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Sara is in Love with… Mugler perfume review Cologne
Sara is in Love with… Mugler perfume review Cologne

The brand Mugler stands for a daring and extravagant style of fragrances, therefore it might be surprising that their latest release is a collection of colognes. But in fact, Thierry Mugler already created a cologne in 2001, next to the wider known and challenging signature fragrances Angel and Alien.

It is said that Mugler wanted to recreate the scent of a soap he remembered from his childhood with this cologne. Now, 18 years later, the cologne series grows. The shape of the colourful bottles strongly resembles the very first Mugler cologne, but with a modern approach.

The new cologne collection features five unisex fragrances inspired by thrilling sensations and the use of unusual ingredients. Mugler calls them anti-fragrances because they are meant to be more than a fragrance, they are a manifesto of freedom, sensuality, and subversion. He says there is no race, no gender, no age, and no label.

The special thing about the colognes is that they invite you to mix and blend them to suit your mood at any moment and discover endless possibilities while having fun. The colognes are more casual than the other Mugler fragrances and might have a wider appeal since they lack the arbitrary nature of Alien or Angel and are instead pleasant, fresh and easygoing. A series of light summer scents that come in striking rainbow colours and with bold statements.

Sara is in Love with… Mugler perfume review Cologne
Sara is in Love with… Mugler perfume review Cologne

Take Me Out (orange)

The Notes
ORANGE BLOSSOM – SHISO LEAF –  SECRET “P” NOTE
 
How it smells
This is the warmest cologne of the series. It comes with a dash of minty shiso and is dominated by orange blossom. It’s floral, fresh, bright and energetic and therefor might be the answer to your pleas for somebody to show up and take you out.

Fly Away (yellow)

The Notes
YELLOW GRAPEFRUIT – HEMP ACCORD –  SECRET “C” NOTE
 
How it smells
An aromatic and more masculine cologne with herbal notes that follow a punch of citrus accords. It’s meant to heighten the senses to a high effervescence and let you feel each moment as in a waking dream.

Come Together (green)

The Notes
GREEN PETITGRAIN – WHITE MUSK –  SECRET “S” NOTE
 
How it smells
This cologne is not new, but Mugler’s original from 2001 that received a new name and bottle to fit into the new series of colognes. If you are familiar with the cult classic don’t worry, it’s unchanged and the centrepiece of the new collection. Mugler describes it as the scent of skin against skin, sounds like a true sensation, right?

Love you all (blue)

The Notes
WHITE AMBER – BLUE LICORICE–  SECRET “E” NOTE
 
How it smells
The blue cologne is warm and fresh and at the same time quite syrupy. All in all, it’s a mixture of so many things, it’s hard to pinpoint something specific, but that’s exactly what makes it intriguing.

Run Free (purple)

The Notes
PURPLE GINGER – AKIGALA WOOD –  SECRET “D” NOTE
 
How it smells
This woody cologne gives you an electrifying sensation with its spicy ginger scent. The akigala wood is powdery as a lovely contrast to the zinginess of the ginger. Just like a fast run through a beautiful forest.
 
 

Pictures: Sara Streule. Samples sent by Mugler, I was not paid for this review and the content reflects my own opinion. Pictures are my own.

Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito re fishnet tights Lack of color pink hat baked by lou koi footwear platform shoes sorayraya sunglasses tinted miami ootd fashion streetstyle
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito re fishnet tights Lack of color pink hat baked by lou koi footwear platform shoes sorayraya sunglasses tinted miami ootd fashion streetstyle

I love travelling because it is one of the best ways to open the mind and find new inspiration. The memories of my journeys are precious and dear because they stay vivid long after arriving back home. Without travelling, I wouldn’t be the person who I am, it shaped me and changed the way I think. It keeps my curiosity to learn more about this world and its people burning in my heart.

Every journey is a challenge, revealing new sides of myself and making me appreciate life and a breeze of pure and overwhelming freedom. When you leave the door to go on a journey, it’s an opportunity to explore unknown places and leave your comfort zone while you encounter the unexpected far from your to-do lists. Travelling means saying goodbye to the daily routine and exchange it for an adventure. It can be a rather tame adventure or something more daring, but it’s always the opposite of monotony.

It’s exciting to dive into new cultures, eat different food and be surrounded by an unknown language. Whenever I am on a journey I feel highly aware that there is more out there than my small microcosmos.

In everyday life it’s so easy to get lost in a sea of pettinesses: Why is the bus not on time? Why is my hairdresser on holidays when I want to book an appointment? Why is the wi-fi so slow? Do you know what I mean? Sometimes a journey helps to realize all of those things are not that important at all, especially when we encounter people who have to deal with completely different things. There are as many ways to live a life as places on this planet and it’s a gift to discover a few during a lifetime. So let’s pack our suitcase and off we go! I’m ready with my new cute luggage set from Lipault, of course in my favourite colour. From now on people can guess what bag is mine I guess.

