February 26, 2011
OSCARS SPOTLIGHT PART 2: What Are You Wafting? + Guerlain Fragrance Red Carpet Draw
Like many of you Oscar night starts two hours prior to the ceremony as I sit down in front of my television to watch the fashion parade down the red carpet. With my friends on Twitter and Facebook we hand out our own awards for the night; best dressed, best hair, best make-up, best style, the don’t you own a mirror award. I always await the moment when the interviewer asks “What are you wearing?” Of course the answer is about the dress she has on but just once I’d love to have an actress respond “Chanel No. 5 it’s my lucky scent. Oh you meant my dress its Chanel too.” While I don’t expect any of the red carpet interviewers to ask the question I’d love to hear answered I thought I might do a little research and try and figure out what fragrances might be present on the Red Carpet Sunday night.
Based on my research there will be three classic perfume houses, Chanel, Guerlain, and Jo Malone very well represented on the red carpet.
Chanel Chance is the choice of Anne Hathaway who will be co-hosting the ceremony.
Catherine Zeta-Jones will most likely be in Coco when standing next to Michael Douglas.
Best Actress Nominee Nicole Kidman for “Rabbit Hole” will be wearing Chanel No. 5 which she has been the spokesperson for.
Guerlain L’Heure Bleue has been worn from Catherine Deneuve to Julia Roberts to Tyra Banks.
Guerlain Mitsouko was favored by Charlie Chaplin and Ingrid Bergman.
Meryl Streep will be in Guerlain Shalimar but the most worn Guerlain fragrance will be Vetiver with many of Hollywood’s sexiest men like Tom Cruise and Andy Garcia wearing it; but just like Mitsouko, Vetiver crosses over to be Jodi Foster’s preferred fragrance.
The Jo Malone brigade will be led by Best Supporting Actress nominee for “The Fighter” Amy Adams who prefers Nectarine Blossom & Honey.
She might be joined by Jessica Alba who has worn Blue Agave & Cacao; and Oprah who wears Jo Malone Grapefruit.
Helena Bonham Carter, nominated for supporting actress in “The King’s Speech”, will be wearing Tann Roka Kisu. She is likely to have company in Gwyneth Paltrow who also wears this fragrance.
Natalie Portman should be wearing Miss Dior Cherie as she takes the podium to accept the Best Actress Oscar for which she is the odds-on favorite.
The most eye-opening fragrance I found to be worn by numerous celebrities is the fragrance favored by fellow nominee Annette Bening, for “The Kids Are Alright”, Bijan. Bijan might be the fragrance with the biggest box office as it is worn by Directors Geroge Lucas and Steven Spielberg as well as Oscar icon Jack Nicholson who should be sporting Bijan from the front row.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will likely be wearing Creed Love in White and Lorenzo Villoresi Musc, respectively
Ashton Kutcher wears John Varvatos while escorting Demi Moore in Clean.
So while the red carpet will be full of high fashion it also will have trails of sillage of some of the best perfumes out there.
Thanks to Saks.com we have two Guerlain giveaways for our Red Carpet Draw. We have two sets of5 X 2mL drams of Guerlain Mitsouko and Guerlain L’Heure Bleue. We will give one winner all five drams of Mitsouko and the other all five drams of L’Heure Bleue. To enter leave a comment telling us who you think is the most stylish celebrity past or present. The draw will take place on Feb. 28.
–Mark Behnke, Managing Editor
Personally I like the style of both Cate Blanchett and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Lauren Bacall.
Marylin Monroe is one of those iconic women that once you have seen you can never forget.
Halle Berre, i will never forget her Eli Saab dress
To me is Audrey Hepburn. She knew how to look elegant while so natural. How to look sophisticated and yet with a sign of forever youth rebel young girl. She had the pose that many models on photos tried too copy during her times. She knew how to choose the right lipstick! She loved the nudes that are now fashion through mac and other brands. well she already knew how to used nude lipstick and be vevetly beautiful. She had expressive eyes and loved being dressed by Givenchy! She had a great style to wear hats and her hair always looked great especially when she had it done for parties. She is not my favorite actress but I have to say, she was very sensitive and elegant. I chose Audrey!
I agree with Vintage Lady. Audrey Hepburn was a beauty and she had somethinkg like inner light and a natural elegance.
And for present celebrities, I usually love the style of Natalie Portman.
Thank you for the draw!
I think Helen Mirren is the most stylish female star. She looks great in high fashion or casual clothes because her personality and character always shine through.
Cary Grant because it seemed to emanate from within
Natalie Portman I really like her, she is beautiful and she has a nice style, on the men side I just simply love Johnny Depp and his unusual and eclectic style and of course I love Brad Pitt.
