Narciso Rodriguez has money and he doesn't care who knows about it.

After Liz Claiborne Inc. took a fairly large stake in Narciso brand's last year, the designer has been able to play a little bit more with better fabrics and subsequently put on one of his best shows last season. Now the very busy man wants to re-up his very popular fragrance arsenal :

WWD reports Narciso will be launching a new fragrance in January, for which he has already created an advertising and image campaign. No word on which model will be fronting this new scent or what the fragrance wil actually smell like, but if it's anything like Narciso's first flirty floral scent -- expect it to win a Fifi award, too.

As Cat mentioned earlier this summer, we have a bit of a "thing" for the bright colors and pineapple patterns of Lilly Pulitzer. Truth be told, we're not even closet Lilly fans -- we have a full-on preppy thing going in our closet, and we don't care who knows it.

However, even we know that sometimes preppy isn't the look you need. A bright pink and green shift decorated with margarita glasses and parrots is great for mid-day cocktails in Ft. Lauderdale, but not for lunch with the ladies on the Upper East Side. So, for those days when you need to dress a little darker, but still want to indulge your inner Lilly, there is a fragrance. Actually, there are three.

We've had moving on the brain lately. We're not sure if it's because we live in a college town and are starting to see the students creep back into town, with their cars overstuffed with bedspreads and bookshelves and beer, or because we moved fairly recently and are still feeling the effects (i.e. still can't find anything), but the fact of the matter is, we've been thinking about it.

And when we think about moving, we immediately think of housewarming parties. Trust us, we can turn just about anything into a party!

Whether you love him or not, Sean (Diddy? Puffy?) Combs knows a thing or two about fashion. He's celebrating the 10th anniversary of Sean Jean and has a ridiculously successful fragrance on the market in Unforgivable for Men. He's now releasing another men's fragrance, called I Am King.

When we think of Justin Timberlake, we imagine him as a kind of overly trendy, obsessively well-groomed club-goer type who's chronically drenched in cologne. Well, after this news, it looks like maybe we were wrong about him. Despite having his own signature fragrance through Parfums Givenchy called Play -- it turns out that JT has no love for the toilet water.

According to an interview in British GQ he hasn't worn a fragrance in 10 years. Apparently, he used to have a real nasty cologne habit, and one day he woke up and "realised I didn't want to smell like something else, I wanted to smell like myself." Of course, that doesn't mean he's above getting paid to market the stuff. This guy is full of surprises.

The following commercial was banned from television and may not be suitable for work:



Eva Mendes seems to be everywhere lately, and almost always naked. We aren't complaining.

The above video (assuming that YouTube hasn't pulled it for boob-related reasons) is an ad for Calvin Klein's latest fragrance for women, Secret Obsession. It was banned from television due to some finding it a bit steamy- and nipply.

So last Thursday we found ourselves standing in blistering 80ish degree sunshine on the Santa Monica Pier. We had to wait in the corner between the coeds of USC and UCLA while they shouted "spirit" at each other. It was very peppy and just a bit intimidating.

Why were we there with rivals and cheerleaders? For Pinkapalooza, of course! Duh.

The first annual (or whenever) Pinkapalooza was thrown by the good people at Victoria's Secret Pink to introduce their new Pink Collegiate Collection (still no University of Arizona?!) to the masses. Fall Out Boy performed. It was what we in the biz call "a major event."

We love to test out new fragrances. Especially, when their smell good juices reside in beautiful bottles that we can place on our counter tops after we're through covering our clothes with their mist.

So we're swooning over the new Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue fragrance not only because we're almost sure it'll smell as good as the brand's other scents, but also because the bottle is nothing short of beautiful with its whimsical design. The bright-colored pumps on the bottle were inspired by sketches Andy did in his early twenties.

The new scent was named after one of Andy Warhol's first New York apartments at 242 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood. Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue is being described as "floral-woody chypre" and will hit select stores next month, when Andy would have turned 80.

As usual, this Bond No. 9 fragrance doesn't go for cheap: a 100-ml. bottle for $195, and a 50-ml. size for $135. But Andy never did anything cheap, no?

[via WWD]

Is anybody surprised to hear that another celebrity is coming out with another fragrance? No? Were not, either. But, we are curious to get a whiff, seeing as how it's Patrick Dempsey. Besides, after as much work as he put into developing it, it would just be rude not to pay attention.

