A short film for Issey Miyake's new a scent by issey miyake.
Profumi di Pantelleria Approdo ~ new fragrance
Italian niche line Profumi di Pantelleria has launched Approdo (translation: landfall):
In the distance, a white triangle emerges from the surface of the sea. It seems to rise and approach, until you glimpse the hull of a sailing yacht siding across the water with elegant, harmonious movements…
On its way down
But the craze, while not on its way out, seems to be on its way down. The average celebrity fragrance brought in $2.6 million in sales last year, down from $8 million in 2005, according to NPD.
—From Celebrity Scents Fall Out of Style: So Over It at The Street, with thanks to Marsha for the link!
Tom Ford Grey Vetiver ~ fragrance review
Vetiver is in my veins. I use so many vetiver fragrances I’m sure detectable quantities of Chrysopogon zizanioides oil appear in my blood panels. Vetiver has such a hold on me, I believe it must have been one of the first fragrances I smelled as a baby. When I sniff vetiver, I feel warm, happy, calm, and contemplative. Tom Ford associates vetiver, as he does many of his favorite things, with money and power: “It is solid, like the man who wears a custom-made suit or invests in hand-crafted shoes.”1 That statement robs vetiver of all romance, and as I often feel while reading the worldly wit and wisdom of Tom Ford, I want to renounce my possessions, move to a mountaintop, set up house in a cave and own only a robe and a begging bowl. With Tom Ford, “money talks”…and talks, and talks some more.
(O.K. I admit while searching theTom Ford website for images to use in this review, I saw several coats from the fall/winter men’s collection that ignited the most unenlightened thing possible — Desire; perhaps I’m not quite ready for the hermitage.)
At any rate, Tom Ford’s coffers are continually growing…
Bath & Body Works contest run-off
I have one unclaimed prize from the Bath & Body Works contest we held on 8/26. If you entered the contest that day but did not win, leave a quick comment below. I've used random.org to select a random number between 1 and 10, and when we've got 10 comments I'll name the winner.
Update: we have a winner, congrats to Miss Kitty V!