Show You CARE To Support Sustainable Living: pureDKNY Fragrance

In my day job, I work for a poverty eradication project operating in Uganda, BeadforLife. So I was excited to see the press release that came with a sample of the new pureDKNY fragrance. Usually a fragrance is hard to review – I can tell you what scents are in it, but liking it or [...]

Smell Like Summer With Atelier Cologne’s Orange Sanguine

Citrus seems to be popping up in new fragrances left and right. It’s a trend I’m on board with. The citrus is incredibly refreshing and reminds me of warmer weather. I’ve been test driving Atelier Cologne’s Orange Sanguine. The scent has top notes of blood orange and bitter orange, heart notes or jasmine and geranium [...]

Dare To Be Unique With Kilian L’oeuvre noire Fragrances

It seems like every new perfume these days is linked to a celebrity. If the bottle doesn’t bear a celebrity name, there is certainly a celebrity spokesperson gracing the ads. The result is that it can be hard to find a unique fragrance for yourself. I’ve stumbled upon something for those of us looking for [...]

Challenge Day 17: Bergamotto di Calabria by Acqua di Parma

So the Tom’s natural deodorant isn’t really cutting it anymore. It lasts most of the day, but by about 4:00 I can tell I’m not smelling my freshest. Determined to find an aluminum-free solution, I’ve taken up fragrance in the meantime. It helps disguise my not so freshness all day long. Isn’t that why they [...]

For The Woman Who Has Everything: Lisa Hoffman Variations Fragrance

If you’ve been searching for something unique for a mother, sister or friend who already has everything or is tough to buy for, I’ve got a gift idea for you. Lisa Hoffman’s high quality line of bath and body products is pretty fancy on it’s own. The Variations Fragrances are something I’ve never seen anywhere [...]

An Elegant Floral: In Bloom By Reese Witherspoon

Avon’s latest team up with a celeb, has produced In Bloom, a fragrance co-created by Reese Witherspoon. I generally don’t think of Avon as a source for fragrances (how do you check them out if there’s no store to smell that at?), but I’ve been seeing some good ones from them. Check out the review [...]

Best and Worst Chanel Products

See which items from this luxe brand are worth the splurge and which one product you shouldn’t spend a dollar on

Just because a product comes with the name Chanel, does that mean it’s worth the hefty price tag? We set out to discover the truth by asking TotalBeauty.com readers to share their [...]

You Smell Good Enough to Eat. Nina by Nina Ricci Precious Edition

If the Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy had a signature fragrance – it would be the Precious Edition of Nina by Nina Ricci. With a sweet, youthful, and heavy fragrance, Nina by Nina Ricci Precious Edition is a limited-release timed for the holidays. Looking like a collectible Christmas tree ornament, the bottle is housed in a [...]

Flirty And Sophisticated: Yves Saint Laurent Parisienne (And Enter To Win A Trip To Paris!)

Yves Sanit Laurent’s latest women’s fragrance is just what you should expect from a French design house. Subtly sexy and very feminine, YSL Parisienne says that it captures “the essence of a woman who is incredibly free. She is not from Paris but Paris adopts her. Because she knows how to love, how to live.” [...]

Money In A Bottle? Bond No. 9’s Andy Warhol Success Is A Job In New York

When I read about Bond No. 9’s upcoming fragrance launch of Andy Warhol Success Is A Job In New York fragrance, featuring Warhol’s dollar signs in neon colors on a black bottle (launching October 1st), I thought it a bit poorly timed in these economic times. But I was also intrigued. The company is touting [...]

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