Archive for February, 2010
Carolina Herrera – Spectacular Range of Perfumes
The contemporary perfume sector is made more alive with the emergence and popularity of 212 Carolina Herrera for women and for men, respectively. Just like many perfume designers that came before her, Carolina Herrera first designed clothes and established her own fashion house before she pursued formulating and designing perfumes to extend the line of the fashion operations.
However, unlike most fashion designers in her league, Carolina Herrera is neither French nor Italian. She is also not American who hailed from New York. Carolina Herrera is an entrepreneur and fashion designer born in Venezuela.
Carolina was so fond of her parents, especially of her father, whom she refers to as among the most handsome men she ever knew. Perhaps, it was this fascination for her parents that made her inclined and interested in designing clothes that would further accentuate good and outstanding physical features.
Having established a fashion designing career and relocating to New York, where she says greater opportunities arise, Carolina established her own fashion house at her namesake in the 1980s. Initially, there have been three flagship boutiques it operated across the globe. The base was at New York on Madison Avenue. The second is at Melrose Place in Los Angeles and the third in Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
Through expanding its lifestyle and clothing brand, Carolina Herrera is effectively establishing itself and is robustly expanding its presence worldwide. Five years after the establishment of the company, Carolina launched its first perfume called Carolina Herrera, a romantic and very heady blend of aromatic jasmine and tuberose essences.
In 1991, Carolina Herrera for men was unveiled. The third Carolina Herrera was launched in 1994, the very floral and exciting Flore. The lighter counterpart called Aqua Flore was introduced in 1996.
For eleven years after the company was founded, 212 for women, then for men were launched. The scents paved the way for Carolina Herrera to more firmly establish its presence into the global fragrance sector. The perfumes were ready to encompass all her fashion collections.
Aside from clothes and fragrances, Carolina Herrera also offered fashion accessories, cosmetics and other luxury items. A signature color cosmetics line is very much identified with the company. The accessories are beautifully detailed and are comprising of good shoulder and handbags that are at par with the current luxury brands across the global market.
Interviewed once to talk about her success and the outstanding performance of her businesses, Ms. Carolina Herrera said she is proud to provide the kind of intricacy for all the consumers of her products.
Whether it is Carolina Herrera perfumes, clothes or accessories, Ms. Herrera said her brand and her company would never cease to strive setting and reaching standards to provide the best and most loveable products to ever be known by consumers. With that kind of personal principle, it is noteworthy and is very obvious where Carolina Herrera’s success if coming from.
Carolina Herrera is truly one of the most admirable fashion and perfume brands.
Lalique – Classic Perfume Bottles
In Hollywood, celebrities are rushing to get hold of the limited edition Lalique perfumes that are launched occasionally in the market. Lalique perfumes are definitely becoming as hot and as controversial as icons and celebrities from all around the world who patronize the items. There must be something with this perfume brand that makes it really buzz-worthy.
With hundreds of high-profile and extremely popular perfume brands out in the market, there are certain trademarks and characteristics that are identified with specific perfumes. True to its nature, perfumes have always been considered premium goods since the ancient times because their high quality and exquisite scent make them costly and affordable only by the royalties and the opulent. In these modern times, the wealthy population still has the upper hand in influencing which perfume brands stay and go.
Lalique perfumes are among the most popular and well patronized in the contemporary generation. The designer perfumes were started and institutionalized by glass and jewelry designer Rene Jules Lalique. Mr. Lalique was very well known and was respected in his field because his masterpieces were truly effective in bringing about standard quality design and aesthetic appeal to items like vases, clocks, chandeliers, jewels and perfume bottles.
Lalique perfumes stand out because of their very appealing and unique perfume bottle designs. If other designer perfumes have stood up because of brand reputation and designer transfer-appeal, Lalique was noted for having the best, most artistic and most innovative perfume bottle designs.
Perfume bottle collectors from all across the globe must have Lalique perfume bottles in their collections. For sure, the bottles would enjoy being on the top of the wish list of such collectors. The bottles are indeed works of inspiration. As a glass and jewelry designer, Mr. Lalique started designing his perfume bottles when he was already 50.
The initiative really came late to this great designer’s life, but the numerous perfume bottle designs he created definitely outlived him. Long after Mr. Lalique’s death in 1945, his bottles still live and are still among the most priced and most patronized.
What sets Lalique perfumes apart is not the scent, though they are as exquisite and good smelling as other perfumes, but the bottle designs. Collectors acknowledge the fact that consumers purchase Lalique perfumes for the specially designed bottles above all.
One of the great admirers of Lalique perfumes is well known singer Mariah Carey. In October 2007, the high-note singer and controversial celebrity invested $13,200 in just a few minutes just to buy 12 bottles of Butterfly scent Lalique perfumes. Asked why she was so determined to get the goods, Ms. Carey simply said she overwhelmingly loves the bottle design of the perfume, which was noted for its crystal bottle etched with butterfly designs, put under a beautifully crafted butterfly bottle stopper.
Indeed, Lalique perfumes are works of art. The usually expensive tag prices that come along with the brand are definitely justifying the real value and artistic appeal of the bottles. Lalique perfumes are sure winners in the premium perfume sector.