Laura Bermingham
Tom Ford Black Orchid Parfum
€116/50ml, Tom Ford at Brown Thomas The Black Orchid collection is a massive franchise at Tom Ford. It was his first scent and was possibly most people’s entry to the brand before they became fans of the designer’s vast Private Blend collection. Black Orchid remains a signature scent for many, it is a rich, opulent and very sexy fragrance with dark florals and luscious fruit. This new parfum housed top-to-toe in gold casing is intensified with narcotic ylangylang, rich rum absolute, and black plum. In a word, this scent is decadent.
Giorgio Armani My Way EDP
from €64/30ml, (Refill €145/200ml) Brown Thomas & Arnotts Giorgio Armani tapped master perfumer Carlos Benaim for this gorgeous new scent fronted by American actress, Adria Arjona. The ad and video campaign are completely untouched, and in an effort for sustainability, Armani has created a recyclable and refillable flacon.
The scent is a heady floral with Indian tuberose alongside the radiant note of Egyptian orange blossom. Vanilla from Madagascar is in there too.
Chanel Coco Mademoiselle L’Eau Privée
€78/50ml, Chanel counters Coco Mademoiselle will be 20 years old next year, and it remains one of the best selling scents globally each year, as is No.5 which turns 100 in 2021. L’Eau Privée is a new iteration of the original, a lighter interpretation of the floral Oriental designed to be worn at night. Chanel perfumer Olivier Polge has toned down the wood notes of the original and elevated the mandarin top notes for freshness. The heart notes of jasmine absolute, rose petals and white musk soften like silk on skin.
M•A•C Liquid Eye Liner in Boot Black
€21, M•A•C counters
Winged liner, feline flicks and every other liner style will dominate beauty this season. And it’s not just black, we are seeing plenty of coloured liner being worn in very dramatic graphic styles across the lids. If you don’t want to veer too far into that, a great smudge-proof liquid liner in deepest black is a beauty bag essential. M•A•C Liquid Liner in Boot Black is exactly that, it has a unique brush head that tightly lines the eyes with brilliant all-day staying power.
Maybelline Falsies Lash Lift Mascara
€11.95, stores nationwide.
Maybelline has a surprise hit on its hands with this mascara that is now selling one every 15 seconds somewhere around the globe. Falsies Lash Lift mascara has become the number one new make-up product on the high street in Boots and Superdrug, and it’s a make-up bestseller on Amazon. It contains polymers and fibres, when you pull the lashes up with the double-curved brush these hold the lashes up and the result looks like lash extensions.
Bobbi Brown Luxe Eye Shadow Rich Metal in Chlorophyll
€32.50, Bobbi Brown counters Since face masks became the norm, sales in eye make-up are rocketing.
One of the fastest ways to upgrade a look is to use a new eyeshadow shade and Chlorophyll will make blue and brown eyes look incredible. Bobbi Brown has a reputation for excelling at shadow formulations, and even though this is a solo shadow, team it with some navy or black liner and your new autumn look is sorted in a single step.