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New Film for FLOWERBYKENZO

Flower by Kenzo from on Vimeo.

Kenzo starts the year with a new film for its star fragrance, FLOWERBYKENZO.  2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the release of this powdery floral fragrance.  Shot by creative director Patrick Guedj on the rooftops of Paris, this gorgeous "film" introduces the new face of FLOWERBYKENZO, Japanese model/actress Lika Minamoto.  At dawn, a Japanese fairy appears to shower the city with poppies, transforming the skyline into a field of flowers.  The film goes back to the heart of Kenzo values, the fusion of east and west combined with colorful, playful elements.

View the film, behind the scenes features.
The FLOWERBYKENZO line is available here.

Gift Suites by Agraria San Francisco

I am loving my new "gift" from Agraria... three unique products in a custom-designed elegant gift box wrapped in paper that reflects each fragrance.

Agraria calls their Reed Diffusers "Liquid Potpourri" and presents them in hand-blown Italian perfume bottles, sealed with glass stoppers. The "Gift Suite" [$95] is the perfect hostess present. Each Gift Suite includes a TasselAire™, a PetiteEssence™ with mirrored tray, and a luxury 8.2-oz Bath Bar.

Agraria Reed Diffusers have the distinct honor to be One of "Oprah's Favorite Things". Agraria's luxury home fragrance products are available in Bergdorf Goodman's and MiN New York.

"Scent your rooms without burning, plugging in or spraying anything. Just add the reeds to the perfumed oils and inhale." — Oprah

Yum... freshly-made ice cream delivered to your door.

Manhattan Milk Company reacquainted downtown New Yorkers with doorstep deliveries of bottled milk. Now, another local startup is hoping to, um, milk the same market. Soon to officially launch, Milk Made is offering New Yorkers the chance to have a pint of freshly-made ice cream delivered to their doorstep every month. The service will be by subscription only, and will give members the chance to submit flavour ideas and see how their ice cream is made, as well as attend Milk Made ice cream parties. Pricing for the service is still being finalised, and Milk Made expects to be able to accommodate about 50 members.

So what kind of ice cream are we talking here? You've guessed it: local and organic. The ingredients are sourced from local farmers' markets, so flavours vary with the seasons. There will generally be five to choose from per month, to be detailed on a menu sent to all members. Examples of flavours on offer include Maple Pancake, Berry-Berry Cobbler and Peanut Butter Brown Sugar, all handmade by the company's founders in their East Village flat. Which is about as (still) made here as it gets.

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Iiamo Go by Karim Rashid

Designer Karim Rashid has created a baby’s bottle that heats milk to body temperature without using electricity.
Called Iiamo Go, the product heats the milk using a disposable capsule containing water and salt. Heat is generated as the salt becomes re-hydrated.

Iiamo go is a self-heating feeding bottle that gives parents on the go the ability to serve body temperature milk to their baby anywhere anytime without the use of electricity. iiamo go is the only bottle in the world with this unique combination of a portable, non-electrical, throw-away organic heating cartridges (iiamo warm) and a patented heating technology that is integrated into the bottle itself. The process is very simple. Pour the mother’s milk, formula or milk powder in the bottle; insert the cartridge in the bottom of the bottle and then just push, wait a few minutes and serve the milk.

The World Health Organization recommends heating the milk to body temperature before served to babies and this is now possible no matter where the family is – in the car, at the office, at the grandparents, in the supermarket, in a café or in the park. Also, in contrast to the vast majority of feeding bottles iiamo go is produced in the 100 percent BPA-free material PP (polypropolene). Iiamo warm – the heating cartridge is part of the mystery and secrecy behind the iiamo go success and consist of only salt (CaCl2) and water generating heat by using the re-hydration energy from dehydrated salt.

Karim says of the design “Feeding a baby is a warm, intimate moment between parent and child. The bottle enables that human connection. Though a very functional product, a baby bottle doesn’t need to be a strictly functional. Emotional and aesthetic appeal must be considered too. Children love reflective shiny colorful surfaces and materials – I do too – maybe I am still a child. So it was time to make a baby bottle a wild interesting sculptural colorful animated object so the baby actually gets excited about being fed.”