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My MANy Bags News #255

Below: Ryan Reynolds is the new hunky spokesperson for Boss Bottled Night fragrance... Major nose bleed...

Below: Ryan is a Boss suit...nose bleed time...LOVE!

Below: Ryan Reynolds is going to appear in spandex as Green Lantern on the big screen! Love his look for the comic book superhero:-P

Below: Watch Ryan Reynolds in the new Boss Bottled Night TV commercial...

Ryan Reynolds: The New 'Boss Bottled' Fragrance Hunk!

I first saw Ryan Reynolds in the TV series '2 guys, a girl and a pizza place'. I wasn't wowed or considered him a hunk or superstar. Fast forward years later, the Canadian star got older, got muscled, got more masculine appeal and is now in hot pursuit for fan girls and fan boys alike. I love him in The Proposal (which I envied Sandra Bullock for lip-locking him!), and highly anticipating his debut as the Green Lantern in another upcoming comic book turned movie role. Don't you love guys who wear spandex and has a powerful 'jewellery' that saves the world?

Nuff' said, Ryan Reynolds also joins the hunks galore (the likes of Alex Lundqvist, Gabriel Aubry and Marius Hordijk) of previous Boss Bottled fragrance spokesperson (Watch the 3 hunks in action here), starring in the ad campaign of the new 'Boss Bottled Night'. Amazing apartment, impeccably groomed and styled Ryan... who can resist the charm of such persuasive advertising? I want a bottle now. Except I would have love to see Ryan doing the signature 'out of the shower' scene, half naked like his predecessors. Awww... what a disappointment:-p He should be allowed to flaunt his abs.

Nonetheless, Ryan rules!

Source: Hugo Boss

My MANy Bags News #163

Bottega Veneta To Debut Signature Scent After Signing Fragrance License With Coty Inc.

More exciting news for all Bottega Veneta fans. Bottega Veneta and Coty Inc., a leader in the global beauty industry, announced today, the formation of an exclusive partnership to create, develop, and distribute a line of fragrances under the Bottega Veneta name. This will be Bottega Veneta’s debut fragrance collection.

“The opportunity to create the first Bottega Veneta fragrance is an exciting challenge,” said Creative Director Tomas Maier. “I’ve always loved fragrance and have very definite ideas about what I want to do.”

Coty Inc has an impressive lineup of fragrance brands under their portfolio, which includes Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Calvin Klein, Cerruti, Chloé, Chopard, Davidoff, Jennifer Lopez, Jil Sander, L.A.M.B. fragrance by Gwen Stefani, Marc Jacobs, Sarah Jessica Parker, Vera Wang, Vivienne Westwood and many more. Seems like Bottega Veneta is in expert hands with their new fragrance line! Joy to fans who cannot get enough of Bottega Veneta's understated luxury:-)

Source: Bottega Veneta

My Shopping Conquest #89

Below: 2 new scents for me to smell good:-P

Below: Love the packaging... an interesting 'H' diecut inside the box...

Below: A generous size Terre Hermès sampler...
the base of the bottle spots a 'H' design. Love it:-P

Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil + Terre D'Hermès Sampler

Hermès fragrance are considered more pricey than the rest of the fragrances offered by other brands. In a way, I feel Hermès scents are more intriguing and different than what I have used from other brands, so that justifies the higher price for me. Among all the selections of Hermès, The Hermès Garden-Perfumes collection is my favourite, offering a hint of nature and the tropics with scents that blends and changes from person to person. So what better time to buy these unique fragrances than during a 15% discount promotion. DBS credit cards and Takashimaya offered just that and hence, my time is due to smell like Hermès:-P

Among the 3 choices from the Garden-Perfumes collection, I have selected Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, which pays tribute to River Nile, a symbol of renewal and fertility. The fragrance derived notes from green mango, lotus flowers and aromatic rushes mingle with incense and sycamore wood. The scent reminds me of an after tropical rain shower, where there is a moment of serenity and nature's smell linger in the air. It makes me feel in touch with nature. The scent also morphs with our body heat as time passes, which fascinates me. This will be ideal when you indulge in some tropical resort pampering, amidst a post rain shower afternoon.

After I paid for my fragrance, I was delighted to find the sales promoter included a bottle of Terre D'Hermès sampler for me. A sampler which is surprisingly generous in size, a 12.5ml bliss of sensory pleasure again.

I am now a fan of Hermès scents. It's hard to go back to other scents once you try these:-)

Retail price: SGD $133. Where to buy: Hermès

My MANy Bags News #125

Below: Video with the full cast...sizzling hot!

Below: Behind the scenes...ohlala...

Below: Tyson Ballou...drools...

Below: Noah Mills...double drool...

Below: Claudia Schiffer still looking sexy after all these years...

D&G Anthology Fragrance Commercials

Check out these sizzling clips of commercials for the D&G Anthology Fragrance...Tyson Ballou, Noah Mills...I think my heart just skip a beat.

Who would have guessed Claudia is still so much in shape and beautiful! Go girl:-P

Check out my previous post on these fragrances here.

Source: D&G

My MANy Bags News #109

Introducing: The D&G Fragrance Anthology...

