Alain Delon for Christian Dior Eau Sauvage

French Actor Alain Delon was born in 1935. The photo of Delon used in Dior's new ad for their classic fragrance Eau Salvage was taken in 1966, the year the scent launched. Some might call it risky to use a severely out-dated picture for a current ad campaign, but, according to Dior, Delon is a "living myth," and a good myth doesn't age. Kind of the like the enduring Eau Salvage.

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Quickies: Project Runway Debut, FiFi Winners, Anal Jewelry, +

Will Ferrell is launching a line of...sunscreen. Goofy? Incredibly. But all the proceeds go towards a charity that gives college scholarships to cancer survivors and amputees. Says Ferrell of the launch: "I've always dreamed of owning a lotion company. And I've always hated cancer." [People Style Watch]

Despite its move to Lifetime, Project Runway, which airs in August, is largely still the same show it was on Bravo. Apparently to Heidi Klum's disapproval. Sheisse! [EW] via [The Cut] 

Before helming one of the most recognizable labels in fashion, Miuccia Prada went to mime school for six years. Six years to become a mime? Seriously? [The Cut] 

Donatella Versace: "I think sex is part of life, like eating and breathing." [Interview]

The FiFi Awards honored P Diddy's I Am King as luxe fragrance of the year for the second year in a row. Insert quip here. [WWD]

According to Alan Greenspan, men's underwear sales are a good test of the resilience -- or lack thereof -- of the economy. [Economist] 

Arnold Schwarzenegger's most memorable fashion moments. The cat suit in Running Man was so fetch.  [Refinery 29] 

Anal jewelry. Enough said. [The Frisky] 

Quickies: Hilfiger Hotels, Moss Autobiography, Akon Fragrances, +

Tommy Hilfiger is in the conceptual stages of opening his own hotel chain. "We like America but we have great popularity all over the world. I think we could put a hotel up in just about any major city." [WWD]

Kate Moss is reportedly writing a tell-all autobiography. Juicy. [Grazia] 

Akon plans on introducing two fragrances, Konvict and Aliaune, under his newly formed company, Konvict Cosmetics Intl.  [WWD]

Victoria Beckham is taking her denim line dVb in house for further production after being dropped by Kitson, Saks and Henri Bendel. Can't say she's not a fighter. [NYP]

Tim Gunn on Capitol Hill: “There’s been a fashion epiphany in Washington. It’s light years beyond what I saw here [two years ago], which made me want to run and scream.” [WWD]

Quickies: Liam Gallagher Unhappy, Kanye West's Fragrance, +

Liam Gallagher is reportedly not 100% happy with his fashion line. Run and hide, kids. Run and hide. [Grazia] 

Kanye West is launching his own fragrance as well. It will be launched by Parlux via Iconic Fragrances LLC., which is owned in party but Jay-Z.

Op is launching a new star-studded campaign dubbed "Summer of Music." Faces include AnnaLynne McCord, Sophia Bush, Solange Knowles, Joel Madden, Brody Jenner, Cody Linley and Bow Wow. [WWD]

Now you too can have your own cologne, fashion line or lipstick. Thanks to LaunchYourLine.com Diddy, Jay-Z, Jenna Jameson, Tim McGraw, Perez Hilton, Jennifer Lopez, Lindsay Lohan, Gwen Stefani, Sienna Miller, Phoebe Cates, Pete Wentz, Jessica Simpson and David and Victoria Beckham will have some new competition. [The Moment] 

Everyone's favorite NYC vintage shopping store, Housing Works, has a new Soho location. It will open on April 25th with an all day shopping extravaganza with a DJ, refreshments and, of course, the vintage fashion finds that made the stores famous. [Housing Works] 

Quickies: Roberto Cavalli's New Website, Madonna's Photoshopping, +

Roberto Cavalli still doesn't know if he will sell his company. But he's got a shiny new website! [The Cut] via [WWD]

Madonna before Photoshop. Yikes. [World of Wonder] 

Comme des Garcon designer Rei Kawakubo is collaborating with Japanese Vogue on a pop-up shop. It will open from the end of May until fall and is said to be like a "magazine you can walk into." Featured designers and artists to participate in the collections are Takashi Murakami, Chanel, Fendi, Loewe, Martin Margiela and Walter Van Beirendonck. [WWD]

Men's stores are offering alcohol to shoppers to make them stay longer and buy stuff. Awesome. [WSJ]

Common is the face of Diesel's new scent, Only the Brave. He'll perform in Spain, Los Angeles, Paris, and New York to celebrate the scent. [WWD]

Top Shop opened yesterday. It was a madhouse, as reported here, here and here. 

