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Valentine's Day Beauty Gifts From Bloomingdale's
15 Luxe Beauty Gifts That Scream “I Love You”
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by Erika Stalder
Le Labo Another 13 Eau de Parfum ($335)
This whisper of a fragrance bypasses the tendency of perfumeries for complex bouquets (which typically teem with some 60-plus ingredients) and instead is restrained to 13 ingredients designed to dance with your own skin chemistry. The result: a your-scent-but-better fragrance. Using a blank sheet of paper as an inspiration point, developers created a scent that's elusive, but clean (and clean but not powdery). Jasmine is countered by mineral-y moss; a white musk called amboxan presents a woodsy-meets-green tea element while lab-developed Helvetolide contributes pear and a musky ambrette. The result has a counterintuitive pull: it's unlikely to evoke strong sense memories (like lavender or patchouli might), but from wearer to wearer says something totally unique.