Skin & Body

The story of Cacharel, the French trendy brand initiated in 1962 when the designer Jean Bousquet, so much inspired with the high success of his first collection, came to the idea to start his own brand of fashion and he chose the name of a small bird for to name the brand, the bird habitant in the south of France. And since the date of establishment, Cacharel won the legendary reputation in France and beyond the country, and this is all to the stylish and durable clothes. Nevertheless, today we know Cacharel as the House to create fragrances. The French brand won the world in 60s with its new collections of breathtaking garments and never thought of dealing in fragrances.

Long before the legendary fragrance CK One appeared in 1994, as one of the first and demanded unisex scents in the world, the name of Calvin Klein triumphed in the world of perfume. In 1985 the American designer launched its fragrance Obsession that became the first perfume hit of Calvin Klein brand and that immediately advanced the two preceding fragrances in sales volume, that is Calvin Klein for women and Calvin for men that discontinued long time ago.

Cellulite is the skin defect that is very typical to women. It is the current pandemic of the XXI century for every woman, since the signs of cellulite are seen in every second woman, irrespective of age and nationality, and race and religion. As true women, those significantly affected with cellulite struggle with this trouble. They try every attempt and do anything men would not do to get rid of these ugly lumps - they take on incredible diets, they visit fitness clubs though the effect is not the same as expected by them.

The story of the French Fashion House Nina Ricci dates back to the far year 1932 when madam Nina Ricci founded the brand. She contributed a lot to make her House products demanded all over the years, though the first fragrance of the House that won the population in France and beyond the country appeared a little bit later, only in 1946. Nina Ricci's son, Robert Ricci, made his mind to create Coeur-Joie fragrance followed by L'Air du Temps in 1948 that became the most famous fragrance by Nina Ricci House. Worthy to be called the icon scent of the epoch, L'Air du Temps is one of the legendary fragrances like Chanel №5, Guerlain Shalimar and Patou Joy to be still valued and acquired by those with cultivated and fine taste.

Created by Jacques Guerlain in 1919 Mitsouko became one of fragrances in the chypre line still demanded till now. Jacques Guerlain continued the tradition in perfume production initiated by the unique, the most initial chypre scent by Coty, creating the second vital scent in the family of chypre fragrances. Willing to experiment, the famous perfumer combined quite unusual notes, both natural and synthetic in Mitsouko scent several years prior to appearance of the first aldehydic-floral odor, Chanel №5.

Splendid smooth skin with natural tan is in vogue within many years now. Therefore, women make various attempts to look seducing tanned as if they spent pleasant days under the hot sun. Bear in mind, that the natural tan as well as solarium does not fir anyone. Though, it does not mean at all that there are no ways to have golden tan without being exposed to ultraviolet rays. Self-tanning products is the solution for those want to look perfect every season without risking the health for the beauty.

Early eighties were marked by a surge of Oriental scents when the oriental theme, somewhat passee and forgotten after the phenomenal triumph of the legendary Guerlain Shalimar, got a chance to revival owing to the French couturier Yves Saint Laurent. In 1977, Yves Saint Laurent released Opium, a dry, spicy oriental scent that has become an icon of spicy, sensual, and seductive oriental-style perfumery. One of the celebrated pacesetters in fashion, Saint Laurent has made a true revolution in the perfume industry n the early eighties. Despite the dominance of the floral aldehydes, he was able to bring the Oriental scents back into the spotlight.

The fragrance being the Dior House perfume and one of the most claimed scents of French brand was made only within two months in spite of New Look collection that has become the narration. Miss Dior scent creation was inspired by the classic aromas as Chypre de Coty, vintage fragrance created in 1917 and Vert Vert, flowery green scent of the French Fashion House Balmain of 40s.

The French Lancome Perfume House won the popularity with its elegant fragrances for women. Yet, most of scents have been acknowledged as the classic scent in perfumery world. Almost all vintage fragrances launched by Lancome were designed for mature and elegant women and the peak of its popularity came to 60s and 70s. The scent that found its admirers was not supposed to attract younger ladies, and still the image of the real woman was far more preferable than that of the young coquette.

In today's struggle for perfection, the fight against cellulite has played a huge role. This detestable «orange peel skin» is so annoying, especially in situations when everything else seems to be almost perfect. In the fight for beauty, all means are good. The first thing that comes to mind when you want to get rid of cellulite is purchase of the anti-cellulite cream. The idea of eliminating the «orange peel skin» while staying at home and rubbing in an expensive anti-cellulite cream of some highly-advertised brand seems the simplest and most affordable solution. Is this actually true? Can an anti-cellulite cream effectively remove all those unsightly dimples and pimples from our body? Can it make our skin smooth and supple again? Is anti-cellulite cream as effective as it is described in the advertisement and whether it is as safe, as we all want to think?

Nearly 600 new perfumes hit the beauty counters each year. However, only few of them enjoy a long history. For example, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche is emblematic of the 1970s; Obsession, by Calvin Klein, the 1980s. But no fragrance engenders total recall like Chanel No 5. We know the box. We know the bottle. We know the scent. Chanel No 5. has been a hit for several decades - a bottle of it is sold every 55 seconds somewhere in the world.

The Oriental trends so popular in the Europe in the early XX century provoked creation of series of special oriental fragrances. The same as eastern sweet or spices, the fragrances excelled with the very different scent which was very intense, rich, and sensitive and obducing. One of the first eastern fragrances in the history of the current perfumery was Shalimar created by the French Perfume house Guerlain.