Your host today is Owen, and Owen wants to talk about spring, and more specifically, spring fragrances: what are you buying, or planning to buy, for the coming spring? Which upcoming launches are you interested in smelling? And which of your fall and winter favorites will you miss when spring finally gets here?
If you haven’t met Owen, please say hello…
New York City women’s group Mice At Play will be attending “The Nose Knows: Perfume Making Workshop with Anne McClain” on Thursday, March 17 at 7 pm:
The Mice are setting off on an olfactory adventure…
Jennifer Aniston talks about her new eponymous fragrance, which is currently debuting in the US at Sephora. Hat tip to Andy.
Fall? Bah, humbug. I’m a summer person. The best thing I can say about fall is that at least it isn’t winter yet.
That’s me a couple of years ago, opening the Top 10 of Fall by complaining that it wasn’t summer. Imagine how I feel now. There is nothing good I can say about winter except that at least it’s already part of the way over. So, let’s move on to the perfume, shall we?
Citrus. Angie recommends avoiding citrus in winter; instead, she says you should find a good tropical fragrance to psych yourself out of the winter doldrums. She’s right that citrus doesn’t really have the same effect when you’re wearing several layers of warm clothing, but it cheers me up all the same — some winters, I wear an awful lot of citrus. I’m including two in this category. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Pamplemousse is cheerful, reasonably long-lasting, and it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. As an added bonus, it layers nicely with just about anything. Aftelier’s Candide costs more (and is perhaps more accurately termed a citrusy floral), but it’s so happy, it makes me smile just to think about it…
New at nordstrom: Coach fragrances.
New at selfridges (UK): Swarovski Aura.