Spring Trendspotting: L’Occitane Peony Collection
For the first time in ten years L’Occitane unveils a brand spanking new make-up collection that draws inspiration from the peony. To accompany the color collection, the beauty brand collaborated with French nurseryman, Jean-Luc Rivière, to create a peony focused scent. All of the fragrance and make-up products in the collection are infused with the [...]
Balenciaga Paris
February 23, 2010 by Felicia · Leave a Comment
The haute couture fashion house, Balenciaga, known for its Parisian elegance, recently unveiled a new scent – Balenciaga Paris. The fragrance is a collective merger of three French talents – Perfumer Olivier Polge, Creative Director Nicolas Ghesquière, and French actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg. Nicholas Ghesquière, who has been with Balenciaga for over a decade [...]
Spring Beauty Breakfast at Bergdorf Goodman
Just last week I had the honor of covering an exclusive spring beauty soiree at one of my favorite New York City haunts, Bergdorf Goodman (more affectionately known as “Bergdorfs”). During my delightful beauty breakfast I spent quality time with experts in beauty, skincare, and fragrance from lines by Ellis Faas, Balenciaga, Van Clef and [...]
Carolina Herrera CH Men
January 12, 2010 by Felicia · Leave a Comment
Carolina Herrera, the high-end fashion brand known for its elegant womenswear, recently launched CH Men, a fragrance for men. The fragrance is formulated around the brand’s five concepts:
Adventure is represented by saffron, incense, rosewood and nutmeg
Savoir faire by vetiver, jasmine sambac, bergamot and tangerine
Passion by sandalwood, grey amber, tonka bean and vanilla
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ThisThatBeauty Approved Holiday Gift Guide: For the Fragrance-nista
December 15, 2009 by Felicia · Leave a Comment
Today’s ThisThatBeauty Approved Holiday Gift Guide is for the Fragrance-nista on your gift list. She’s the gal who knows here top notes from her base notes. She’s a collector of fine fragrances. She loves to tastefully fill a room with her intoxicating aroma du jour. She’s a Fragrance-nista and darn proud of it! If [...]
Robert Verdi: Tweet This!
November 10, 2009 by Felicia · Leave a Comment
Join me (@ThisThatBeauty) tomorrow as I Twitterbug my pretty little heart away with Celebrity Stylist and Taste-maker Extraordinaire, Mr. Robert Verdi.(@RobertVerdi)
We’ll be Tweeting live from Robert Verdi’s Luxe Laboratory. This uber posh deluxe apartment in the sky often plays host to the fashion elite and celebrities galore…so ya never know who might pop in in-person or [...]
USHER VIP for your boo:)
October 27, 2009 by Felicia · Leave a Comment
With the holidays just ’round the corner, now is the perfect time to start shopping new scents for your boo. Show your man he’s number #1 and the only VIP in your life with Usher VIP.
Usher proudly unveils his confident new fragrance for men…and what’s sexier than a confident swagger?! This woodsy fragrance is warmed [...]
Sweet Grass Farm Hope, Courage & Faith Fragrance Stick Set
October 12, 2009 by Felicia · Leave a Comment
Today I am continuing my Breast Cancer Awareness coverage with Sweet Grass Farm Hope, Courage & Faith Fragrance Stick Set
All year long, Sweet Grass will support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donating 10% of the proceeds for each sale of its Hope, Courage & Faith Fragrance Stick Set to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
The [...]
New Fragrance: Donna Karan Introduces Cashmere Mist Luxe Edition
October 6, 2009 by Felicia · Leave a Comment
Drape your body in the luxurious comfort of Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Luxe Edition. Its lavish cashmere embrace warms the skin and seduces the senses.
“Cashmere Mist is the ultimate Modern Icon. For 15 years, it has been a worldwide passion – a soft, sensual indulgence for women to wrap themselves in year round. Cashmere Mist [...]
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month I will use ThisThatBeauty to highlight organizations, events, products, and individuals committed to raising breast health awareness. First up is a brand that is very near and dear to my heart, Estee Lauder.
In 1992, Evelyn Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.,(pictured right) [...]




