Even in the realm of fragrance, fashion designer Donna Karan has refused to conform to confining notions of femininity, insisting that her scents explore every facet of womanhood rather than ill-conceived notions of “sugar and spice” or of outdated”prim and proper” memes.
Chances are, at some point in your childhood or adolescence you heard someone suggest that you spritz your fragrance into the air then walk into the misty air so as to have the scent swathe your whole being, thereby guaranteeing that it won’t register as overly potent or intrusive.
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Fine crystals faceted to maximize their light-reflecting properties and add a sense of texture, their level of transparency and vibrant colors mimicking those of the rarest and finest gems, adding enough glitz and pomp to appease a post-Higgins-boot-camp Eliza Doolittle…
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If any aromatic concoction can truly be described as a “scent from heaven,” it follows that it should come with its very own halo — or, at the very least, be swathed in an ethereal orb of light.
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From Gucci’s Flora Garden Fragrance Collection to the D&G Fragrance Anthology, one of the most prominent trends in the perfumery realm is the creation of multi-piece fragrance collections designed so that each individual scent explores a specific facet or nuance of the central, unifying theme, while also harmonizing with the remaining pieces so as to maintain the integrity of the collective identity. The latest aromatic adventure from Ralph Lauren, the Big Pony Fragrance Collection for Women, follows this paradigm, with four unique scents that explore the different characteristics and traits of young women.
