Mariah Carey loves butterflies. From album covers to temporary tattoos, the singer likes to surround herself with the delicate insect's image. Even her new perfume, M, features a butterfly stopper on the bottle. But it is Lalique's so-called Butterfly scent that has attracted her like a butterfly to a flower. She recently shelled out $13,200 for a case of the exclusive, limited edition perfume simply because she loved the bottle design - an etched crystal bottle adorned with a beautiful butterfly stopper. It may not just be the pretty bottle that led her to purchase the pricey perfume - a source told In Touch Weekly that she thinks the scent will make her actually smell like a butterfly. Do butterflies even have a scent?Mariah Carey Is Cuckoo For Butterflies
Mariah Carey loves butterflies. From album covers to temporary tattoos, the singer likes to surround herself with the delicate insect's image. Even her new perfume, M, features a butterfly stopper on the bottle. But it is Lalique's so-called Butterfly scent that has attracted her like a butterfly to a flower. She recently shelled out $13,200 for a case of the exclusive, limited edition perfume simply because she loved the bottle design - an etched crystal bottle adorned with a beautiful butterfly stopper. It may not just be the pretty bottle that led her to purchase the pricey perfume - a source told In Touch Weekly that she thinks the scent will make her actually smell like a butterfly. Do butterflies even have a scent?Marc by Marc Jacobs Turnlock Quinn Tote, Handbag of the Day
A brightly colored handbag is a good way to add a touch of color to your fall wardrobe and there are lots of offerings this season in purples and reds. But sometimes you want something a bit more subtle and that's where this tote comes in. In a cool ocean blue, the soft leather bag whispers instead of shouts. With wide double shoulder straps and a two exterior side pockets, it is a bag built for comfort and convenience. A gold-tone turnlock closure on the flap opens to a logo lining and and several more pockets. Measuring 5 ½ " W x 10" H X 6 D", the bag sells for $448.
Chanel fashions a new bike for a great ride
Who doesn't like to ride in style? Now it doesn't have to be a car but a blinged-out bicycle! This limited edition bike included in the spring/summer 2008 fashion line-up for Chanel was designed in part to celebrate Coco's passion for the sport. The plush, quilted-leather seat, functional saddle bag and smashing double-C logo are also accompanied by an 8-speed gear. Get your exercise and look amazing spending only $12,400 for this one of a kind bike. Just don't wear your sweats with it -- you will have to look snazzy to take this one for a ride!A $12,000 Ferrari?
Dropping just $12,000 for a Ferrari might sound like a dream-come-true... but don't get too excited. The Ferrari you'd be picking up only goes 12.5 miles per hour.
In fact, despite its branded image, the Limited Edition Ferrari PTi2 apparently has no performance advantage over the original, though its leather-trimmed handlebars, classic Ferrari red paint and Scuderia Ferrari logo certainly make the personal transport vehicle look the park.
Like the original, the PTi2 can go about 64 miles on a single charge at speeds two to three times as fast as the average walker. Ferrari's employees apparently scoot around their Maranello plant on Segways quite a bit to save time.
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Lalique Champ Elysees Bowl
What's great about this Champ Elysees Bowl by Lalique is that it can really be made to fit almost any season. It may be a bright green perfect for spring and Easter but pair with golds and it's beautiful for a fall or Thanksgiving table, and with reds and whites it's suddenly all about Christmas. I can also see it fitting into a variety of decor styles from old fashioned to modern and contemporary. Hand made in France it features hand chiseled green-tipped crystal leaves and measures 7.5"x17.5"x10". $3995
Crajah House, Estate of the Day
Now here's a beauty of an old house that has been remodeled well. The Crajah House in New Canaan, Connecticut was originally built in 1886 and sits on four acres on Oenoke Ridge. The house is sunlight and charming with new gourmet kitchen and breakfast room that is modern but not overwhelmingly so. The master bedroom suite has a deck with views of the countryside and there are six additional bedrooms. The land is also home to a large two bedroom cottage, three barn, fields and pastures. It is listed at $7.45 million.
French Champagne House Spotted Checking Out English Vineyards
I'm fascinated by what I am terming the "Champagne scramble" as the various Champagne producers confront a world in which the growing need for Champagne is compromised by both the limits of the region and the specter of global warming. The latest move in the battle comes from Champagne house Louis Roederer , the maker of Cristal one of the most recognizable brands, they are now looking at vineyards in Kent and Sussex. This could lead to the company producing English sparkling wine.
Over the last few years southern England has begun to get attention for sparkling wine production. The chalky soil is similar to that in the Champagne region and global warming has created a more hospitable growing climate. For the Champagne houses the lure of English land is also partly the price. Decanter reports that a 50 acre block for planting vines might cost between £8,000-£10,000 per acre in England while an acre of vineyard in Champagne would cost around £300,000. That's quite a lot to pay for a name. The hard part is convincing the world just how good English sparkling wine is. Having a major Champagne house invest in the region would certainly go a long way toward doing that.
