"There was a strong scent of air fresheners detected by the CBSA officer. It was one of the factors that led to the secondary inspection," RCMP media spokesman Const. Michael McLaughlin explained....A search of the truck cab found 13 air fresheners, including 10 "pine tree" types that usually hang on a vehicle's rear-view mirror.
— Further search of the cab revealed 37 bricks of cocaine. Read more at Too many air fresheners led to discovery of cocaine worth $1.5 million at The Vancouver Sun.
The holidays are about simple pleasures. I recently expressed that sentiment with a straight face to a friend — after shouting with glee: “Cire Trudon makes room sprays now!” My friend read the Cire Trudon Les Parfums d’Intérieur PR announcement and said: “I get the ‘pleasure’ part, Kevin, but what’s so ‘simple’ about a $142 room spray?” Fair enough.
Cire Trudon’s new room sprays come in its most popular candle fragrances: Roi Soleil, Spiritus Sancti, Abd El Kader, Ernesto, and Nazareth. Since one of my favorite churches, Santo Spirito in Florence, is thousands of miles away, I opted for the Cire Trudon fragrance that might help me conjure its atmosphere this Christmas (provided I close my eyes, get my imagination in high gear, and queue Monteverdi, Cavalli and Albinoni on the CD player); I chose Spiritus Sancti.
Spiritus Sancti smells like “classic” church incense…
Model Mona Johannesson in a new commercial for Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door (1989). Red Door is being relaunched in honor of the brand’s 100th anniversary. Below the jump you can see the “behind the scenes” and the new packaging.
Atelier Cologne will launch a sixth fragrance, Vanille Insensée, in February:
He wove through the crowd when suddenly his heart quickened. That scent. It was hers…
