Beauty roundup: New fragrances, skin-clearing serums, and sustainable shopping
Q4 is here, and scent is shaping up to be a major holiday favorite. Alongside festive fragrances, the beauty scene is buzzing with latest releases—from acne-correcting serums and clarifying face masks to pore-blurring, brightening powders.
However, as concerns around overconsumption grow, conscious brands are also stepping up. The Beauty Edit, for example, continues to offer its discovery boxes—thoughtfully curated selections that let you try expert recommendations without committing to full-sized products. To further champion sustainability, they’ve partnered with Habitude for The Beauty Loop, a recycling initiative that allows customers to drop off empty beauty packaging for proper recycling.
Want to hear more beauty news? Read below.
Chloé Mediterranean Essences Atelier des Fleurs
Scents take center stage this month with multiple launches, notably the expansion of the Chloé Atelier des Fleurs collection, which introduces four new fragrances inspired by the Mediterranean. Transporting the wearer to sun-drenched landscapes and an intimate South of France, these essences explore the unique olfactory imprints of wild garrigues, pine forests, and hidden byways—evoking strolls along sunlit coastal paths, the crackle of pine needles underfoot, and the scent of sun-warmed sand.
Among the new additions are Sable Lavande, a soft and comforting warm lavender; Vert Soleil, a radiant blend of citrusy green mandarin and musk; Plage du Figuier, which pairs sweet, fruity fig with delicate floral orange blossom; and Sous les Pins, an aromatic, woody fusion of pine and eucalyptus.
These are housed in a warm green glass in a shape that pays homage to the plissé soleil, the signature of Atelier des Fleurs fragrances.
The Chloé Atelier des Fleurs are priced at P8,500 for 50ml and P15,100 for 150ml. These are available at Rustan’s Makati, Rustan’s Shangri-La and SM Makati, and online at Rustans.com and Lazada.
Narciso Rodriguez Pure Musc Blanc For Her
Clean, fresh, and wrapped in delicate florals, Narciso Rodriguez’s latest creation is an effortless, all-occasion fragrance. Now under Luxasia Philippines, the house expands its iconic lineup with for her pure musc blanc eau de parfum intense—a scent that beautifully contrasts a vibrant, spicy-citrus opening and luminous floral heart against a rich, velvety base of cedar, amber, oakmoss, and warm vanilla.
Narciso Rodriguez Pure Musc Blanc For Her is pried at P5,000 for 30ml and is available in Rustan's, SM Beauty, and Lazada.
ISSY Eau de Parfum 536 Scent of Permission
Since our mood determines what scent we reach for, those looking for something warm and alluring for the evening will love Issy's new Eau de Parfum 536 Scent of Permission.
The scent opens unexpectedly with notes of spiced cardamom, rich brown sugar, and a cheeky touch of nail polish. It then evolves into a creamy heart of cocoa butter, jasmine sambac, and rose water, before drying down into an intoxicating base of vanilla, cashmere wood, benzoin, and white patchouli.
The ISSY is priced at P599 for 15ml and P1,499 for 50ml. It is available via the Issy website or through its ecommerce platforms.
Sisley Paris Corrective Serum
Unlike harsh blemish treatments that can strip and damage your skin barrier, the new Sisley Paris Corrective Serum (P12,200 for 30ml) targets recurring breakouts gently and effectively. It refines texture, clears blemishes, and balances sebum production at the source—all without irritating the skin.
If you're looking for a gentle exfoliator in a serum formulation, this is it. It combines high-performance botanical actives to purify and protect. Succinic acid unclogs pores, while organic pomegranate peel extract targets harmful bacteria without disrupting your skin's healthy microbiome. To manage shine and oil quality, roucou seed extract normalizes sebum production, and prickly pear flower extract boosts natural cell renewal to fade post-blemish marks and hyperpigmentation. Finally, soothing burdock and meadowsweet extracts work together to calm inflammation and clarify the complexion.
Perfect for humid days, this serum feels weightless on the skin. It absorbs quickly with a smooth, silky finish—so you get all the benefits without feeling sticky or greasy.