Archibald Alexander Leach better known as Cary Grant in my eyes was a beautiful stylish man. Even though there are many beautiful and stylish stars walking down the red carpet these days, sometimes i still yearn for the graceful elegance of "Old Hollywood". Guerlain has a wonderful array of fragrances and i am definitely a Guerlain Girl….and the fragrances mentioned do remind me of Old Hollywood. So sometimes when a younger beautiful and graceful actress like Natalie Portman comes along it transports me back in time. I can definitely see her wearing one of Guerlains more modern fragrances.
Grace Kelly. Elegant, classy, refined. And Katharine Hepburn. Classy and sassy.
From today's performers, I like George Clooney's style and sense of humor.
I love this…the Oscar's is a fabulous venue for designers to show 'their threads'… your article brings a whole new meaning to 'all' of what the stars are wearing… Oscar's red carpet will never be the same for me! And the award goes to…….( drum roll ) Ca Fluere Bon, for opening our eyes, 'er' that is to say our nose! Thank you, thank you!
For me, it’s Angelica Huston for the ladies’ side, Clive Owen for the men. (I understand she prefers Jean Patou 1000, while he’s all for Chanel Pour Monsieur.)
Oh what an exciting article! I love Angelina Jolie and I loc Creed Love in White. I love learning what fragrances the stars wear. I would love to try the Guerlain Mitsouko and Guerlain L’Heure Bleue since I have never sniffed them before!
For present celebrities, I choose Tilda Swinton because she looks as if her style is really is her own. Looking back, I agree with several others that Cary Grant was the epitomy of style.
This is awful … but … I could care less about the celebrities, but oh … how I would love to sniff this event … Seriously, imagine what all the scent blended together would smell like! Divine. I have never worn anything other than the vintage version of Mitsouko and would love to be entered in the drawer to see what the modern juice is like. I have, on the other hand, a lot of experience with L'Heure Bleue. I am just such a Guerlain ho … seriously. Wearing Mitsouko right now and cannot get my nose off my wrist. Difficulty typing … ;-))
It's nice to know that we can share their fragrances even if we can't do the wardrobe.
I just love knowing what the stars are wearing. I am very happy to see the classics well represented- must be nice to be around those handsome leading men with Guerlain Vetiver wafting about! Scentabulous said she'd love to sniff this event, me too!
I read somewhere that Annette Bening wears Mitsouko. I would love to enter the drawing. I think Audrey Hepburn is the most elegant celebrity. Not my style but she is pure elegance.
Lauren Bacall, to my mind, is one of the classiest celebrities that has ever lived. Please enter me in the draw!
I really enjoy how Penelope Cruz appears on the red carpet she always is beautifully dressed.
Perfumistas are HUNGRY for articles like this! Talk about Oscar fashion coverage : ) All the celebrities –past and pressent– named above are excelllent examples of style. Current celebrty whose style I admire is Oscar winner Charlize Theron who takes a Grace Kelly sensibility and amps it up for our sexier climate. And she also makes a fabulous spokesperson for Dior J'Adore!
I agree with prior commenters that I don't quite care about most celebrities, but I will put in another vote for Audrey Hepburn
I have to say that I love Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Lauren Bacall. I think that kind of grace seems to be absent most of the time now unfortunately. Would love to be in the draw. Thanks so much for a wonderful article.
From the past…Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant. Modern…Penelope Cruz or Anne Hathaway.
adored Anne hathaways red archival valentino tonight. GLAM the next generation
alas bring back billy crystal the night dragged for me.. althoug anne hathaway was better than james franco , (he is HAWT, but not a host)
love this article
would be hanging out with Meryl Streep and easily swayed by Vetiver.. not Tom Cruise.. 🙂
Kate Winslet, Jennifer Aniston and Anne Hathaway.
Catherine Deneuve.
I adore Helena Bonham Carter and am happy to read she likes the underappreciated Tann Rokka. I would have thought something a bit more edgy like an ELDO.
I like the style of Tilda Swinton. Sometimes she gets it so wrong but often so right!
What a great read Mark. Loved it.. My favorite Guerlain is Vetiver great cross over… I am also a fan of Bijan. Thankx for the opportunity to try some others. Loved seeing what the stars waft.
The most stylish star ever would have to be Katharine Hepburn. The reason for my opinion? I just don't think she cared much about style, being best-dressed, whatever. She wore what she liked and felt comfortable in, and as a result her unconscious ease made her the epitome of chic.
Good to see so many of today's stars respect the classics!
The women of the 1920s were the first truly independent females- and most inspiring of all- both in terms of her flawlessly eclectic style and her fearless devotion to furthering the cause of social justice was NANCY CUNARD. One look at her in her prime, her arms covered in bracelets- and you see how many have tried to emulate her over the years…