Tokyo Rose

To celebrate Rosh Hashanah (any reason to celebrate), I am going to enjoy a fragrant Tokyo Rose Cocktail or a delightful Litchi martini, inspired by flavors and scents from the Far East. Grey Goose vodka, Sake, Midori melon liqueur, Mix equal parts in a mixing glass half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry. SMOOTH.

If you can't make it to Tokyo, go to Hotel Okura in Amsterdam, the 23 floor bar has spectacular views of the city. KAMPAI! AND I think I'll be wearing Flower by Kenzo. The power of a fragile, singular flower ( a poppy) in a gorgeous unforgettably elegant bottle. LOVE!

A field of 200,000 poppies sprang up in Toulouse, France last year for a spectacular event to promote Flower by Kenzo. People passing by were invited to pick the flowers. Kenzo is a contemporary fragrance for a modern, city woman who looks to nature for inspiration and renewal.

Kenzo is a contemporary fragrance for the modern, city woman who looks to nature for inspiration and renewal. Wild hawthorne, bulgarian rose, parma violet, cassia, hedione, cyclosal, opoponax, white musk, vanilla.

Belle Du Jour

With all the gorgeous bouffants and beehives on the Fall runways, ( Bottega Veneta, Jil Sander) I am in love with Catherine Deneuve in Belle Du Jour. She plays a bored Parisian housewife taking a walk on the wild side by day. The hair, costumes and makeup are gorgeous and easy to update the vibe.

Catherine Deneuve was the face of YSL Rive Gauche pour femme. It completely embodies the daytime "Cinq à sept" spirit of Belle Du Jour.

Sharp, gentle, floral fragrance. This feminine scent possesses a blend of warm woody florals including oakmoss and sandalwood. Accompanied by the scent of gardenia, honeysuckle and magnolia.

YSL Rive Gauche pour homme Over thirty years since the launch of the original female Rive Gauche fragrance, comes this woody-fougere masculine partner, courtesy of Tom Ford.

Gorgeous, starting to tease my hair right now...

Ten Iconic scents every woman should wear at least once in her lifetime:

Chanel No. 5 The first floral-aldehydic in history and raw Parisian elegance.

Robert Piguet's Fracas The first single tuberose masterpiece. Tuberose is a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers perfumes.

Carnal Flower by Dominique Ropion The best modern tuberose, with the most natural tuberose content on the market.

Guerlain's Jicky Worn by Brigitte Bardot "Essence de Guerlaine, dans les cheveux"

Après L'ondée Original Oriental, intimate and sensual, created in 1906.

YSL Paris Innocent, clean and sensual, a favorite.

Shalimar One of the most sensual perfumes EVER.

Opium - Addictive, sensual, dangerously beguiling. Men love it.

Vol de Nuit Sensual and spicy, with noticeable cinnamon. Brings to mind a night flight and a sensual, beautiful woman flying by night to meet her lover.

Gaze Up at the Stars

Loving all the stars trends right now, up my alley as I love to see stars:

Love to see the Classic Thierry Mugler Angel In French, girls who are a little naughty and like to pose like grown-ups they call elle fait la coquine! Angel by Thierry Mugler is the olfactory equivalent of the most gorgeous “coquine”, Chocolate, vanilla and caramel, three components of Mugler’s mischievous fragrance~ have been proven to treat depression and inject a sense of euphoric uplift.

Notes Top Note: Bergamot, Mandarin Middle Note: Passion Fruit, Peach, Apricot Base Note: Patchouli, Vanilla, Chocolate, Caramel

A few more updated Gourmand (Foodie aromas such as almonds, vanilla, baked goods, caramel, chocolate and coffee or champagne, wine or brandy essences) Fragrances: Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Extrait de Parfum, Thierry Mugler Womanity, and Annick Goutal Vanille Exquise, and La Vanilla Coco Vanille. YUM.

Un Matin d'Orage by Annick Goutal

The Morning After

So Excited for Un Matin d'Orage by Annick Goutal. "Imagine yourself in a Japanese garden – a family garden, surrounded by dozens of delicate trees, grapefruit and hundreds of bushes of gardenias. It’s early morning, the day after a thunderstorm. Imagine the drops of the rain on the leaves with the sun breaking through the cloud. The scent of the white gardenia is strong. With the humidity and heat, the scent emanates from the ground." Quoted in LifestyleAsia.com

Floral, fresh, white flowers (Sicilian lemon, green perilla leaves, ginger, magnolia, jasmine Sambac, Indonesian champaca)

Agent Provocateur Perfume's 10th Anniversary

In honour of the 10th anniversary of one of my favorites, Agent Provocateur, I'm going naughty lingerie shopping to the downtown Vancouver AP store with my best friend.

Check out the antique bed
1020 Alberni Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 1A3
(604) 688-2712

Whoever said modeling was an easy job never wore six-inch stilettos

Whoever said modeling was an easy job,never wore six-inch stilettos on a slick plexiglass runway. It’s a dangerous job, but someone has to do it. These are some of the most white-knuckle moments I've seen from the shows. Cringe or enjoy, up to you!

Models fall at Prada show:


Agyness Deyn makes falling look cute:


Ok, NOT FAIR there is a HOLE in the runway WTF?


Look at those long legs... OUCH!!

Here are my some of my favorite French Perfumes for traipsing around Paris on a wonderful fall day:

Cherie Miss Dior , gorgeous day in the life of a Parisienne, shot by Sofia Coppola.





Parisienne YSL , Kate Moss shows us how to live and love in the moment:

In Paris in Love

A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.
Coco Chanel

I have always loved fashion editorials where the models are drinking, or dousing themselves with French perfumes, while enjoying a glass of French champagne. what could be better than that?

As I love French perfumes, here are some of my favorites to wear while in Paris, the most romantic and deliciously sexy city in the world: