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20 Aug

Nikki DeRoest, Cerre Francis Cofound Ciele Beauty Brand –

With their recent brand launch, Ciele, Nikki DeRoest and Cerre Francis are playing it secure. Secure as in certified Clean at Sephora in addition to high SPF rankings on each of the products, that's. Ciele, the brainchild of DeRoest, a makeup artist, and Francis, who was previously at Hourglass Cosmetics, is debuting with three stock keeping units — a blush, a ending powder and a skin tint — which range in price from $34 to $44. They may debut on the brand’s website, in addition to Sephora’s, on Aug. 24 and in 270 doors nationally on Sept. 1. The brand, the founders said, was three years within the making. The duo met while working together at Róen. “We exited, and the subsequent day...
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15 Aug

Francis Kurkdjian Says We Won’t “Wear” Fragrance within the

“My craft may be very ancient in a way,” says perfumer Francis Kurkdjianas he sinks deeper right into a cream-colored couch on the Aman Latest York. “There isn't much difference between myself and a perfumer 100 years ago.”But a couple of blocks away looms a reminder that Kurkdjian’s role is, in reality, different from most: the LVMH Tower, which serves because the Latest York City headquarters for Christian Dior. In 2021, Kurkdjian was announced because the house’s perfume creation director, a title he holds along with founding father of his own line, Maison Francis Kurkdjian (for those who’ve ever walked through the Upper East Side, you’ve probably caught a whiff of certainly one of his most famous — and famously...
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