Parfums de Nicolaï has launched Kiss Me Tender, a new floriental fragrance for women:
A scent that takes you from vanilla to aniseed…
Cumin in Perfume
Few notes in fragrance are as polarizing as cumin. Some people associate cumin with sweat or food, and even the tiniest hint of it will cause them to double-bag a perfume sample and take it to the garbage can in the backyard. Other people, including me, like the carnal edge cumin adds to a fragrance.
For people who want to experiment with cumin-laced fragrances, I’ve put together this cheat sheet of a few perfumes and their ratings on the cumin-o-meter. I hope you’ll chime in with your favorite fragrances, too.
Cumin-o-meter rating 1: Serge Lutens Chêne. Have you ever leaned your head toward a four-log fire in a fireplace that draws well and breathed deeply? Riding the heat is a touch of cumin…
Online fragrance shopping
New at barneys: Byredo M/Mink.
New at beautyhabit: Parfums DelRae Panache, Ineke Gilded Lily.
New at nordstrom: Lolita Lempicka Midnight Noir.
The Monday Mail ~ help Adrian find a new fragrance
Today we’re helping Adrian, who is looking for a new fragrance. He doesn’t care if it’s niche or not, but he’d rather not be wearing the same thing as everyone else, and he likes “the idea of something strange”. Adrian happens to work for a company that makes perfumes, but he is in marketing and says he is not an expert on fragrance (although he does work with some perfumistas). He’d like to find a long-lasting but not overwhelming scent that would work for day or night, and he can spend around $100. Here are some other details about Adrian:
He’s in his late 20s.
He has lived in different places; right now he is in Barcelona.
He likes fashion, clothes, going out, travel, and the internet.
Adrian likes woody notes like cedar, vetiver and patchouli…
Perfume as birth control
Perfume as birth control: discuss. If you couldn't use contraception, then what about Gingham (Back off. I'm a tablecloth), Tweed (Put it away if you want to avoid sustaining wool-worsted burns to 90 per cent of your privates) or In Love by Norman Hartnell? (Is there a greater ardour-dampener than a scent devised by the Queen's dressmaker?)
— From Perfume: a trip to the dark side at the Telegraph.