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.
British luxury house Jimmy Choo will launch their debut fragrance, Jimmy Choo, in February of next year. According to co-founder Tamara Mellon — who appears in the ad campaign — the bottle was inspired by Murano glass…
Bath & Body Works has launched Secret Wonderland, a new fragrance for women. Secret Wonderland is reportedly similar to their limited edition perfume Moonlight Magic, which was released earlier this year…
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor…
— Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”
The home fragrance company Paddywax recently launched its Library Collection, a suite of five scents inspired by authors. Needless to say, I couldn’t resist the idea of these literary-olfactory tributes, so I ordered a few. The Edgar Allan Poe candle was ostensibly a gift for my husband, who is a longtime Poe admirer. However, he’s really not all that interested in fragrance (despite my best efforts), so I’ve been the one basking in its glow and its scent, not to mention its clever packaging (labels that look like bookplates, and a travel tin, shown below, that could be used to hold small desk items when the candle is gone).
Paddywax’s Edgar Allan Poe fragrance is a blend of “cardamom, absynthe, and sandalwood,” and it turns out to be a warm, sweetish, spicy-woody scent that suits a late-autumn evening in a darkening room…
How is it that I've never seen this? Thanks to Joe (who says he found it at Basenotes) for the link. And thanks, Bud Light.