>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 …

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How much would you pay to smell like rain at any given moment? $5,000? Mane is hoping so, as they’ve launched their newest fragrance, Yu, with just such a price point.

I don’t know that any perfume is worth that much, no matter how good it smells, unless it comes in some kind of jewel-encrusted bottle. But it’s been impressing critics, with New York Times fragrance expert Chandler Burr saying “You can smell the money in it.”

Personally, I think money smells funny.

Estee Lauder makes some of the most beautiful perfume compacts around. Current designs includes the Great Wall of China, a crystal-covered feather, a tiny turtle and a sparkling sailboat. Perhaps the most extraordinary is the design they have created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Neiman Marcus. The monarch butterfly is made of black enamel, orange and clear crystals and golden highlights. The compact is filled with Beautiful solid perfume and sells for $300.

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We’re not there yet but the holidays are just around the corner, and along with them all the stress of thinking up gift ideas for everybody and finding time to shop. Some bath and body products probably belong on your shopping list regardless, whether as a gift for someone or just a way to help yourself relax amidst the annual holiday stresses, and I’m thinking the Usiku Organic Bath Collection sounds particularly good since they work for men or women and I love all things organic (not to mention the fragrance description sounds heavenly).

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The Chez Moi home diffuser from L’Artisan Parfumeur is the result of two years of research and uses original technology to make the most of perfume and create the best olfactory experience possible. The diffuser itself appears sleek and modern, and there are 5 fragrances currently available including 4 drawn from L’Artisan Parfumeur’s most popular scents and one created just for the Chez Moi.

The Chez Moi home diffuser runs on two AA batteries …