New beauty editor-approved buys worth your time and money
Big day beauty buys! Tom Hardy for Jo Malone London, Charlotte Tilbury launches six new emotion-boosting perfumes, and more editor-approved picks for May
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Trending: Charlotte Tilbury launches mood fragrances
Charlotte Tilbury has flipped the fragrance market on its head with the launch of six game-changing, emotion-boosting perfumes. Created in collaboration with the world’s best perfumers (Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion and Juliette Karagueuzoglou), plus 'cutting-edge technology, neuroscience, 40 years of research and the most extraordinary olfactory symphony of ingredients’ – to help you boost your...
- Love Frequency – a floral/woody for love with rose, cashmere wood, pink pepper and saffron
- More Sex – a musk leather for seduction with black pepper oil, leather accord and sandalwood
- Joyphoria – warm floral for happiness with neroli oil, tuberose absolute, jasmine sambac and vanilla bean
- Magic Energy – a citrus/woody for energy with bergamot oil, cypress and seaweed absolute
- Calm Bliss – an aquatic floral for serenity – with sweet neroli, orange flower absolute and warm tonka bean
- Cosmic Power – an amber/spicy scent for empowerment with black pepper oil, bergamot, frankincense, amber accord and vanilla bean extract
“Fragrance is a feeling. These are your six invisible superpowers – to make you feel specific emotions, allowing you to architect your dream day and night, elevating the art of fragrance through neuroscience”
Trending: The Ordinary’s five-star wrinkle serum
Touted as the launch of 2024, The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion Serum is poised to power u p your PM routine. How? Think double the retinoid, double the wow. This is The Ordinary’s highest-strength retinoid formula ever, with stabilised retinaldehyde for advanced age support. The hero in your evening skincare routine, Retinal 0.2% targets the signs of ageing (crow’s feet, texture irregularities, uneven skin tone), while the inclusion of Synthetic Oat Analogues helps to soothe skin discomfort and dryness – it really is as good as everyone says.
New: Creed Queen of Silk
The latest fragrance from The House of Creed, Queen of Silk is an elegant, decadent and hypnotic scent, inspired by the elegance of silk. It’s The One for wedding days, big birthdays and those days when you want to feel extra special.
- Fragrance family Floral/fruity
- Top notes Osmanthus, magnolia, saffron
- Heart notes Tuberose, passion fruit, agarwood, javanese patchouli
- Base notes Madagascan vanilla, incense, myrrh, ambroxan, Chinese cedarwood and musk
Trending! Acne’s first fragrance
Swedish fashion label Acne Studios has teamed up with Frédéric Malle for the launch of their debut perfume. Composed by olfactory prodigy Suzy Le Helley – whose manifesto was to “create a classic for yesterday, and tomorrow – a neoclassical perfume, both vibrant and comforting, magnetic and radical”. The result? A graceful and clean, skin scent – that leaves a tactile and tangible trail, which “caresses the skin like a soft, comforting mohair sweater.”
- Fragrance family Floral/fruity
- Top notes Aldehydes, rose, violet and orange blossom
- Heart notes Incense, vanilla, sandalwood and peach
- Base notes White musk
3 of the best Father’s Day gifts for 2024
With fresh picks of Cypress and Grapevine Cologne Intense (loved by the new face of Jo Malone London, Tom Hardy) to Clinique For Men's daily hydration hits – these gift ideas were made for the modern man:
