Rich Hippie has launched Abbey Road, a new perfume for women:
Today the zebra crossing at Abbey Road and the Abbey Road Studios have been given a Grade II listed status from the British government…
Diesel Loverdose ~ new perfume
Diesel will launch Loverdose (love + overdose), a new fragrance for women; reportedly it will ‘ignite a passion like never before’…
Goodbye Lilacs (and Musk and Lemon and Mint…)
Last week I cut an armload of lilacs to bring in the house. All year I’d been looking forward to the sliver of spring when I could put them in every room of the house. By carefully balancing on my compost bin, I could even snip some of my neighbor’s darker lilacs growing over the fence for a really lush bouquet.
As the lilacs warmed in a vase on my mantle, their fragrance filled the house. I buried my nose in the flowers, breathed deeply, and thought: Glade Plug In. My flowers smelled like a synthetic air freshener! And these were real lilacs! Glade stole my lilacs from me. Now, even lilac-infused Jean Patou Vacances and Frédéric Malle En Passant have lost their appeal.
Robin’s review of The Different Company Pure Virgin, in which she compared the fragrance to detergent, drove it home for me. Industry has co-opted some of the smells we used to love. Now, instead of an industrial product reminding us of nature, nature reminds us of an industrial product…
The Monday Mail ~ help Kyla find a new perfume
Today we’re helping Kyla. Kyla is getting back into the dating scene after a long term relationship and wants to find the perfect “date night” perfume. Her daytime fragrances tend to be restrained, cool, and calming, now she wants something that is approachable and sexy but that isn’t too sweet or overpowering. Kyla doesn’t have good access to perfume stores, so she’ll be shopping online. She’d like to find something for under $100, but she’d also be happy with a decant.
Here is what we know about Kyla:
She’s in her mid-20s, and works as an environmental scientist in a small town in Northern Canada.
She is a bit shy and quiet, and sometimes comes off as aloof, but she’s more talkative with people she knows, and she has a sharp sense of humor.
Her style is classic and feminine — more Joan Holloway than Betty Draper.
Kyla likes incense, florals, woods, amber, coniferous trees, hay, grass, clover, rose, tea, spices, “sharp” smells like lavender, rosemary or eucalyptus. She also doesn’t mind aldehydes, “old lady” perfumes, loud white flowers or odd notes like rubber, but she’s not sure those will work for her date night perfume…
Marc Jacobs Oh, Lola! ~ new fragrance
Marc Jacobs will launch Oh, Lola!, a new flanker to 2009’s Lola fragrance for women, in July. Oh, Lola! is described as lively and playful…