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Guerlain celebrates 60 years of Habit Rouge with new oak-barrel aged Habit Rouge Spirit

June 24, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, Male grooming, News

THE Guerlain classic fragrance, Habit Rouge first debuted, sixty years ago in 1965 as eau de cologne. Created by Jean-Paul Guerlain, the famed perfumer and fourth generation member of the founding Guerlain fam...

Glass speaks to Maria Kublin, daughter of the influential fashion photographer Tom Kublin

Caroline Simpson

June 12, 2025

Art, News, Photography

HUNGARIAN photographer Tom Kublin had a great influence on fashion photography, working with houses like Dior, Givenchy and Yves Saint Laurent. However, it is his collaboration with Spanish couture designer Cr...

Chanel Beauty adds two new shades to Les Beiges Bronzing Creams range

Caroline Simpson

May 27, 2025

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, News

CHANEL Beauty has introduced two new shades into its cream-gel bronzer Les Beiges Bronzing Cream Healthy Glow line. Designed to give everyone that desirable healthy Chanel kiss-of-sun glow, five shades of thei...

Bamford celebrates 20 years with some special launches

Caroline Simpson

May 19, 2025

Beauty, News, Skincare, Wellbeing

BRITISH lifestyle and wellness brand Bamford is celebrating 20 years since it began making its geranium fragrance with four new geranium-scented candles as well as two new launches – Geranium Sugar Polish and ...

The third Barnes Fragrance Fair will take place on 17 May 2025

Caroline Simpson

May 7, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

THE Barnes Fragrance Fair is taking place this May. Founded by fragrance expert Amanda Carr, and just in its third year, the Barnes Fragrance Fair has quickly become established as an essential must-attend eve...

Hungarian luxury skincare brand Omorovicza launches Elixir

Caroline Simpson

April 22, 2025

Beauty, News, Skincare

HUNGARIAN heritage skincare brand Omorovicza revered for its thorough and effective – yet luxurious – skincare and facials based on Budapest’s rich spa heritage, has launched Elixir. Described as “magic in...

Glass talks to Christopher Chong, the creative mind behind Thameen London

Caroline Simpson

April 17, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

Glass talks to Christopher Chong who has now brought his creative fire power to fragrance house Thameen London, re-invigorating the brand Christopher Chong’s journey into transforming perfume brands into gl...

Chanel opens pop-up in Shoreditch to celebrate Chance Eau Splendide

Caroline Simpson

April 16, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

TO CELEBRATE the launch of the new Chance perfume – Eau Splendide – Chanel opens its Chance Street Pop-Up in Shoreditch, east London. The Chance Street Pop-Up is an immersive and interactive space which gives ...

To My Ships launch with Liberty to celebrate the brand’s second collection: Stand Up Bravely

Caroline Simpson

April 14, 2025

Beauty, Male grooming, News, Skincare

INNOVATIVE body-care and fragrance company To My Ships are taking over the famed London store Liberty’s atrium to create an experiential and design-led installation. The installation will also be complement...

Xerjoff collaborates with Duran Duran to create two new perfumes

Caroline Simpson

April 11, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

CELEBRATED Italian luxury fragrance house Xerjoff have forged a creative alliance with British band Duran Duran to create a duo of perfumes inspired by their music. This isn’t the band’s first venture into olf...

Angèle named as the face of the newly launched Chanel Chance Eau Splendide

Caroline Simpson

April 9, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

A NEW fragrance has joined the Chanel Chance family of joyful scents – and this time it’s Splendide. Adding a purple hue to the Chance pastel palette, the fifth in the collection (another lucky No.5 for Cha...

Violette_Fr launches Mon Chéri Bisou Balm

Caroline Simpson

April 7, 2025

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, News

THE FRENCH cult make-up artist-led cosmetic brand Violette_Fr has just added Mon Cheri Bisou Balm (£30) to their exquisite and elegantly curated range. Violette_fr Mon Cheri Bisou Balm The reddish-br...

Serge Lutens Jeux de Peau perfume is now available at Harrods

Caroline Simpson

April 3, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

THE CLASSIC Serge Lutens scent, Jeux de Peau is now available at London's Harrods store as part of the Falcons de Table range. Launched in 2011, so a pioneer in the skin-scent trend, the spicy, warm and sub...

Burberry announce partnership with V&A Museum to transform Fashion Gallery

Caroline Simpson

April 1, 2025

Fashion, News

BURBERRY and the V&A South Kensington, London have announced their partnership for a major transformation of the museum’s Fashion Gallery. This is part of a multi-year partnership between the British fashi...

Glossier launch new fragrance for Spring – You Fleur

Caroline Simpson

March 28, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

GLOSSIER have just added You Fleur to their bestselling You universe of skin scents. This new edition to the You wardrobe, Fleur builds on the warm and intimate skin fragrance profile that the Glossier You col...

Glass speaks to Quentin Bisch about creating the Le Sel d’Issey fragrance

Caroline Simpson

March 26, 2025

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, News

BORN IN Strasbourg, the 41-year-old Quentin Bisch’s journey to becoming a leading perfumer has taken an unconventional route. Traditionally, you need to study chemistry first in order to become a perfumer, how...

Glass speaks to leading perfumer Lyn Harris of Perfumer H

Caroline Simpson

March 18, 2025

Beauty, Feature, Fragrance Picks

Glass speaks to Lyn Harris of Perfumer H about her journey from a Saturday job in a perfume shop in Halifax to becoming a world-class perfumer ALTHOUGH classically trained in perfumery, Yorkshire-born Lyn H...

Chanel Beauty launches the Rouge Coco Playground in Covent Garden

Caroline Simpson

March 17, 2025

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, News

TO CELEBRATE Chanel’s Rouge Coco lipsticks – as well as the house’s 10th anniversary as the first flagship beauty boutique in Covent Garden – Chanel are opening the Rouge Coco Playground – an immersive pop-up ...

Glass talks to Dior Beauty’s international grooming ambassadors

Caroline Simpson

January 10, 2025

Beauty, Feature, Male grooming, Skincare

COINCIDING with the launch of its innovative Dior Sauvage Grooming Collection, Sauvage Mencare, Dior Beauty has appointed three grooming ambassadors – the Dublin-born, east London-based Hayden Cassidy; Vince G...

Peter Hujar show to open at Raven Row, London in January

Caroline Simpson

December 10, 2024

Art, Exhibitions, News

AMERICAN photographer Peter Hujar – Eyes Open in the Dark is opening at Raven Row Gallery, London from 30 January to 6 April 2025. The first posthumous show to have access to the all the work of the influen...

image of bottles of perfumes recently launched in Autumn 2024

The Glass Edit of Autumn Scents for Men

Caroline Simpson

December 4, 2024

Beauty, Feature, Fragrance Picks

FOR THIS Autumn’s scent selections, I feel I have been on a very wide-ranging and expansive – olfactive – journey. From the spice trails through Florence, London at night, Great Gatsby-esque parties, expe...

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