Two tween brothers have started their own fragrance company. Their first fragrance is a cologne they made "to smell like sunshine" so they wouldn't forget Hawaii after they moved to the mainland. Too cute to stand. [Style List] 

Quickies: Bruno's NC-17 Rating, Pierre Cardin On the Block, +

Sascha Baron Cohen's Bruno movie has been slapped with a NC-17 rating, supposedly for simulated anal sex, among other things. [Flavorwire]

Pierre Cardin wants to sell his company for $1.3 billion. His empire includes everything from clothing to hotels to food products. [NYP]

First a Twilight fragrance, now one from Star Trek. Even the socially inept need to smell nice too, yeah? [Kiss and Makeup]

Hello Kitty briefs. Cute! [The Frisky]

Valentino hit up a gay party in New York. He reportedly walked into 1Oak on Sunday night, surveyed the crowd and then promptly left. The Sunday night crowd can be intimidating. [NYP]

Smell Fantastic, Man

Ever read an issue of Fantastic Man and wondered what some of those always gorgeous, always sartorially-savvy, and sometimes provocative men smell like? You'd probably imagine something refined, yet slightly unanticipated, because what fantastic man is entirely predictable?

In any case, you can lay your imagination to rest now that FM founders and editors Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekon are launching the first Fantastic Man eau de cologne at Colette on March 9th. It's a collaboration scent with Ben Gorham of Byredo, and the idea was "to create a classic cologne with a very modern feel," a concept conceived with incense, lavender and -- the kicker -- patchouli.

Post-cologne launch the vaguely muppet-sounding Gert and Jop will debut a candle collaboration with Acne to be released in April, and there could even be more team-ups with the boys and Byredo. A Fantastic Man can't be merely one-note, can he?

via Material Interest

-- Seth Plattner

Smell this: Amanda Lepore's new perfume, "Amanda"

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How anyone could not want to look like one of the most recognizable transgendered people in the world -- what with those boobs and that hair and that nose -- is beyond us. But, if you're not one for the extremes and you only want to smell like a lady -- even if only on the weekends -- click your heels in excitement for the launch of Amanda Lepore's new fragrance, called -- what else -- "Amanda."

The scent was designed by award-winning perfumer Christophe Laudamiel of Les Christophs, who, after being so inspired by Lepore's fabu-ferocity, gave it to her as a birthday gift many years ago. And how does fabu-ferocity smell? As described on the website:

"The overall blond-woody structure of the fragrance is bolstered by a revolutionary new molecular structure, Orriniff™, that imparts a warm orris amber tone and provides a softening platform for real and beautiful floral extracts like Tuberose absolute, Orris butter, Violet, and Orang flowers. The achieved smooth, velvety whiteness reminiscent of Amanda's white and soft skin combines with elegant citrus inspired from an Italian Renaissance elixir to give the fragrance a golden shimmer that is reinforced with real silvers of Cristal® champagne. For quirkiness, there is a dash of cucumber and strawberry and a stroke of a red-lipstick accord."

Indeed. If that doesn't get the point across, it all comes in coffret lined with black satin and a bottle covered in over 1,000 Swarovski crystals. How much for such extravagance? A mere $995. But from someone who goes around claiming their vagina is famous, expensive and fine, would you expect anything less?

To purchase, click here. 

-- SETH PLATTNER

Previously > Tommy Summer by Tommy Hilfiger > Five of the Best: Winter Fragrances 

Quickies: New York Fashion Week moves to Lincoln Center, Tom Ford shoots his new spring campaign and more

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Say goodbye to Bryant Park (pictured) , NY Fashion Week. Beginning September 2019, The Tents will move to the Upper East Side to Lincoln Center. [WWD]

For his spring men's wear and eyewear campaign, Tom Ford not only art directed but also photographed it for the first time. The campaign features the label's signature male model (and Styelist favorite), Jon Kortajarena. [WWD]

You know who's really hurting in this economy? Models! The poor things aren't booking as many shows or are doing so at decreased rates. Boo! Hoo! [Reuters] 

Vincent Gallo is selling a $750 vinyl wallet on his website, vincentgallo.com. Of the money holder, called the "Lucky Buck Lucky [Bleep] Wallet," he says: "walking around with this wallet in your pants will open doors, garner respect, bring you good fortune, and get you laid. Guaranteed." We assume he's tested it. [Page Six] 

Who's cutting jobs now? Liz Claiborne by 750 (yikes) and Macy's by 7,000 (double yikes). [WWD]

Open for Business: Ermenegildo Zegna in Tokyo. 

Smell this: Tommy Summer by Tommy Hilfiger. 

-- SETH PLATTNER

Five of the Best: Winter fragrances

The colder months of the year call for a cologne with a little more warmth, a little more depth -- something heavier but still sexy. Plus, you don't want to be a one-note guy, so two scents a year -- one for Fall/Winter the other for Spring/Summer -- lets you indulge both sides of your personality.

Remember, the strongest scent tied to memory is smell, so Out.com has five of the best winter fragrances that will make sure those memories -- good or bad -- smell nice. 

-- SETH PLATTNER