The advert for The Body Shop's new Love Etc fragrance.
The music is Lily Allen covering Electric Light Orchestra's Mr Blue Sky.
Saint Parfum Room Diffuser in Fresh Cut Bouquet ~ home fragrance review
It’s early evening mid-October, and I meander up the bustling streets of the upper East side in Manhattan, making my way home after a long day. I pass by one of my favorite florists, and decide to step inside, desirous of the luxurious sights and scents of colorful bouquets of roses, tulips, and lilies held inside the little shop like so many treasures, now that the weather has turned cool.
As I step inside, I can smell that a large fresh bouquet has just gone out. The pleasantly humid air holds the watery green scent of cut tulip stalks, some of which are still lying scattered about on the white marble counter tops where they put the bouquet together. There are the usual displays of orchids and cyclamen, dark green ivy and even some early paperwhites, but a distinctly floral note lingers in the air. I imagine the bouquet might have held some freesia, a few hyacinths, and perhaps even some lily of the valley. I am reminded of magnolias and peonies; a waft of late springtime in the midst of October. I wish I had stepped in a moment earlier in time to see the flowers.
This is the scent of Saint Parfum’s Fresh Cut Bouquet room diffuser…
Le Labo ~ shopping for perfume in Tokyo
Tokyo is not a perfume-mad city. You won’t catch whiffs of elusive scents as you go travel the Metro system; in the department stores you’ll struggle to find more than the mainstream Chanels and Guerlains, with a small corner set aside for a selection of other, well-known scents.
Given Tokyo’s lack of enthusiasm for fragrance, Le Labo’s decision to open a boutique seems brave to the point of madness. However, they’re hoping to persuade the Japanese that scent can be fascinating, and the area they’ve chosen for their store — Daikanyama — is one of the most chic and boho areas of the city. It’s a place full of small, uber-trendy shops and restaurants, the kind of place you’d find Sienna Miller shopping for clothes. In the south-western part of the city, it’s the place where many foreign embassies are located…
Lazy Friday poll ~ mid-October open thread
Another very lazy poll! Talk about anything you like — what perfume you’re wearing today, why you love perfume, your favorite perfume house and/or perfumer, whatever. Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer.
Note: image is mini pumpkins [cropped] by shelley ginger on flickr; some rights reserved.
Online fragrance shopping
New at colette (Paris): Comme des Garcons + Artek Standard.
New at dillards: Gwen Stefani Harajuku Lovers Snow Bunnies, Thierry Mugler Angel Liqueur de Parfum.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): new Eau de Parfum versions of Comptoir Sud Pacifique Aqua Motu, Aloha Tiare & Vanille Extreme.