Leslie Blodgett's Bare Skin Perfume Diaries Giveaway Contest

CONTEST ENDED - WE HAVE FIVE WINNERS!

Congratulations to Vickie, Tina, Nina, Anna, and Teri. All of them have been e-mailed that they will receive one of the samples. These gals are "fast on their fingers."

Want a sample of the new Bare Skin fragrance? You read last week at Best Things in Beauty about Leslie Blodgett's Bare Skin, the first introduction of her new Perfume Diaries. If you missed the blog post, you can read all about Leslie and Bare Skin at the BTiB link above.

Her company generously provided five samples for Best Things in Beauty readers. Five of you will get to try before you buy! These are traditional, small-vial samples - samples I really appreciate before I purchase a new perfume.

I thought about how to do this contest and decided on the Allure way. The first five US or Canadian readers to e-mail bestthingsinbeautycontests@gmail.com after 7:30 pm Eastern Time today, Sunday, October 18, will receive a sample in the mail. Please put Leslie Blodgett in your subject line and include your mailing address. I will notify the five winners by e-mail, and I will update this posting as soon as the five samples have been claimed.

Good Luck!

Don't forget to enter Leslie's contest (between October 16 and 23) to win a trip to Hawaii. Just go to her Perfume Diaries Facebook page for more information.

Photo courtesy of Sephora

Leslie Blodgett's Perfume Diaries

Leslie Blodgett's Perfume Diaries in Bare Skin ($55 for the Eau de Parfum Spray) is finally available at Sephora. A whole bunch of us have been waiting to sample!

Legions of fans know Leslie Blodgett as the inspirational, passionate beauty icon behind Bare Escentuals - the woman who put mineral makeup on the map. Now, Leslie Blodgett is introducing her own collection of fragrances created exclusively for Sephora.

Sephora describes Bare Skin, the first introduction in the diaries, as warm, romantic, and spontaneous. I'll add seductive.

Here's Sephora's description, with my editorial comments in brackets.

Imagine you're on a tropical beach [I'm there]. The warm rays are beating down on you. There is nothing on the agenda for days, save for sunbathing [with sunscreen, please], sipping umbrella drinks [may I please have coconut slices, pineapple flavors and lots of rum in my drinks, and some munchies too? that's how they treated me in Barbados], and sleeping in [can I depart for the beach now?]. Leslie Blodgett captured the ultimate vacation through fragrance with this intoxicating blend [how many umbrella drinks can I have?] of creamy sensuality, dreamy florals, and sexy musks.

Seriously, this limited-edition fragrance has top notes of black pepper, freesia, and anise; middle notes of iris, vanilla orchid, plumeria, and patchouli; and base notes of sandalwood, musk, and labdanum. This is a spicy one, with some tropical and very fragrant florals mixed in. In addition to the spray, there's a solid perfume and a body cream available at Sephora.

You can learn more about the Perfume Diaries, including Leslie's next fragrance introduction, Santa Barbara, at her own Web site. You should also enter Leslie's contest (between October 16 and 23) to win a trip to Hawaii. Just go to her Perfume Diaries Facebook page for more information.

Photos courtesy of Sephora and Leslie Blodgett