of various hearts, on all the colors in the rainbow you’d probably tell me right away that it would be a Valentine’s perfume, right? Well… not so much. The Body Shop is well known for their body butters and amazing bath products but they have some really good (and inexpensive) perfumes. The newest is Love Etc…

This new perfume has been created by Dominque Ropion, who is the perfumist behind fragrances such as Armani Code (previously featured on this segment), Lovely (SJP’s perfume) and many others. The perfumist was inspired by love in all it’s variants, be it love for your friends and family or love for a certain place or time in your life.

The notes are jasmine, vanilla and sandalwood. Looks pretty simple and straightforward but it seems to be a match made in heaven. All the notes are definitely sweet, but not overwhelming. This is a traditional floral-oriental perfume to which the freshness and romance is brought by the jasmine, the sweetness and mystery is brought by the vanilla accord and the earthy warmness and sexiness is brought by the sandalwood. No aldehids and no musk on fragrance, so even the more sensitive people can rest assured that it is extremely unlikely to give you headaches.

I’d personally say this is by no means a warm perfume but it’s not a cool one either. I’d wear it year round since I find it to be well balanced, just as love itself should be. Don’t rely on this perfume to make an entrance by you in a room because that will never happen. It’s a discreet, peaceful and classy day perfume that is sure to appeal to those of you who just cannot stand the very though of wearing too much of an overpowering perfume but don’t want to smell like you just borrowed a pre-teen’s perfume.

As if all of these good things weren’t enough, the alcohol on this perfume is a Community Trade biological product so you’ll also be helping to create a better World when you buy and use it.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Micky

Guide to Finding the Perfect Fragrance

Holidays are all about families and fragrance certainly fits right in. Here’s a guide that puts personality style together with the fragrance family to ensure the perfect fragrance gift.

First, know your nose! Perfumes are like musical compositions. The overture is the ‘top” note or the first impression when you try the scent on or open the bottle. The impact is immediate and sets up the next chorus of the fragrance which is the “middle note”. This is the very heart of the fragrance that stays with you longest before the final “base note” comes into play signaling the moment when the fragrance has truly developed to its fullest, lingering on the skin for many pleasurable hours.

Next, let’s talk fragrance like a pro. According to The Fragrance Foundation, who wrote the book on all things fragranced, perfumed and scented, fragrances are grouped into “families”. Florals, Orientals, Chypre (pronounced Sheep-ra), Woody, Fruity, Floriental, Citrus and Green are the most well-known. “It’s the magic and alchemy of the perfumer’s art to blend and mix the hundreds and thousands of ingredients that can make up an infinite variety of “scentsational” scents. Just like a composer does with music”, explains Rochelle Bloom, President of The Fragrance Foundation.

Now that you get the idea, here are some personality types that you might recognize on your holiday gift list and the fragrance “family” ingredients that would appeal to them:

For Him

Athletic: Citrus. Fresh and Brisk. Clean and simple.

Earthy: Fougere forest notes from oak moss, resin and geranium oil.

Dynamic: Smoky, pungent,masculine leather notes.

For Her

Sporty: Look for a fragrance that is light and sparkly. Citrus and green. The crystal-clean fresh tang of such fascinating ingredients as lemon, orange and lime. The zest and energy of freshly cut grass and dewy-green leaves.

Classic: Think Audrey Hepburn and Coco Chanel. Often single florals like rose or gardenia, sometimes balanced by a variety of contrasting, sophisticated notes from the perfumer’s palette.

Fashionista: A cutting edge Italian designer. A little black number from Paris or a style maven from the US? The fashion designer today uses individualist notes that range from sophisticated and mysterious to spicy and oriental. Get their style through a signature scent.

Romantic: Chypre and Floral Orientals work their magic. Often an uninhibited blend of exotic flowers, herbs and spices.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Suzanna