Provocative, audacious and bold are essence to the youthful D&G brand by Dolce & Gabbana. These values are exemplified each season thru some of the best casting of faces in their ads and tapping of creative talent behind the lens.

For their new D&G Fragrance Anthology campaign, D&G unveil familiar faces of the modelling world, old and new as part of their answer to the fundamental human question: “Who am I? Who do I want to be?”

To meet this need, D&G has captured the very essence of five eternal dramatis personae:
The provocative Le Bateleur; the irrepressible L’Imperatrice; sensual L’Amoureux; daring La Roue de la Fortune; and hypnotizing La Lune.

The question: “Who am I?” receives that most captivating and contemporary of answers: “Anyone one desires to be”.

Commenting on the collection, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana observe: “We all have many different sides to our personalities. The D&G Fragrance Anthology allows us to express every one of them, and is the perfect representation of the D&G world: innovative, compelling, luxurious and liberated.”

Profound? Well, if you are unable to decipher exactly what this all means, then we rely on the evocative photography to titillate our senses, and buy into the complexities made simple thru these new scents of D&G. It's afterall, a statement of individuality...so who and where you want to be in life as you bares it all right down to the fundamentals.

The teaser phase of the ‘D&G Anthology’ website starts this week at www.dandgfragrances.com.

Every week the site will preview a fragrance by posting a short video story inspired by its character and describing its notes.

Meanwhile drool over the sexy imagery of Noah Mills, Tyson Ballou, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, Claudia Schiffer, Fernando Fernandes.

Which 'personality' best defines you?:-P

Source: Dolce & Gabbana

Model Talk #03

Below: The latest print ad starring Marius Hordijk. Love his hair!

Below: Marius Hordijk - Year 2008

Below: Gabriel Aubry - Year 2002

Below: Alex Lundqvist - Year 2000

New Hunk For Boss By Hugo Boss Fragrance - Marius Hordijk

Boss By Hugo Boss fragrance is one of the hottest and my favourite TV commercial for men's fragrance. It all started with Alex Lundqvist, one of the top 90's super male models. The TVC has a simple idea. It depicts a hottie getting ready for the day. Sexy scenes of him getting out of bed and then the showers...a good excuse to show some flesh and ending with him dressing impeccably before he steps out of the house. All this scenes paints an image of successful, handsome, young professionals having it all in life. Fragrance ads thrives on creating aspirations with the audience, a lust for the dream lifestyle that may or may not happen in reality. It's effective and it worked for me in the very least. I bought the fragrance upon first seeing the ad.:-)

Eventually, Alex grew out of favour of the audience (getting old..it's a cruel world out there) and his successor was another eye candy Gabriel Aubry (his beau is beautiful Halle Berry, I assume their baby will grow up to be creme de la creme of beauty since both parents look so gorgeous). For Gabriel's version, the same scenes are reshot to look more contemporary, but still as 'provocative' and hot!

And now with an almost 6 years lapse, my new favourite...Marius Hordijk starring in his the new version of the Boss commercial. Check him out...I got adrenalin pumping with the first few scenes of him just out of the showers. Love he enters the 'holey moley-I am drooling' huge walk-in closet, wearing his towel very low on his waist:-P Yum. I think the ad just rekindle my interest in the fragrance:-P Me want to smell like Boss again. I am easily 'persuaded' by hot models in sexy TVCs.:-P Just like Jamie Dornan's Dior Homme Fragrance commercial.

So my fellow blog readers....which of these 3 hotties did the sexiest take of the commercial? Vote now!

My MANy Bags News #17

Prada Infusion D'Homme Fragrance - A Short Movie Project

In a continuation of the support in innovation and experimentation, Prada has commissioned nine directors from different parts of the world to create a series of short movie as inspired by the new Infusion D'homme fragrance. I love the clips as featured on the Prada website (www.prada.com), shows a different perspective on how different cultures interpret the concept and their own style and unique vision that is reflective of where they are from.

The french submission is my favourite. Named 'To Myself', it's a story of how one should set about fulfilling his life, dare to dream and to look forward and not backwards in life. Very meaningful and sweet.

My MANy Bags News #07

Dolce and Gabbana The One for Men Fragrance

Watch out guys...for the new fragrance by the italian duo, infamous for sexy, sensual and masculine modern menswear. The newly launched fragrance has already hit the stores in Europe and my friend from UK used it on our trip to Bali, which smelled excellent. I am planning to get one for myself once Singapore gets the stock. Mathew McConaughey is the spokesperson for the advertising. Very sensual TV spot. But I love the musky scent and bottle design the most. Should hit Singapore stores soon.

Here's the synopsis for the concept of the fragrance:

The One for Men perfectly reflects the Dolce & Gabbana man: charismatic and seductive, elegant and sophisticated, he loves taking care of himself. A modern hedonist who nevers passes by unobserved.

“We dedicate The One for Men to the Dolce & Gabbana man: modern, sensual, cosmopolitan, attentive to caring for himself and his body. A man blessed with inborn charisma, self confidence, and no fear in expressing his personality through the perfume he wears.”

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana