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Honey, Dew!
There’s no better time than the lush summer months to mix it up—a pungent, seductively delectable fruit salad of ambrosial aromas guaranteed to make noses nuzzle and mouths water! Jo Malone’s fragrance Nectarine Blossom & Honey, a bee-autiful bouquet of acacia honey, hand-blended with white nectarines, peaches, plums, black currants, and dewy greens (clementine flower and cedrat leaves). Stir things up for sensuous nights; mix in a hint of Nutmeg & Ginger—irresistible!
Cologne, $50/1 fl oz., $90/ 3.4 fl oz. Body crème, $75/ 5.9 fl oz. Available at all Jo Malone Shops, Bergdorf Goodman, select Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide.
Driving Force
This “Mini Driver” is a celebrity in its own right! Don’t leave home without the new Magellan RoadMate 6000T ($799), the best traveling companion any adventurer could have! Handy enough (5” x 4” x 1.5”) to fit in your palm and light enough to pack in a suitcase, this portable, battery-integrated navigation device is smart enough to get the most easily-lost driver door-to-door anywhere in North America. The hard drive is preloaded with nationwide street maps; just enter your destination and track your progress on a 2-D or 3-D moving map. A multi-tasking “Easy Rider” with a color-touch screen, it includes a photo viewer and music player, multi-destination routing, SmartDetour to guide you around freeway traffic, and SayWhere (text-to-speech guidance) to “read out” upcoming road names before turns. Input addresses and access a database of over 6 million dining and shopping locations. It’s one for my baby, another one for the road!
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Love Lock
Brace yourself for the newest symbol of love—Cartier’s two-piece, 18K yellow-gold Love Bracelet, “dotty” with passion and the sparkle of inset diamonds, and paired with its own 18K yellow-gold screwdriver—to meaningfully bolt the two sections together around your wrist! This $6,000 “commitment cuff” is the summer’s coolest conversation piece—a symbolic new take on the medieval “chastity belt” and a subtle way to convey that you’re “taken.” It can also be a bonding symbol between parent and child, brother and sister; a reminder that you believe in yourself! Also available: the Love Ring, Love Charms, and Love Earrings. How deep is your love?
Tighten Up
Beauty is more than skin deep. This summer, treat yourself to a replenishing drink from the Fountain of Youth! Protect, moisturize, and tighten skin with Dior’s Capture Totale. This two-step cologne-and-body-crème anti-aging regimen was developed by the Dior Research Center and Dr. Neil Sadick, NYC dermatologist and Dior advisor. After cleansing and drying skin, smooth on Capture Totale Serum ($125/1 oz., top), a combination of enzymes, peptides, and anti-oxidents that “capture” the 20 genes responsible for skin aging and put them in “slow motion.” Biskin instantly smooths wrinkles, wheat proteins tighten pores, yellow iris firms, and Dansonyl hydrates. Next, apply Capture Totale Cream ($115/1.7 oz.) to stimulate skin’s natural building blocks; liquourice extract diminishes dark spots; mango butter nourishes. Both products nestle inside cool, smooth containers. Great touch!
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Lip Lustre
Cool, soft, luscious—lavish love on your lips with Rouge Allure, Chanel’s new luminous satin lip colour ($29) in 22 sensual shades, including roses, neutrals, berries, and corals. Vitamin E derivatives protect lips from age-damaging free radicals; Shea Butter smooths; canola oil extract hydrates. Applies velvety–smooth; lasts longer. Graphic, black column packages the sleek, super-chic gold case; one touch on top and it easily opens, revealing an irresistible lipstick delicately imprinted with the Chanel logo. A treasure to have and to hold!
Oven Fresh
Your Hamptons kitchen will be cookin’ with gas with a hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind stove by La Cornue. Each is built-to-order, start to finish, by just one artisan, of heavy cast iron, stainless steel, porcelain enamel, solid brass, and nickel, and features a vaulted, natural convection oven with an airtight, seamless door. Choose from five ranges, over 8,000 custom combinations, varied finishes and colors—including the popular Brushed Stainless Steel Château 150 Range ($36,500) and Matte Black Château 165 Range in porcelain enamel ($37,500). After breezy days and smooth sailing, go home to the Ritz Blue Château 165 Range (above) in porcelain enamel, trimmed with polished copper ($42,000); 165 hood, $11,000; Rotisserie Flamberge, $12,500; matching cabinetry, $46,000. Hot stuff!
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