eyeliner on a cat

beauty, scent & style scrutinized for pleasure

Sunday, December 30, 2012

A Favorite Fashion Moment of 2012 and its Perfume Pairing

One of my favorite fashion moments of 2012 was undoubtedly the emergence of Swedish style blogger and model Elin Kling (Style By Kling) into the mainstream fashion limelight. It seems that these days, bloggers can become famous pretty easily, and many of us are left wondering.. why? Elin Kling has proven to be an exception to that kind of exasperated plaintiveness. Her collaboration with Marciano for her collection of clothing and accessories is all aces. The ad campaign featuring Kling herself as the model is even more delicious, as she clearly gives us major vintage Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC. Kling's collection is super-modern, super-wearable and when you see it all as a whole, you just want to be that girl. We all know that kind of cool can't be bought, so if you've got it, rock it.

Amazing bootie from the Elin Kling for Marciano accessories collection

My favorite shot. The way her body torques is just like Raquel's

Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC

Now, let's see. Elin's look that I love so much needs a great fragrance to pair with it. We're going to need something either genderless or something that leans masculine, and it can't have overpowering sillage. A few great picks would be:

CB I Hate Perfume 2nd (Alan) Cumming

A smoky, peaty, boozy masterpiece. Meant to represent Scotland in all the ways that count (except haggis).

Despite the above strong contenders, one fragrance stands out among all for this particular pairing, and that would be:JUL ET MAD Amour de Palazzo. With patchouli, natural castoreum (!), a four-spice blend and leather, it has the aesthetic strength of modernism on its side with an impassioned, amber-toned soul beneath the surface. When I see Elin Kling wearing her collection for Marciano, I get exactly the same vibe.

Do you have any favorite fashion moments of 2012? Can you pair it with a particular fragrance?

I want to try 2nd Cumming. It sounds like a good celebrity fragrance and goodness knows there are so few of those. I was pretty out of the loop in 2012 as far as fashion goes. I'm always a bit out of the loop with that I think. I try not to bother looking at trends I'm too old to pull off. Or ones that I don't have the body to wear. So I guess I didn't have any great fashion moments this past year. So sad.

Connect with me!

Member:

The Beauty Spotlight Team

I'm a Paula's Choice Skin Care Superfan!

If you're tired of messing around and want products that work well and work fast, start here. Get $10 off your 1st purchase if you're a new customer and you click on my REFERRAL LINK-- I get $10 too.
Note: I'm not affiliated with Paula's Choice, I just really believe in them and love their Refer-A-Friend Program!

Published Material

Featured in Dariush Alavi's book Le Snob: Perfume, out Oct/Nov 2012. Published by Hardie Grant Books, UK

Carrie Meredith was interviewed for the Oct. 2011 issue of Allure Magazine