Thanks to Iris and her magazine updates, I managed to buy the inaugural Penhaligon’s mook (S$36.70) at Kinokuniya when I visited the bookstore recently. I can’t read Japanese but the mook seems to be a product catalogue of sorts for this established perfume brand (including a focus on limited edition packaging), celebrating its 142 years [...]
Here’s a handy accessory for all you fragrance lovers – a refillable travel perfume atomiser to carry your favourite scent with you, without bringing out your precious flaçons. At 8.6 cm and 20 g, this is an extremely light vaporisateur – it is apparently made of the same aluminium material as high-tech aircraft. It also [...]
The quest for the perfect makeup pouch can lead to interesting beauty developments. In the early 1980s, Seiichiro Hangui, the founder and resident designer of niche brand Artisan & Artist, sought to create the ideal accessories for makeup storage. His designs so impressed Barneys New York that they commissioned him to design a customised series [...]
