Man Snob
Summer Hair for the Man Snob: A Close Call
After growing out my hair for the past year or so, I decided it was time to tame this bush growing on top of my head. Humidity and my hair are not friends, and I know it was time to clean up. After a strong recommendation by a friend to trust the artists at John [...]
YÜLI Skincare: Refreshingly Simple
I’m always a fan of trying something new, and skincare is something where I tend to stick to my favorites. A friend of mine recently introduced me to a new line called YÜLI and from that moment on I was floored. The appeal of the slick packaging and the clean and simple products is honestly [...]
Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme: Eau, It’s On Dude
I remember way back when I first picked up a bottle of Chanel’s Allure Homme Sport: I hadn’t even entered high school yet! I loved the brisk scent, and the refreshing notes that came along with it. I was so in love with the cologne that it led to several Chanel purchases after. Now, Chanel [...]
Top 5 Gifts for Men on Valentine’s Day: Soothe His Heart Away
So Valentine’s Day is on the horizon like a shark in the water, and you don’t know what to get an important guy in your life. Well, I’ve got news for you: he wants to be pampered! While we may not admit it, guys like to feel and look good too! So here’s a go-to [...]
Tom Ford Lavender Palm – Beverly Hills Flagship Exclusive
As has been the case with his other flagship openings, Tom Ford has chosen his Beverly Hills flagship, which makes its debut this official public debut this weekend and will feature his first-ever dedicated womenswear floor, to launch Tom Ford Lavender Palm, a fragrance Ford feels best evokes the image of California’s “sparkling sunlight, natural [...]
NARS NYC Flagship Exclusives
There are makeup artists–and there is François Nars. Without a doubt one of the industry’s most private (by choice) and fascinating beguilers of beauty, Nars solidified his name in the eighties as the go-to guy for editorials, working with all the supermodels known simply by their first names. Fast forward to February 2009, when he [...]
Cartier de Lune
Because, really, who doesn’t love a white floral musk? That’s the notion Mathilde Laurent, Cartier’s in-house perfumer, banked on when she created the French jeweler’s first major women’s scent since 2006′s Délices de Cartier. Coupled with top notes of pink pepper and juniper berry; a heart of white rose, cyclamen and lily of the valley, [...]
Chanel Lumières Byzantines Limited Edition Compact
Peter Philips is a genius. Chanel Beauté’s artistic director, much like his fashion counterpart, Karl Lagerfeld, continues to reinvent the wheel season after season with some truly innovative product. The latest is the limited edition make-up palette, of which only 1,500 were made, dubbed “Lumières Byzantine.” Inspired by Lagerfeld’s recent Pre-Fall 2011 show–an ode to [...]
Balenciaga Black Body Scrub
There are body scrubs and then there are luxurious body scrubs. High off the success of his first fragrance, Balenciaga Paris, Nicolas Ghesquière has launched a bevy of ancillary products designed to complement and sooth the body and soul. My favorite ? The sumptuous black body scrub. Yes, it does its job–the mineral aspect of [...]
Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle: Portrait of a Lady
Considering that Frédéric Malle’s Géranium pour Monsieur is one of my all-time favorite scents, I was excited to learn that the Dominique Ropion, the nose behind the scent, had created another fragrant wonder for Malle: Portrait of a Lady. The master perfumer’s newest feminine fragrance, with a name inspired by the same-named novel by Henry [...]
