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3 L'IMPERATRICE by D&G

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 7:20AM

3 L'Imperatrice, or the Empress, is one of 6 unisex fragrances from Dolce & Gabbanna’s Anthology line. I remember back when these came out, there were 2 that I really liked, but for some reason, I never actually bought one. Well not until my recent trip to LA, but now that I have it, I don’t think I want to be without it…and of course, I want to try out the others.

According to Sephora,

3 L'Imperatrice is a confident, charismatic, boundary-shattering blend with a top of rhubarb, kiwi accord, and red currant; a heart of pink cyclamen, watermelon, and jasmine; and a base of musk, sandalwood, and grapefruit wood. The impression channels a successful, compelling character that is neither male, nor female, nor unisex, moving with dynamism to the free, edgy style that marks the D&G fashion empire.

The first time I smelled this, I thought of Marc Jacobs Cranberry. The Sephora I bought mine from actually had a tester on display, so I compared them just to be sure, and they are VERY similar.

Once I spritzed Cranberry, the citrus and rhubarb notes were the most apparent. It includes notes of pink grapefruit, cranberry pulp, bergamot, tangerine, ginger flower, honeysuckle, red currant, vetiver, icy musk, and woods.

Cranberry was released with the 2011 Cocktail Collection along with 2 other fragrances (Ginger and Curacao). I passed on all 3 but almost bought Cranberry. I’m glad I didn’t though because I do prefer the scent of 3 L'Imperatrice, and they’re far too similar for me to justify having both.

3 L'Imperatrice to me is a bit like a sweet tart, and has been my go to fragrance lately. I think it would appeal mostly to women and younger girls who like sweet, but not Pink Sugar sweet.

Have you smelled it? I really want to know.

Talk to you in the next one!

Elle Veronica |

Beauty No Buy: An Update

Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 3:18PM

My beauty no buy has, for the most part been a success. Well, no. It was a failure because I bought a few things…but then again, I only bought 6 new things (and picked up a bunch of samples which technically doesn’t count, but still defeats the purpose of not adding to what I have)…so I’m going to call it a selective beauty buying restriction, and see how that works out for me. I have another month to go, and I'm thinking about extending it until the end of March…but I am optimistic. For now anyway.

I’ve been keeping a list of things that I want, and I have abandoned shopping carts all over the web, but so far, I’ve managed to resist the urges to do any major hauling. I was visiting California last week, which is why I got what I got…I dare you to go to Los Angeles and not buy anything. And I was tempted to get more than I did, but I managed to be good.

Here’s what I picked up:

Dior spring 2012 scented polishes

Dior Exquis and Merveille

And the samples I’m most excited about…I’m still trying out foundations, but my favorite so far is my DiorSkin Nude. Not too long ago Dior released a new foundation that I was curious about and passed on during the Sephora sales because I wasn't sure about the colors, so I picked up samples in 2 different shades. I haven’t used them yet.

I don’t think I did so bad though. I only bought the perfume because I forgot to pack any, and the nail polishes…well I got the last ones of Merveille and Exquis and then, who could pass up scented nail polish?

That’s all for now. Talk to you in the next one!