With the on going drizzle of British winter weather you can’t blame us for looking ahead to sunnier times. This February AERIN releases their limited edition Garden Colour collection, a line that captures the first day of spring. Inspired by the shades of early spring flowers and the fresh blossoming spring landscape, AERIN creates a wonderfully delicate palette for cheeks, eyes and lips, which is sure to bring a healthy glow to even the most weather-beaten faces.

The collection is a combination of easy to wear delicate tones designed to radiate skin and create an effortlessly beautiful look. The latest spring palettes are beautifully enclosed in a patterned fabric zip-around compact, encasing three seasonal shadows and one blush. Available in two editions, the first, A Garden in Bloom is a collection of soft neutral shades and the second, A Garden at Dusk a bolder palette of subtle, yet striking hues. To complete the collection is the Floral Illuminating powder, which features six soft pastels, which combined together create a natural brightening tone, desgined to suit all complexions. Along with AERIN’s famous two-in-one Multi Colour for Lips and Cheeks in two limited edition shades and three new shades of lipstick there are also three new lip-glosses, which tint lips with the colours of poppy, cassis and pink rose.

The Garden Colour products are packaged in a golden linen-textured compact housed in a pretty pink pouch featuring the gold AERIN logo. All infused with Aerin’s signature floral infusion the ‘Garden Colour’ collection will have you instantly forgetting your winter blues.

AERIN’s Garden Colour collection will be available in February, for a limited time, at Harrods, Selfridges and selected John Lewis stores. Prices range from £22 for the lipglosses to £45 for the spring palettes.

Text by Albany Bell

This spring Dolce&Gabbana introduce Desire, the newest scent to join their hugely successful fragrance line The One. The feminine perfume is a bold edition, combining a light freshness with interjections of rich opulent notes.

Created with a powerful woman in mind, who is unafraid to embrace her emotions, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana play with the notions of desire using Scarlett Johnson as the embodinement of the desirable woman to front their campaign. When asked why they chose to focus on such a powerful feeling they described, “Everything starts with desire. There wouldn’t be seduction, sensuality or passion if it wasn’t for desire. For us, its always been fundamental to let this sensation go, to break the mold and live freely by emotions”.

Desirable this perfume most certainly is. With a bouquet of intoxicating, intense oriental floral notes Desire perfectly compliments The One fragrances it proceeds but takes on a lighter, more refreshing tone. Top notes of lychee, mandarin and bergamont and the soft flavours of lily of the valley are paired with a core of feminine florals: Madonna lily, Indian tuberose and jasmine. Add in the sweet flavours of plum nectar with rich base notes of vanilla infused with caramel, warm sandalwood, musk and Cistus Labdanum and the result is a heady intoxicating fragrance.

Staying true to their in house style Desire is packaged in a luxurious black and gold bottle. Inscribed with Stefano Gabbana’s elegant writing and a thick black gemstone that sits luxuriously upon the cap Desire is sure to have a multitude of women lusting after it.

Desire is available now in Harrods.

-Albany Bell

By Kilian is the fragrance line from Kilian Hennessy whose mission statement is “to put perfume back on a pedestal”. A grandchild of the Hennessy cognac family, and an alumnus of the fragrance behemoth Firmenich, his fragrance line, though only five years old, is already known for its classical approach. The perfumes beautifully tackle difficult and traditional ingredients including oudh, tuberose and jasmine, proving its credentials as a serious fragrance house. There was surprise therefore, when Kilian announced that his latest launch was to be a trio of fruity florals inspired by tale of the fallen Eve in the Garden of Eden. The imagery seemed too camp from a brand, which has so far been dark, luxurious and very serious. Oh ye of little faith. “In the Garden of Good and Evil” is a collection of three fragrances that celebrate the aromas of fruit without a hint of sugar. Avoiding the usual sticky syrupy top notes (yes Z list celebrity fragrances, we’re looking at you) these fragrances have deceptively calm openings but are all about the heart notes warmed by body heat. The packaging steps away from the usual black lacquer cases and embraces gleaming white bottles in a case which doubles as a stunning off-duty clutch bag.

Called “In the City of Sin”, “Good Girl Gone Bad” and “Forbidden Games” these playful scents by By Kilian are available exclusively at Harvey Nichols. harveynichols.com