SMOOTH MOVES: HAIR HEROES: - Beauty Magazine

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For the fashion
conscious…
Stylish scents for label lovers:
PACO RABANNE 1 MILLION –
This Christmas bestseller is the
scent of the moment and, thanks to
its ingot-inspired bottle, fills the
need for bling in trying times.
COSTUME NATIONAL HOMME –
This brand new fragrance from the
uber-cool Italian fashion house is
bursting with fresh, zesty notes,
making it perfect for summer 2010.
SEAN JOHN I AM KING – Few
celebrity scents hit the mark in the
men’s sector, but this complex and
sophisticated number trades up
beautifully, smelling like a
connoisseur’s fragrance.
ARMANI CODE – A famously sexy
fragrance, with fresh notes of
lemon softened by warm ones of
guaiac wood and tonka bean.
time in a generation,” he points out, “so
have little need for aftershaves.” He also
sees the trend for more fruit and floral
notes in men’s fragrance continuing this
year. “Men certainly don’t want to smell
like a bouquet of flowers or a fruit basket,
but sweeter, juicier notes are right up
there in some of the biggest and most
successful men’s fragrances from the last
few seasons,” he says.
Look out too for the continued interest in
vetiver – a pungent grass root – as a base
note in men’s fragrances following the
boost it got from Tom Ford’s Grey Vetiver
at the end of last year.
The most exciting – and promising –
development in men’s fragrances for me
though has been the Lynx Bullet.
Although a portable, pocket bodyspray
rather than a premium scent, it must
surely have an impact on the way
fragrances in general are sold to men.
After all, as well as being fun and clever
it’s also fantastically practical. Maybe in
the Bullet we’ve seen the future, and
it’s…small!
For Mr sporty...
Fresh, sporty fragrances that are just as good on warm
summer days as they are for gym bags:
ARAMIS COOL – The latest variant of Aramis Classic
adds lime and lemon peel to its notes to provide a
crisper edge, making it perfect for sporty types.
CHANEL ALLURE HOMME SPORT – Fresh as a daisy,
this award-winning fragrance, with its sparkling top
notes of orange and mandarin, has become something
of a gym bag classic.
CLINIQUE HAPPY FOR MEN – A superbly fresh and
citrussy fragrance that’s light, crisp, clean and perfect
for sporty types.
BURBERRY SPORT FOR MEN – The just-released sport
fragrance from Burberry eschews predictable citrus notes and opts for a woody,
spicy effect instead.
There’s been a return to the classics in the past year or
so, as customers retreat to what they know, rather than
spend on something they’re unfamiliar with.
For the young,
free & single…
Cool and contemporary fragrances
for fussy younger customers:
CKFREE – Warm, woody and
masculine without being old
fashioned, this latest Calvin Klein
number is perfect for a night on
the tiles.
LYNX TWIST BULLET – Dubbed
‘pocket pulling power’, this
dinky portable fragrance
bodyspray has become a
clubbing essential. Twist is
the latest variant and is fresh
and zingy.
DIESEL ONLY THE BRAVE –
A superbly wearable fragrance
housed in one of the
quirkiest bottles of the
past 10 years.
DAVIDOFF HOT
WATER – Coty’s
sexed-up ‘nighttime’
companion
to Cool Water is
an sensual
oriental
fragrance that
turns up the
heat with notes
of absinthe
and red basil.
For the
classic gent…
Sure-fire bets for customers after
tried and tested masculine
fragrances from big brands:
CALVIN KLEIN ETERNITY
FOR MEN – A Calvin Klein
classic, this stylish and
refreshing fragrance
is fantastically
wearable and dries
down to a warm,
woody base that
features
ingredient of the
moment, vetiver.
TOM FORD
GREY VETIVER –
Lauded by grooming editors
(myself included) this ferociously
masculine blend of oak moss,
grapefruit and (of course) vetiver is
smoky and seriously sexy!
ARAMIS CLASSIC – Still going
strong after 46 years in the biz, this
warm, spicy fragrance practically
defines the word ‘classic’.
BOSS BY HUGO BOSS – Also
known as ‘Boss Bottled’, this
woody classic contains a veritable
A to Z of masculine notes,
including sandalwood, cedarwood
and vetiver.
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