[If fashion is war, then consider Zandile Blay your embedded reporter. From fashion shows to stylish parties, she's there to cover it all -- from London to New York and everywhere in between. Read all about it from your favorite fashionista.]

Kimora Lee Simmons isn't just obsessed with the word fabulosity (her latest book, perfume and clothing line all share the name) she embodies it! How else do you explain yesterday's launch party/fashion show for her Fabulosity clothing line, which was sponsored by JC Penney? Everyone from actress Gabrielle Union, celebrity stylist Robert Verdi, and major magazine editors Danyel Smith of Vibe and Memsor Kamarake were there.

As we mentioned previously, Victoria's Secret Pink Collegiate Collection is all sorts of fun and spunk for the college set.

What we didn't mention previously is that you can be a part of the Pink action. This Thursday, July 17th, will be the first annual Pinkapalooza. It will be held on the Santa Monica pier from 5-10 p.m. and the public (that's where you come in) are welcome. Click here to print your pass.

Those in attendance will be able to compete in rivalry games between USC and UCLA, as well as be among the first to shop the new Pink Collegiate Collection. There will also be a free concert by Fall Out Boy.

The party will be hosted by the new (and first official) face of VS Pink Miss Behati Prinsloo. We will be sitting down with Behati for a little Q & A. and we thought it would be fun to take along some of your questions for the lovely young model.

If you have a question about VS Pink, modeling or something else (within reason) that you would like to ask Behati please leave it in the comment section. We'll pick the best (not that there is such a thing as a bad question) and ask Behati on Thursday- you know, when we sit down with her. Yes, we've been bragging about this to everyone.

We know, it's still summer, but before long school will be starting and Victoria's Secret wants you to be ready, hence the Pink Collegiate Collection.

Victoria's Secret describes PINK as "a fully articulated lifestyle collection for young women" and "includes 9 different items, including fleece pants, hoodies, panties, tees, and totes... available in approximately 375 stores, many of which are in close proximity to the universities in the program." Thanks to a partnership with The Collegiate Licensing Company there are 33 schools featured thus far and more (hello, Arizona?) will be added shortly.

Let us try to put this delicately. Have you ever been caught with "the greasies"? But without any time for a full on wash and blow dry? Don't feel bad, most of us have. A ponytail can get you out of a lot of situations, but sometimes you need a stronger solution. Like dry shampoo.

What? How can shampoo be dry? Well, mainly when they're made up of different kinds of powders -- rice, cornstarch, oats -- that absorb excess oil on your hair and scalp. It takes away the oil slick and the volume at your roots makes your hair seem fuller.

Dry shampoos also give your hair an awesome kind of friction, which helps keep pins in for big updos. In fact, several hair "experts" created blends to use on models at fashion shows where you don't have enough time to wash out one 'do before setting the next one. Smart marketers that they are, they packaged them up for the rest of us.

Of course you can use baby powder or plain old cornstarch, but they are harder to handle than a sprays and don't smell as nice as some of the products, which we showcase in the gallery.

We love perfume, and we love travel sizes almost as much, so travel size perfumes are twice as exciting.

We've written before about how an atomizer can be a lifesaver if you only have a big bottle of scent and still want to smell sweet on vacation.

Even better are mini-sized roller ball bottles. Small enough to tuck inside your carry-on, discrete and non-aerosol, you can dab on a bit more any time you want to freshen up, even in close quarters.

Sephora has been building up their selection of perfumes in this type of applicator, and you now can get several of your favorites. Plus, the smaller size is usually inexpensive enough that you can try out something new without breaking the bank or worrying about wasting money on something that smells...unfortunate on you.

Anyone who works a job that requires you to be on your feet all day long can verify that -- no matter how clean and odor-free you usually are -- 8 or 9 hours of standing or walking can make your feet smell like rotting death. Apparently, a few of Portugal's brightest minds have set to work correcting this embarrassing problem.

A team from Porto University, led by Alirio Rodrigues, has developed a lemony fresh micro-capsule that can be woven into your clothing. The tiny capsules of perfume are similar to those embedded into "scratch and sniff" stickers, except they're not made with toxic formaldehyde. Really, it's hard to believe that scented clothing hasn't been done before. Where were 'scratch and sniff' socks back in the days of Hypercolor?

So far, the team is focusing on lemon socks, but we could totally go for some piña colada undershirts.