Modern Grace: Guerlain

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Friday, January 30, 2026

Time in a bottle: January 2026 favorites.

Style:

Inspired by Virna Lisi in winter.

Perfume:

Guerlain Musc Outreblanc

Makeup inspirations:

Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body.

Nina Park-ish style makeup.

Skin care prep:

Clio Milky Essence

Maybelline Grippy Serum

Foundation:

Maybelline Super Stay 24H Skin Tint

Concealer:

Milani Conceal + Perfect Longwear Concealer

Blush:

Maybelline Cheek Heat in Fuchsia Spark

Covergirl Baked Luminous Blush in Strawberry Drizzle

Bronzer:

Covergirl Baked Luminous Bronzer in Toasted Butterscotch

Powder:

L'Oreal Blur Fection Loose Powder in Light Pink on t zone

Highlighter:

Milani Dolce Perla Baked Highlighter

Setting Mist:

L'Oreal Infallible 3 Second Setting Mist

Eyeshadow variety:

Patrick Ta Still At The Club, Talk To My Team

Clio Lavender Staff Palette

Eyeliner:

Clio Superproof Pen Liquid Eyeliner (very thinly lined on top)

Clio Sharp So Simple Waterproof Pencil Eyeliner

Brows:

L'Oreal Infallible Brow Lamination Gel

ELF Precise Brow Pencil brushed out.

Mascara:

L'Oreal Telescopic Lift

Lips:

MAC Stone Lip Liner

Fenty Gloss Bomb in Fuchsia Flex

L'Oreal Blurring Lip Liner in Mocha Mousse

ELF Lip Stain in Plum's Up

Nail Colour:

Young Nails What She Said, light baby pink gel on nails.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Time in a bottle: August 2020 favorites

Style:

Realisation The Ozzie dress in Navy Star and Poison Ivy

Perfume:

Guerlain Champs Elysees eau de parfum

Makeup inspirations:

Pretty in pink.

Foundation:

Westman Atelier Vital Skin Foundation Stick

Concealer:

Pat McGrath Sublime Perfection

Blush:

Westman Atelier Baby Cheeks in Chouchette

Highlighter :

None

Bronzer:

Tower 28 Bronzino in West Coast

Eyeshadow:

Viseart Paris Edit

Viseart Petit Pro in Midsommer

Eyeliner:

Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal in Cocoa

Brows:

Covergirl Easy Breezy Brow gel

Mascara:

Marc Jacobs At Lash'd

Lips:

Revlon The Luscious Mattes in Untold Stories

Nail Colour:

Young Nails Beige 102 gel

August's post is quite late! I had it ready, but didn't publish it for some reason.

Thursday, June 11, 2020

My favorite fragrances for summer 2020

Paco Rabanne Olympea Intense is a salty amber vanilla. Think of warm suntan oiled skin on hot sand by the sea. This is not a true intense version of the original. They're very different. I still wear the original Olympea, but it's more floral salty caramel.

Montale Intense Tiare is the most exotic tiare I have smelled in a long time. Beautiful tiare, ylang ylang, coconut, and a touch of vanilla. It's the most intoxicating on my list and the longest lasting at 10 plus hours.

Most people probably wouldn't associate Coqui Coqui Tabaco with summer, but for me it's a nice refreshing form of tabacco you'd smell in South America. I love wearing this on warm nights.

Mancera Holidays is a vacation in a bottle, and Mancera delivers with the fragrance oils. You can actually see the oil on your skin after spraying it! This is a semi sweet coconut with tiare flower, ylang ylang, sea notes, and it finishes with soft sandalwood musk and vanilla. Mancera Coco Vanille is another good one for a beachy scent.

Hermes Un Jardin Sur Le Nil is a fresh garden scent that represents a garden on the Nile river. It was created by Jean Claude Ellena and features notes of green mango, lotus, and sycamore wood. There's some interesting vegetable green notes in there too. Un Jardin Sur Le Toit is another favorite with apple. It's a garden on the roof scent that smells like an apple fruit orchard. You can smell the blossoms, fruits, green grass, and blooms in the breeze.

An honorable mention is Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum. This one can be harder to find online and in stores, but it's the classic terracotta smell you get from the bronzers. Sorry I don't have any reliable link for it at the moment.

Tom Ford Soleil Blanc and Eau de Soleil Blanc have become summer staples for many people. They're what's called a solar floral amber that mimics the smell of a unisex sunscreen. Delightful. Estee Lauder's original Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche Skinscent was a Tom Ford creation, and it's more affordable. Some people prefer the discontinued (but still easily found online) Tom Ford Orchid Soleil--which was intended as a more affordable summer scent from his line. Described as summer sunshine in a bottle. I loved the advertisement for that one with Daphne Groeneveld. Beautiful classic Tom Ford with more unique notes of cypress and red spider lily with a bold tuberose. The bottle was stunning as well.

I hope this was helpful in finding a new summer perfume! I often find better deals at Fragrance Net or Fragrance X. Some links were used simply because they're more reliable and in stock.