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Song Hye-kyo’s green hand cream is Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Rosa Verde; the pink one is Florabloom. She showed both in Vogue Korea’s September 26, 2025 bag video. She described the green version as refreshing and cucumber-scented, and the pink version as a subtle floral. The names matter: Guerlain also sells fragrances under these names, so the item in her bag is specifically the hand cream.Why s..
Read story ↗Cha Seung-won serves bibim guksu—Korean noodles mixed with a red chili sauce—with cucumber, perilla leaves and a boiled egg in this Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 5 scene. His guest is actress Gong Hyo-jin, and the noodles follow a freshly fried seafood pancake. If you came looking for the dish rather than another celebrity profile, here is what to watch and what the ingredients mean.Watch C..
Read story ↗The perfume Cha Joo-young names in her May 2025 Vogue Korea bag video is KILIAN PARIS Sunkissed Goddess. There is an important distinction: she introduces that bottle as part of the Kilian shoot, then separately shows a small Kilian fragrance she says she carries. The video does not clearly identify the scent inside that travel case.Which perfume appears in the Vogue video?At around 1:18, Cha in..
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