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Start Making Scents With the Fragrance Foundation

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Start Making Scents With the Fragrance Foundation

Whether you're on the hunt for a signature scent or looking to discover the ingredients that tickle your mate's olfactory fancy, deciphering between creamy, gourmand aromas and fresh, floral bouquets can be seriously daunting. Enter TopNotes, a new online resource that breaks down everything you want to know about perfume. For a $50 fee, fragrance fanatics can nose around a variety of in-depth courses covering current trends (we're dousing ourselves in sparkling citrus scents immediately), break-through technologies like triple maceration processes for long-lasting goodness, and international perfume forecasts (hint: exotic florals are big for fall). Scroll the pages to rediscover classics from the past and learn about new ingredients that'll be popping up at a counter near you. Our favorite section? A compilation of the 20 most covetable scents from around the world (we're obsessed with #1's mysterious oriental blend). Register now to check out the full list and more at www.fragrance.org.

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Vain much? That's cool, so are we! Come hang in the beauty closet with our editors as they road test new products and preview the coolest new lipsticks, fragrances, exfoliants and more before they're available to the masses. Packed with tips and plenty of inside scoop from the experts and celebs, this is the must-read stop for the ultimate beauty junkie -- you won’t want to wash your face without us.

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ying chu

Ying

A lazy beauty enthusiast, Ying Chu is impressed with the amount of time people devote to their hair. When not writing, editing, and researching for her job as beauty & health director, she's an occasional baker, sometime insomniac, and full-time procrastinator. She was born in Shanghai, but has made stops in Vancouver, Toronto, and now New York. Last count, there were seven perfumes, 18 lipsticks, and 11 face serums on her desk that she can't live without. She welcomes new additions.

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Erin

Erin Flaherty is the magazine's executive beauty editor. A former Jane magazine editor, she's waxed philosophic about beauty, fashion, pop culture, travel and art to dozens of titles and blogged as style editor of TheFrisky.com. She loves Margiela, Frito pie, and hanging in the Lower East Side with her fiance and their dog, Violet, both of whom are really, really cute.

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Maureen

Maureen Choi is Marie Claire's assistant beauty editor. Her obsession with all things beauty-related can be traced back to her years as a ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet, where she tested hundreds of products on and off stage. When she's not on the hunt for the latest must-try goods, you'll find her scouring antique jewelry shops for one-of-a-kind pieces, practicing Vinyasa yoga, and watching old-school movies with her husband.

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Joy

Joy Hernon joins the Marie Claire team as a beauty assistant. She was previously at Starworks Group but couldn't stay away from her beauty products. She loves frequenting her neighborhood spots in New York City's SoHo, is a cupcake fanatic, and can't resist a great dance song.

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