Magnifique (Magnificent) is the latest major feminine fragrance launch by Lancôme and as its name indicate, it wishes to come across as one of those pedestal-scents that are meant to act as sublime allies to femininity. Anne Hathaway is its idealized incarnation; Lancôme wanted her as soon as they saw her in The Devil Wears Prada. Red was chosen as a color theme meant, no doubt, to celebrate feminine passion. The Nagarmotha Touch A combination of hyper-classic rose (Lancôme's iconic flower) and an exotic grass known by many names, one of them, "Nagarmota" (as picked by the press release), was devised to create a perfume obviously at once very establishment and in quest of new sensations, like a genteel European lady having decided to escape the confines of her country manor, the accompanying stifling boredom of a life...
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