In the short run however there is nothing to worry about in the region, this year's harvest in Champagne is set to achieve recordbreaking production.
Pavé Diamond Dog Tag
Sometimes guys want a little bling too, you know? But it's hard to find that right balance of flash and masculinity, and although I'm not claiming this Pavé Diamond Dog Tag by David Yurman does the trick (it's all about personal preference and I'm not even a guy) the mix of pave diamonds and dog tag style seems to at least be in the right ballpark. It has a total of 1.15 carats total with a sterling silver logo, cable trim, "925" inlay, and a sterling silver chain pulling the whole thing together. Available at Neiman Marcus for $1,950.
Boomerang Vodka
Another grape-based vodka has been announced. Foster's Wine Estates (the company behind a wide variety of wines from Penfolds to the Little Penguin) is selling Boomerang Vodka, the first 100 percent grape-based vodka imported from Australia. The grapes are Chardonnay grapes from the Barossa Valley and the vodka is five times distilled, charcoal filtered and bottled close to its source in South Australia. The 750 ml bottle is priced at $19.99 and will be available nationwide beginning in late October. It's certainly cheaper than the Bocaj vodka we saw the other day. The Aussie-centric label seems to send the message that this is the Yellowtail of vodka, a cheap and safe choice.Bugatti Has Arrived -- in Moscow!
Luxury car maker, Bugatti, recently stated it will begin distribution of its elite vehicles in Russia. To mark the occasion a posh dinner-gala was held at Barvija Luxury Village hosting executives and socialites while highlighting the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 model. Initially, Bugatti plans to market ten cars but may add more in the future with prices starting at $1.7 million! Quite the price tag! If you already know where the Bentley salons are you'll find the Bugatti right alongside. I don't know about you but if I had $1.7 million to blow I would spend it on a trip around world! Cars don't do very well crossing an ocean.Red Sox Fans Paying Less For Series Seats
The Red Sox may be back in the World Series but Boston fans are slightly less crazed than they were in 2004 when the Red Sox won the Series back in 2004. Ticket resellers in Boston say that their prices are down 20 to 40 percent compared with 2004. Jim Holzman, the owner of Boston-based AceTicket.com told the Boston Globe that a bleacher seat that the Red Sox sold for $75, which went for $1,200 in 2004 is now priced at $850 on his website. StubHub, the ticket business owned by eBay reports that the average price of their tickets is down about $300 to $1,465. The average price for tickets to the games at Coors Field in Denver is $781. The Rockies ticket website crashed after the team tried to sell 20,000 tickets for each game scheduled at Coors Field. There are the dedicated fans willing to pay in the thousands for the right seat. One fan paid over $21,500 for two box seats behind home plate at Fenway. Now that's a fan.
Tarina Tarantino Hardcore Minibox Clutch, Handbag of the Day
Many of Tarina Tarantino's handbags look like they were designed to be carried by children. Featuring Barbie, Hello Kitty and lots of quirky touches, the bags are playful and unique. This metallic clutch may be a little more grown up, but it still offers that little something different. A limited edition, the gold and silver leather clutch sports a very large Swarovski crystal embellishment right in the center of a big silver bow that doubles as a hand strap. Or you can carry the bag from a crystal-studded lucite bangle attached to a 10.75" long gold-tone chain. Now, that is different. The bag measures 5.75" wide, 4.25" tall, and 1.75" deep and is also available in a neon pink and white version. $465.
Yin-Yang Soaking Tubs
Usually tubs that are built for two are designed so that the two share the same water. But perhaps you are modest or maybe you just don't like sharing the same water with another person or maybe you like your water to be the same temperature as a lobster cooking pot. Whatever your need for personal bath privacy now you can get the shared tub experience without the shared tub. The stainless steel Yin-Yang bathtub from Diamond Spas has two separate soaking compartments with benches on the bottom so the bathers face each other. The soaking tubs are deep so that you get as much immersion as possible.
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A Wedding Dress with 4 Pounds of Jewels
Wedding dresses come in all shapes and sizes from sleek and stylish to large and marshmallow-like, and from hand-embroidered to mass-produced. And although jewels aren't that uncommon in small doses, what about 4 pounds of jewels? A designer in Hong Kong has created a wedding dress with 9,999 karats of jewels (that's a very deliberate number!) and it's on sale for over $130,000. It's beautiful but I personally wouldn't want a wedding dress with so many different colors, and I think for that price it might be more worth it to just get something custom-made -- I think I'd still be able to afford plenty of jewels.
Dream Light Chromatherapy
Wow, I realize it could just be the photography but this shower looks positively dreamy. Which is quite appropriate considering it's called "Dream Light." It's a chromatherapy rain canopy from Jaclo Industries that's designed to take the standard relaxing power of a shower and turn it up a notch with the emotional and soothing power of color. It's made of a stainless steel sheet in round, rectangle, or cube shapes with programmable LED lights that illuminate the water as it falls.
