In case you thought it was only women who were regularly subjected to overenthusiastic photoshopping, just take a look at poor Matthew McConaughey, the front man for Dolce & Gabbana's new The One Gentleman. Read more here and here. The title, by the way, comes from McConaughey's statement to People magazine about the inspirations for the new fragrance.
As the cashier at Walgreen's rang up my sale, I watched the cash register's display. Stetson — $2.00. (Big sale at the fragrance aisle.) Stetson Black — $2.00. Charlie — DO NOT SELL. The cashier yawned and continued to toss items into my bag. Tabu — DO NOT SELL. I glanced up at her, but she seemed unconcerned and pushed my bag toward me. The last time I got a “do not sell” from the cash register, it was for a recalled bottle of Love's Baby Soft. What has to happen that's so bad that a bottle of drugstore perfume is recalled?
I happy to report that none of the bottles of perfume I bought that day burst spontaneously into flames or ate holes in my skin. In fact, Stetson may be my best two-dollar investment ever…
It’s spring — the perfect time to release ambery, spicy, oriental fragrances full of coffee, musk, cocoa, patchouli, ambergris and vanilla…right? I used to complain about sparkly “resort” citrus fragrances being released in October and heavy, rich scents coming out just before or during summer, but this off-season system of fragrance debuts has been a money-saver for me. I hold off buying fragrances I can’t wear immediately, so by the time cold weather rolls around, this spring’s and summer’s warm, wintry-smelling fragrance releases will have lost their gloss of “newness” and I can look at them dispassionately, and buy only fragrances I love (not simply like).
Dolce & Gabbana’s The One for Men (developed by perfumer Olivier Polge) has a cool-weather vibe; it contains grapefruit, coriander, basil, cardamom, ginger, orange blossom, cedar, tobacco and ambergris. The One begins with a strong (and predictable) citrus-spice accord that disappears within five minutes. I was stifling a been-there-done-that yawn when something interesting began to happen…
Actor Matthew McConaughey (the sexiest man alive, or at least he was in 2005) will be the face of Dolce & Gabbana’s upcoming fragrance The One For Men, set to launch next March…
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