I want it.
I've heard it's not quite out yet, but Nordstrom is selling it, apparently. It's light and sweet, but there's a depth to it I can't quite define...it sort of draws you in and keeps pulling at you. It's mystifying.
But I think you could probably say that about the whole line.
Nordstrom's description is as follows: "Succulent exotic fruits and bright pink florals give way to a musky, appetite-arousing base. A mouth-watering concoction of watermelon and kiwi is offset by the drama of pink cyclamen for an exhilarating fragrance sensation. Boisterous, brilliant, and incredibly addictive." Addictive is a very good word. I rubbed on the sample from the September issue of Vogue I was looking at today and then went to an interview. I kept smelling my left wrist over and over again for hours, until long after the smell had faded. I rubbed it on about one thirty this afternoon. I'm still sniffing.
It's part of a new line of six fragrances, based on tarot cards. While I sort of raised an eyebrow at how they "renamed" some of the cards, (the Magician, for instance, is now the "Seducer") I'm honestly intrigued. I've only ever smelled one other one, and that was "La Lune", which I rubbed on Anna's wrist as she sat next to me, lost in her issue of Allure. It's a white floral scent with notes of leather, sandalwood, and lily...Nordstrom calls it "subtle, mysterious, utterly alluring." I liked it. For a fragrance that's supposed to be a "night fragrance", *I* even found it accessible, and that really says something. Of course, I didn't like it as well as L'Imperatrice. But I liked it.
If Dolce & Gabbana can make a set of fragrances, put two samples in Vogue, and make me like both, I want to smell the rest of this set.
(incidentally, one of the two unfavorable reviews I was able to find about this set on Basenotes called La Lune "crass" and "chemical", and called L'Imperatrice "adolescent". Most of the fragrances I really love have been defined as "adolescent" or something similar. C'est la vie.)
Anyway. Clothes.
I think I'm oddly conservative when it comes to fashion. If a new trend hits the runways, I'm reluctant to implement it most of the time, even if it comes home and it's sold by places like Kohl's and Target. I'm a classic staple kind of chick, and I usually only integrate something into my wardrobe if I think it has staying power.
So....ankle boots. They didn't even make my radar until our trip to Plato's Closet late last week. It was time to buy some new clothes...our tired old wardrobe was in need of fresh energy since we hadn't bought any new clothes in probably almost a year. I was searching for possibilities for interview outfits in things that weren't black (I have way too much classic, severe black in my collection) and it occurred to me that I'd need something that was brown and had a heel (not my decaying old trusty brown flats). Anna handed me these brown Style & Co. ankle boots and I radiated skepticism, but I tried them on. They fit. Comfortably. Realizing they'd match half my wardrobe, I decided to take them home, and, as it turns out, they look pretty sexy on me (so Anna says), and I've come to realize that...hey...these might have some staying power after all, and if they look good with everything you own, they're a classic staple in their own right.
So I saw this pair of black flats - or a pair a lot like it - on an episode of House (on a chick that was wearing a delightfully cute oufit and one which I decided to faithfully copy, down to the last detail). They're also the exact flats Anna's mom got her for her birthday. The only pair they had left at Target was in a 9 1/2, which is a whole size bigger than any shoe I currently own. But they fit comfortably, so I decided to go ahead and get them, figuring that if worse came to worst, they could be made to fit by wearing a thick pair of tights this winter. I wore them today, though, and I guess they passed the fit test. We'll have to see how they fit in cold weather, but I think they'll be okay. I suppose that while I'm an 8 or 8 1/2 at DSW, Nordstrom, and everywhere else, I'm a 9 1/2 at Target. Whatever...they're cute. And yes, apparently I'm a hypocrite now. I bought a major article at Target! We'll have to see how they hold up. ^_~
