Cornelia Spa re-opened in New York’s Surrey

  Cornelia Spa Returns To New York at The Surrey Cornelia Spa, the brand credited with launching the luxury day spa experience, makes its anticipated return to New York at The Surrey, the city’s only Relais & Chateaux hotel. The spa will delight its guests with botanical tastings, an amuse bouche presented following and created … Read more

Speaking about luxury with Yann Schalburg owner Belle de Jour Gallery

There are few places in the world where such business could be held.In the very heart of Paris,  there is a magical place, at the foot of the Sacre-Coeur of Montmartre –  the Belle de Jour Gallery shows an amazing collection of old perfume bottles which the “Belle Epoque” elegant ladies were crazy about. And we … Read more

Amouage Interlude unveiled

The inventive use of frankincense and myrrh gave birth to the new Amouage Interlude for Men and Women, a fragrance created for self-reflection and personal discovery released in Amouage’s signature glass crystal bottles. Interlude aims to compose internal harmony from external chaos. “I interpret what I see and feel into scents,” said Christopher Chong, Amouage’s … Read more

Inaugural Digital IQ Index: Fragrance report. The digital footprint of most fragrance brands is weak and uninspired

The first of its kind, the inaugural L2’s Digital IQ Index: Fragrance report benchmarks the digital competence of global fragrance brands, looking at 350 data points across four dimensions: Site, Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Mobile. L2’s Digital IQ Index: Fragrance study attempts to quantify the digital competence of 63 fragrance brands, and, as always, … Read more

Shiseido to launch its masstige brand in the Japanese market

Starting September 2012, Shiseido will launch Za (pronounced “zee-ei”) in the Japanese market. Za is a skincare and makeup brand currently offered in the Asian market for women in their 20s as one of the Global Mega-Brands strategically launched in markets around the globe. The Za lineup to be offered in Japan will comprise 54 … Read more

Blake Lively – the face of Gucci Première

  Gucci announced that actress Blake Lively will be the face of Gucci Premiere, the House’s next female fragrance, for which Nicolas Winding Refn has directed a short film. Blake Lively joins Evan Rachel Wood, Chris Evans and James Franco in representing Gucci’s fragrances. The print campaign for the new fragrance was shot by Mert … Read more