June 2019 - Sara is in Love with…

In Beauty

Mugler Alien Fusion

25th June 2019 No Comments

If I had to choose one perfume to use for the rest of my life, it would be Alien by Mugler. There are not many fragrances who push boundaries and polarize as much as 2005 released Alien does and that’s what I love about this icon: It’s not everybody’s darling, but something so edgy you either love or hate it.

For years, I’ve been refilling my Alien bottle again and again and I always make sure to never run out of my signature scent, no matter how many other exciting perfumes I discover. Whenever there is a new addition to the Alien family, I am among the first ones to test it.

The danger of using the same perfume for a long time is that you might stop to notice it and trying reinterpretations helps to keep the excitement alive. They mean the possibility to discover new sides of a perfume you kind of know, familiar yet new. Sometimes you might be disappointed and think it’s not as good as the classic, sometimes you might like it even better.

So I got really excited when I saw the iconic bottle in its stunning red colour for the first time and wondered what Fusion would be. Let’s start with a few facts: Alien Fusion for her is an oriental floral spicy creation, it’s a warm fragrance with ginger and cinnamon as top notes, orange blossom and tuberose as middle notes and white amber and vanilla as base notes. Mugler calls it the most flamboyant take on Alien yet and reviewers reckon this might be the Alien for the new generation.

Sara is in Love with… Mugler perfume review Cologne

If I had to describe the fragrance in three words they would be spicy, warm and floral. Where the classic Alien is a blast of jasmine, this one seduces with orange blossoms and tuberose. It’s slightly less edgy than the classic, but it keeps the beloved dichotomy of Alien at heart.

I love the spicy twist with the ginger and the cinnamon. Despite those warm notes, I think it works very well as a summer fragrance since it’s less intense and heavy than the classic. It makes me think of a walk on the surface of a foreign desert planet and sitting in the sand while watching a beautiful sunset. Alien Fusion, you’re a wonderful addition to my Alien collection!

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.

In Fashion

Africa Suits Me

16th June 2019 1 Comment

Sara is in Love with… Swiss Fashion blogger African Fashion pink hair

As soon as it gets warmer my love for African prints awakes. Well, actually it wasn’t sleeping during winter, but since there are rarely warm jumpers or coats featuring those strong prints, I had to put them aside and wait till it was finally African Season in Europe again. Let the pattern mania begin!

Just like last summer, I see quite some European/American labels featuring African prints in their collections and this fills me with puzzlement: Most of them just seem to repeat what was done by African designers already, same fabrics, not very different cuts and silhouettes and not much innovation. Why do they bother if they don’t add something different I ask myself and even more so: Why should I not just go for the real thing and support the African designers with my shopping?

This is just what I do in this look with my pencil skirt and jacket made in Nigeria. I believe that cultures enrich each other and it makes me happy that in my everyday life there are little signs of many different influences all mixed up to a beautiful union. This feeling is what I expect from European designers using African Prints: I want them to work with those fabrics because they adore their strong uniqueness and I want them to add something of their culture, to reinterpret them and create something new with love. This is what I’d buy, hang next to my original African designs, my Chinese kimonos, and British tartan skirts and take out to combine it to wild looks that know no boundaries.

My Outfit
Jacket and Skirt: Tufafiii from Hanimanns, Jumper: CeliaB, Shoes: Ego & Greed,
Bag & Sunglasses: Maude Studio, Hat: Lack of Color, Belt: HM x Moschino,
Kneesocks: Retropunk

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

In Personal

Help: My Blog Got Stolen

9th June 2019 6 Comments

A few days ago, I stumbled upon the page fashionmaggie.com and was shocked: The page turned out to be a doppelganger of saraisinlovewith.com. They copied all the content I created in the last seven years, all pictures, texts, my branding, and even my logo. The only thing they changed is that they call the page Fashion Maggie instead of Sara is in Love with…

When I discovered this, I felt heartbroken and hurt since my work is an important part of who I am. Creating the unique and colourful Sara is in Love with… universe is my passion and I invest a lot of time and effort into what you see on this page.

When your car gets stolen it’s considered a crime, so you go to the police and ask for help. But what do you do when your intellectual property is taken without your consent? I tried a lot because I can’t tolerate this behaviour: I contacted a lot of people including the provider of my copycat, the company who sold them the domain, Google, an organization that deals with internet crime and spoke to a lot of people who work with the internet.

I talked to people in Panama, the US, Russia, Switzerland, and the UK, following the trail of my blog thieves and it is frustrating. Everybody keeps on telling me how terrible this is, but that they can’t do anything and that somebody else is responsible. Everything I achieved is that Google removed their advertisings from the clone page, but it’s still online and every time I think about it my mood darkens.

I really hope I can find a way to make this blog clone disappear because I am afraid of the harm it might do to my reputation and my page rank. I just want to say that it is truly not ok to steal another person’s content and declare it as your own, it’s theft! I think it’s even worse than stealing a handbag since Sara is in Love with… is my creation, my biggest project and there is much more of me on this page than in anything else I own. So please: Let my content be mine!