I’ve just read a very interesting post on the Edward Bess Facebook page. Apparently the young master of luxury cosmetics will be releasing an Edward Bess fragrance for the Holiday 2012 season.
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Elizabeth Bennet natural fragrance and aromatherapy oil (inspired by Jane Austen!) from Scentings. You can read it here.
Although I didn’t find the first season of the new “Upstairs, Downstairs” (2010) all that riveting, I tuned in to watch the first episode of the second season on PBS on Sunday night. I’m glad I did, not only because the writing and plotting seemed a little better this time around, but because the episode featured a wonderful cameo appearance of a classic perfume.
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Image: [Columbus Day at Columbus Circle, NYC], October 12, 1940, Museum of the City of New York.
I do most of my shopping for toiletries at Whole Foods and Lifethyme in New York, and I have a weakness for higher-end cosmetics lines that show up at places like Bergdorf and Barneys. On the other hand, some of my favorite basics come from the drugstore. Here are five of my current favorites in the “cheap thrills” department.
TINSEL CREATION 