Where does your next journey go?

Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito re fishnet tights Lack of color pink hat baked by lou koi footwear platform shoes sorayraya sunglasses tinted miami ootd fashion streetstyle
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito
Sara is in Love with… blogger look travelling suitcase lipault Jacqueline Loekito

My Outfit
Top: Jacqueline Loekito, Shorts: Vintage, Tights: Calzedonia, Shoes: Koi Footwear,
Suitcase and Backpack: Lipault, Hat: Lack of Color, Earrings: Baked by Lou, Sunglasses: Sorayraya

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

OMG Ladies: Are you aware of how close summer is? Time to get that body ready for the beach and your cute bikinis! My secret weapon to staying in shape is called Jenny from My Body Toning and she is finally back in  Zurich after a break. I used to be a couch potato before I started to work out with Jenny, simply because she is a highly motivating and challenging trainer who changed the way that I look and to my surprise made me discover that I do enjoy sports.

If you are in Zurich, you can join me in the best bootcamp in town now: From the 4th of June to the 14th of July, My Body Toning is organizing a bootcamp in the Seefeld with a mix of Pilates, Barre and Functional Exercises that will tone your body and improve your posture. You can lose some kilos which you gained during the cold season while having fun with the girls, indoors and out.

Tuesday & Thursday 7.30 to 8.15 pm & Saturday 9
to 10 am. 
Book the complete six weeks (18 sessions
for CHF 490) 
or pick single sessions (CHF 29).

 
There are only ten spots available, so sign up fast. with writing an E-Mail to jenny(at)mybodytoning.com
 

The Ladies Bootcamp is gonna happen here:
My Body Toning, Feldeggstrasse 4, 8008 Zürich

Sara is in Love with… Swarovski Mother's Day Collection Kuoni
Sara is in Love with… Swarovski Mother's Day Collection Kuoni

In collab with Swarovski and Kuoni, I present this year’s Swarovski Mother’s Day collection. The theme of the collection is “You are my sunshine” and I express the bond I have to my mum with a letter to her.

Dear Mama, Among all the important people in my life, you claim a special place. I want to thank you for being so bold and deciding to bring me into this world. I can barely imagine what it means to say yes to filling the universe with a new life. You used to call me your little swan, almost like you always knew that this strange kid would turn out well and become a woman that makes you proud.

I share a lot of things with dear people – moments, stories, experiences, laughter and tears. But you are the only person who shared her body with me and this is truly remarkable and connects us like no other. I imagine sometimes it must have been difficult for you to see this daughter who was not like you in a thousand ways and you might have wondered why I was the way I am. You always supported me in many ways and let me make my own experiences. When they turned out to be wrong decisions, you were there until I was ready for new adventures.

Sara is in Love with… Swarovski Mother's Day Collection Kuoni
Sara is in Love with… Swarovski Mother's Day Collection Kuoni

One of the most important things I learned from you is to go my own way no matter what people think. I have thousands of memories that connect us, let me pick one especially dear: I am so grateful that we travelled a lot together as soon as I could walk, collected memories and spent the most beautiful hours on the Nile when I was a kid.

This time taught me to be curious, open-minded and to embrace different cultures and views. We discovered the pyramids, spent weeks sunbathing at the Red Sea, went to places your teenage daughter wanted to see because she read about them in magazines. You trusted me when I tried to explain the taxi driver in Cairo that I wanted to go to an island in Cairo he never heard of, you sat next to me on a long train journey through the whole country and you made the ship crew cook vegetable soup for me when I was sick.

You never learned a foreign language, but you communicated with anybody no matter where in the world. Your smile won them over and it usually took a few minutes until our table in the tea house was filled with laughter and jokes. Sometimes we all didn’t know what we were laughing about and it didn’t matter. All that mattered was that you were successful in making people burst out in laughter and fill their life with sunshine.

I choose this memory for today’s post because the sparkling jewellery reminds me of the warm Egyptian sun we enjoyed together. The pieces sparkle in the light like a pharaoh treasure, while they are delicate and elegant. Mama, I hope reading this makes you smile, happy Mother’s Day!

P.S: I am sorry I put your flowers on my head, but know you understand my eccentricity. I promise I’ll get you more beautiful ones. 😉

Sara is in Love with… Swarovski Mother's Day Collection Kuoni

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. Jewellery kindly gifted by Swarovski, I was not paid for this post and the content reflects my own opinion. Pictures are my own.

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