A very simple poll for a very lazy Monday: name a recent fragrance release for which your assessment was entirely out of whack* with prevailing opinion.
Mine is Jean Paul Gaultier's Ma Dame. I thought this was a really fun scent, very well done if not exactly my sort of thing, and a great match with the advertising. I don't know how Ma Dame is selling, but the prevailing online opinion is not on my side for this one. Almost everything I've read on the blogs and forums has been negative…
Actor and pop singer Jesse McCartney will launch his debut fragrance, Wanted, next spring. The fragrance is targeted at women in the 21 to 30 age group, and McCartney reportedly chose the final formulation.
Wanted features notes of bergamot, apple, jasmine, rose, cedarwood, amber and musk…
Deal at aveda: get free shipping on orders over $25 with coupon code HSG08, good today only.
Deal at b-glowing: spend $125 or more, get a "surprise" worth at least $100 using coupon code deux, good through 10/28. New items include Voluspa's Seasons home fragrance collection.
New at macys: Paris Hilton Fairy Dust.
New at saksfifthavenue: Annick Goutal Les Orientalistes (in Saks-exclusive bottles), Jo Malone Sweet Lime & Cedar.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): L'Artisan Fleur de Liane, Frederic Malle Dans Tes Bras, Serge Lutens Borneo 1834 (the 2008 limited edition export).
Today we're helping Rebecca, who will be getting married next year. Some details about Rebecca and her wedding plans:
Rebecca is in her late 20s.
Her wedding will be held between mid-August and mid-October.
Rebecca describes her wedding style as “classic-with-a-twist”; the color scheme will be cranberry red, aqua blue, and chocolate brown.
Rebecca wants to find a new perfume that will remind her of her wedding day every time she smells it…
My favourite smell is burning olive wood. I spend much time in Greece and in the autumn, when the olive trees are pruned, the woods are filled with the smell of burning olive branches. The smell of damp earth and burning olive is incomparable and, I believe, inimitable.
— Author Salley Vickers, quoted in Heaven scent: favourite smells at the UK Times Online.