Van Cleef & Arpels has launched First Edition Blanche, a new limited edition fragrance for women. First Edition Blanche is a flanker to the house’s debut perfume, 1976′s First, and is intended to ‘celebrate the magic of winter’…
Jean Patou Joy Forever ~ new perfume
Jean Patou will launch Joy Forever, a new fragrance for women, in November. Joy Forever is a flanker to 1930’s Joy…
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, early September 2013
A quick reminder that our next swapmeet will be a week from today, on Saturday, 9/14. You can read about the last one here, or scroll through the swapping tag to find all the related posts.
Today, our standard open thread poll: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you’re going to wear as soon as it arrives in the mail, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Michel Germain Sexual Noir & Sexual Steel Pour Homme ~ new fragrances
Michel Germain has launched two new fragrances, Sexual Noir and Sexual Steel Pour Homme…
Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2013
I’ve experienced autumn in several places. When I was growing up in the ‘tropics’ (Virginia), the arrival of autumn was marvelous — no more steamy heat or mosquitoes. One of the first signs of autumn was the arrival of glass jugs of amber-colored fresh apple cider, for sale at orchard stands along almost every road. I tried to find an apple scent for this post (and for my perfume “collection”) in honor of apples and cool weather, but I was unsuccessful. Any suggestions? (Donna Karan DKNY scents need not apply.)
My early college life in New York City proved the Big Apple was not much different from Virginia in summertime, except for the added smells of simmering garbage on the streets. But autumn in New York was great; all the food cart aromas, even the exhaust fumes, smelled nicer mixing with the cool, marine air surrounding Manhattan, and the autumn leaves in Central Park added a dry, “woodland,” hay-like scent to the crisp air.
When I lived in L.A., autumn was pretty much like any other season (warm and sunny), except for days when the ferocious Santa Ana winds made autumn feel like I was standing in front of an open oven door…and the oven temperature was at 450° Fahrenheit. I’ve never in my life been more lethargic than during hot weather in Southern California, nor have I reached for cooling Eaux de Cologne more, applying them morning, noon and night.
Now I live in the Pacific Northwest…