Chanel Chance Eau Vive - Out June 2015

I love Chanel's Chance range; Chance, Chance Eau Fraiche and Chance Eau Tendre.
Chance Eau Tendre was originally my favourite of the three then the original Chance took over as favourite, but Chance Eau Fraiche has been my favourite for a while now.

I have a 100ml bottle of Chance Eau Tendre, but I managed to get the limited edition 150ml bottles of Chance and Chance Eau Fraiche when they came out in 2013. They are all eau de toilettes, but the original Chance is also available as an eau de parfum. I believe the eau de parfum has a silver lid.

This year Chanel will release Chance Eau Vive. I'm excited for its release, but I'm not convinced it's going to be as good as the other Chances! I really hope it is!

The release date is 12th June 2015.

The fragrance notes are grapefruit, red orange, jasmine, vetiver and white musk.

It will be released in 50ml and 100ml bottles. June can't come soon enough! I can't wait to try this out!

What to buy a woman for Christmas

Most women are easy to buy for, but if you are a fairly clueless man left to your own devices, shopping for the woman in your life could be quite a daunting task.

I have put together a few ideas based on a budget of £100.


If you have not received any hints, I think it would be difficult to go wrong with a bottle of Chanel Chance which can be purchased from Boots (or boots.com) for £85.95 for the 100ml eau de parfum. It is a beautiful scent, which I think would appeal to almost everyone.
To reach (and go over by 95p) your £100 budget this grey loose knit snood looks super cosy and will cost you £15 from River Island or riverisland.com.

Another gift that you may want to consider is this set of 3 limited edition Diptyque candles. It is a great gift for a woman who loves her candles and it will set you back £78.00 and is available from Harrods or online at harrods.com.
To make up the gift to £100 most women would love this Urban Decay Naked Basics palette full of neutral every day colours, which is available from Debenhams or debenhams.com for £22.00.

This silver cubic zirconia and synthetic sapphire necklace is gorgeous if you want to blow the majority of the budget all in one. This costs £95 from Beaverbrooks or beaverbrooks.co.uk.
Coming in just under budget this cute pack of two pairs of cosy slipper socks are available at New Look for £3.99.

New Look have some lovely socks out for Christmas. I saw these adorable gingerbread man and candy cane design socks in New Look today. They are only £1.99.

Anyway my final gift idea is this lovely Viktor and Rolf Flowerbomb gift set, which comes with a 50ml bottle of the eau de parfum, a body cream and a shower gel.
It currently costs £73.00 from Boots so I have paired it with these festive Me To You design pyjamas with, 'Feeling Snug' written on the front. They are available from Next for £25.00. There are lots of nice pyjamas on their website. Last year I struggled to find nice pyjamas anywhere and ended up eventually finding a Disney pair in Asda.