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Bois de Jasmin

Victoria is a chemical engineer who found her interest in chemistry shaping a passion for perfumery. Bois de Jasmin is her “tribute to everything I find fascinating about perfume: the people, the materials, and the very essence of the process that leads to the finished composition”. The name for her blog is taken from a scent “that never fails to move me…the aroma of jasmine in the warm evening air.” Indeed, the very pages of her site seem to smell faintly of the most delicate perfumes as Victoria posts on new fragrance launches, love and perfume, and reviews of some of the noted fragrances of the day. (A reader favorite is “how to select a perfume”, and it’s well worth perusing.) Deciding what makes “your” scent yours is a complex pattern of smell, psychology, allure, and other factors, and Victoria brings her expertise to the site to explain it all. Perfume, beauty and fashion blogs complete the list – and when you’re ready to shop, click on one of the many links to select your scent.

Jack and Hil

What do you get when you throw "a true beauty obsessive in Europe together with a veteran beauty journalist in LA”? You get Jack and Hill, the brainstorm of Hillary Johnson (the beauty journalist) and Jackie Danicki (the makeup fan). Together they write, review, recommend, and revisit all things “beauticious”: makeup, hair products, perfume, spas, treatments...all the things that make us feel good and look better. Drinking eight glasses of water a day? Maybe you should rethink that. How long should you wash your face? Try this simple trick. Or be the first to get a whiff of Tom Ford’s new fragrance. And more – lots more, in categories ranging from Acne to Yves St. Laurent. Products, labels, names, treatments…all are discussed in lively bantering posts, with photos and videos adding a colorful touch…and as the authors say, “if we’ve left anything out, you can pry our mirrors from our cold, dead, perfectly manicured hands”.