Perfume coverage in the March issues of Allure, Details, Elle, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vogue, Glamour and Lucky; please comment on any fragrance-related coverage you’ve seen in other fashion & beauty magazines:
Allure
Cover: Jessica Simpson
Scent strips: Chloé.
Editorial coverage: The “Editor’s Favorites” section in the Beauty Reporter feature includes Aqua Universalis by Maison Francis Kurkdjian (p. 66). This month’s “Smell This” asks random passersby to comment on Marc Jacobs Splash Biscotti (p. 76).
Details
Cover: Robert Pattinson
Scent strips: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue
Editorial coverage: nada
Elle
Cover: Keira Knightley
Scent strips: Ralph Lauren Romance, Dior Miss Chérie Eau de Parfum & L’eau, Chloé Eau de Toilette
Editorial coverage: p. 415, The Belle and Balenciaga: Designer Nicholas Ghesquière – Paris’ perennial original — has found a kindred spirit (and a fragrance campaign star) in actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, by Maggie Bullock
p. 292, Power Spray, The latest crop of celebrity fragrances is out, but choosing the best A-list scent isn’t as easy as arranging them in a Netflix queue. Let’s have the leading ladies speak for themselves. (Sarah Jessica Parker, Demi Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Uma Thruman, Halle Berry)
GQ
Cover: Kobe Bryant
Scent strips: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue
Editorial coverage: p. 111, Get A Whiff of Independence by Chandler Burr: Some guys stick to the indie stuff, labels so underground they need mining gear. So why shouldn’t they be just as discriminating about their cologne? Here, the scents, stores and names they’ve been keeping to themselves.
Harper’s Bazaar
Cover: Kate Moss
Scent strips: Chloé Eau de Toilette
Editorial coverage: none
Marie Claire
Cover: Jennifer Garner & Jessica Biel
Scent strips: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, Marc Jacobs Daisy
Editorial coverage: none
Vogue
Cover: Tina Fey.
Scent strips: Chloé Eau de Toilette, Coach The Fragrance, Juicy Couture Couture
Editorial coverage: none
Glamour
Cover: Victoria Beckham.
Scent strips: DKNY Be Delicious & Be Delicious Fresh Blossom; Coach The Fragrance; Dior Miss Dior Cherie & Miss Dior Cherie L’Eau; Chloe Chloe; Halle Pure Orchid.
Editorial coverage: Enter to win – Chloe Eau de Fleurs sets; New Stuff You’ll Love – Helena Rubinstein Wanted; Beauty Star – Apothia If.
Lucky
Cover: Keri Russell. (not shown)
Scent strips: Ralph Lauren Romance.
Editorial coverage: Beauty Spy : Star Ingredient Scents (p. 142) Balenciaga Paris, Tous H2O, SJP NYC, Jil by Jil Sander, Beyonce Heat, Malin +Goetz In Synthesized Geranium Leaf, Bond No. 9 High Line, Ed Hardy Hearts & Daggers, Memoire Liquide Reserve Edition Fleur Liquide; The Beauty Closet (p. 146) Givenchy Ange ou Demon Le Secret; What I Learned at the Beauty Counter (p. 160) Jo Malone Orange Blossom.
Note: thanks to Cynthia for Glamour and Lucky, and to Kevin for everything else but Allure.
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Wow, seems like an unusual amount of perfume “mention” in mags this round. Not that the fragrances mentioned have me frothing at the mouth to rush out and buy—-but still, fragrance normally gets completely ignored.
On a side note…because I haven’t complained about celebrities all week….Robert Patterson is annoyingly smug looking and probably needs to be slapped, Kate Moss looks oddly reptilian in that photo and it’s interesting how V.Beckham thinks she’s 16…..
well, I feel better now.
I had never heard of Robert Pattinson. Did not recognize Kate Moss at all. Or Tina Fey. Victoria Beckham looks just like her usual self though.
Agree with you about Robert Pattinson – that photo with his head backed up against a woman’s crotch is just…ugh. And Keira Knightly looks way too skinny, as usual. She’s a pretty girl, but she needs some meat on her bones.
I got flamed last time I said that about Keira. I just wish her cheeks weren’t so sunken in. And that hand/arm position makes her look like her shoulder is dislocated. Ok, I’ll stop now.
The March issue of InStyle features Uma Thurman with Givenchy Ange ou Demon in Beauty Talk and Issey Miyake Fleur de Bois among the Editor’s Picks. There is also one page of the Beauty section devoted to fragrance this month: a short on Balenciaga Paris, Trend Notes on oud, and a bit about a Narciso Rodriguez blush, lip balm and For Her rollerball in a palette.
Scent strips: Flora by Gucci; Beyonce Heat
Great — many thanks!!
I notice the Chandler Burr article summary mentions folks “keeping secrets to themselves” again, just like that Standard article you profiled. Boy, lots of secretive perfume spritzers, apparently.
Apparently! I don’t know any of them.
Robin, did you like the Ange Ou Demon Le Secret?
I still haven’t tried it! I mostly avoid scent strips.
I love this roundup! Is it done every month?
Yes, but not always the exact same magazines.