The Byronic figure shown at right is Kilian Hennessy, a former marketing executive at L'Oréal and heir to the Hennessy cognac family, who has created a new luxurious line of six eau de parfums known as L'Oeuvre Noire, the Black Masterpiece, by Kilian. The fragrances are done in black lacquer wood boxes line in black satin. The bottles include a black metal pottle cap and subltle engravings on the side. The six scents grouped in three pairs Love and Beyond Love, Liasons Dangereuses and Cruel Intentions, A Taste of Heaven and Straight to Heaven. Love is soft with notes of neroli, Sambac jasmine, rose and iris. Beyond Love is tuberose with animal notes. Liasons Dangereuses includes notes of Egyptian geranium and cinnamon. Cruel Intentions includes bergamot, rose, vetiver and styrax. A Taste of Heaven is inspired by Absinthe and includes orange blossom, amber, and patchouli. Straight to Heaven has a rum scent deepened with nutmeg, Brazilian rosewood and cedar. The scents with their exotic ingredients sound a bit like Tom Ford's most recent offerings. The refillable bottle sells for $225. There is also a refillable fountain that resembles a cognac barrel that sells for $2500.

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The Chez Moi home diffuser from L'Artisan Parfumeur is the result of two years of research and uses original technology to make the most of perfume and create the best olfactory experience possible. The diffuser itself appears sleek and modern, and there are 5 fragrances currently available including 4 drawn from L'Artisan Parfumeur's most popular scents and one created just for the Chez Moi.

The Chez Moi home diffuser runs on two AA batteries and easily travels where ever you may go. And you don't have to wait long either, when using the Chez Moi, as it fills a 50 cubic meter area with fragrance in less than 3 minutes. $250

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There are some great beauty offers going on at Bergdorf Goodman to tempt you to the cosmetics counter. A $150 purchase of any fragrance or cosmetics gets you a Lulu Guinness roll bag filled with samples from La Prairie, Amore Pacific and Awake. A $185 purchase from Chantecaille gets you a sample size of biodynamic lifting cream and an eye shadow in a pink pouch. A $250 purchase from Sisley Paris rewards you with sample sizes of an express flower gel mask, a botanical eye and lip contour balm, a Sisleya-Elixir telespray, a Sisleya anti-aging cream, a mini-lip liner, a Hydra-Flash body treatment sample packet, and a Phyto-Teint Eclat No3 sample packet in a denim cosmetics bag with brown leather sawtooth trim and golden studs.A $250 purchase at La Prairie earns you a sample sizes of%uFFFD purifying cream cleanser, essence of Skin Caviar, Skin Caviar luxe cream, Skin Caviar Ampoule Treatment, a miniature Cellular Luxe lip color and a sample of Silver Rain fragrance all in a metallic silver bag. Bobbi Brown isn't offering samples in a bag but for any $150 purchase you do get to take home a lipstick and blush.