The Sisley Corrective Serum for Blemish-Prone Skin is available at Rustan’s Makati, Rustan’s Shangri-La, and online at rustans.com.
YOU Cloudy Touch Airy Blur Setting Powder
These days, practical beauty choices are key. Y.O.U Beauty’s new Cloud Touch Airy Blur Setting Powder is a multi-use pressed powder designed to brighten, blur pores, and set makeup with a weightless, cake-free finish.
Its subtle lavender shade neutralizes dullness without leaving a white cast or grayish tone. Packed with 2% Niacinamide-Zinc PCA, 5 Ceramides, Vitamin B5, and 10 botanical antioxidants, this powder controls oil, strengthens the skin barrier, and defends against environmental stress. Plus, with SPF 35 PA+++, it gives your makeup routine an added layer of broad-spectrum sun protection.
Posh Skin Co. Acne Mask
An end-of-day mask that treats while it hydrates is the ultimate self-care luxury. At just P99, Posh Skin Inc.’s new Acne Sheet Mask is tailor-made for acne-prone skin.
Formulated with Centella Asiatica to visibly soothe redness and irritation, it also features Hyaluronic Acid for a surge of moisture and tea tree extract to clarify blemish-prone skin. Boosted with calming botanicals and a barrier-strengthening mix of allantoin, Zinc PCA, aloe, and ceramides, it gives stressed skin a healthy, comforting boost.
The Posh Skin Co. is available in Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop.
The Beauty Edit Box Vol. 21
With multiple beauty drops, keeping up can feel overwhelming. Fortunately, The Beauty Edit does the heavy lifting for us, curating the best new releases alongside beloved fan favorites. For its latest release, The Beauty Edit Box Vol. 21 pens a love letter to the city by featuring nine beauty and wellness treasures sourced from Opus Mall.
The lineup includes coveted hits like the iconic Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum (15ml) with a 10% discount voucher, a full-size M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick in Velvet Teddy (plus a shade-matching voucher and a 7-day foundation sample), a 1.5ml Maison Margiela REPLICA mini mist with a discount voucher, and a sample fragrance (2ml) from Nuscent.
Pampering picks continue with a generous Jo Malone London trio—featuring a 5ml Poppy & Barley Body & Hand Wash, 15ml Peony & Blush Suede Body Crème, and a 15ml Peony & Blush Suede Body & Hand Lotion—alongside a voucher for an in-store hand and arm service and a 1.5ml cologne sample.
Rounding out the box are the UPMAKE Tone ID™ All Day Lightweight Powder Foundation, a 30ml Bare Essentials Manila Room & Linen Mist, a sachet of SecondSpring Premium Isolate + Collagen Food Supplement Powder, and one BLOCKS Sunscreen variant (choose between the Global Cool-Down Hydro Light, Tone-Up Peach Priming, or Red Calming Essence formulas).
The Beauty Edit Box Vol. 21 is priced at P2,850 and valued at over P7,000. It is available at The Beauty Edit Gallery at SPATIO and online.
The Beauty Loop
Got empty beauty products you want to throw away? Don’t toss them out just yet—drop them off at The Beauty Loop! A new sustainability initiative by local skincare brand Habitude, The Beauty Edit, and Spatio, together with Greencycle Innovative Solutions, the program accepts empty beauty packaging from any brand to ensure it is properly recycled or processed.
You can bring your clean, rinsed, and dry packaging to The Beauty Edit Gallery inside Spatio at Opus Mall. Accepted items include plastic bottles and tubes for cleansers, lotions, hair care, and sunscreen; glass jars and bottles for serums, perfumes, and creams; and paper product boxes, outer cartons, and wrapping.
All collected packaging is managed by Greencycle Innovative Solutions, a recycling and waste recovery company with three processing facilities. Rigid plastics are remade into products like sacks and twine, paper and glass are sent to specialized partners for recycling and repurposing, and hard-to-recycle flexible plastics are used as fuel substitutes in cement plants.
What's good about this program is consumers are updated with a report after registering for a Beauty Loop ID. This way, it helps build essential data on total weights, material types, and recovery methods. These records ensure transparency and help guide future expansion.
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