Spritz
Louis Vuitton Parfums: Ambre Levant
I am wearing Ambre Levant on my wrists, and I plan to continue forever because it is exactly what I want in a fragrance: delicious, captivating, and slightly mysterious. The new scent from Louis Vuitton Parfums, created by master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, is a blend of amber and oud—which sounds overwhelming but is surprisingly subtle and bright. That’s likely the mandarin at work, which Belletrud tempers with warm spices: cardamom, cinnamon, white pepper, and saffron. He wanted to capture the intensity and radiance of golden hour, that moment between day and night when everything is bathed in a flattering light. I’m heading back to La Samaritaine in Paris to spritz it on myself tomorrow. And the next day. And the next. ($440, louisvuitton.com)
Renew
Clark’s Botanicals: DNA-42 Clinicalift Serum
On a summer day in 2002, Francesco Clark dove into a pool, severed his spinal cord, and was paralyzed from the neck down. In the years since, he has regained his voice and the use of his arms. He also started Clark’s Botanicals, a skin-care line, with his father, donating a portion of the proceeds to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Now Clark is bringing his two worlds together in a new serum, a collaboration with Dr. Ursula Jacob, an expert in stem-cell-and-regenerative medicine, who treats him in Germany. “The idea that longevity science should apply to skin care is not a stretch,” says Dr. Jacob. “It is an inevitability.” She created a formula for the new DNA-42 Clinicalift Serum that “supports the skin’s own regenerative intelligence: strengthening before stimulating, repairing before correcting.” It does so with plant-derived PDRN—the substance behind the famed salmon-sperm facial—and botanical exosomes that deliver signaling molecules and compounds that energize the mitochondria. Magic words for anyone who’s listened to a longevity podcast. The aim is to give the body the tools to repair itself. ($150, clarksbotanicals.com )
