Coach has launched Poppy Citrine Blossom and Poppy Freesia Blossom, two new flankers to 2012’s Poppy Blossom, which was a flanker to 2010′s Coach Poppy…
Roberto Cavalli Nero Assoluto ~ new perfume
Roberto Cavalli will launch Nero Assoluto, a new fragrance for women, in August…
Balmain’s Vent Vert Salad and Chicken
During the recent heat wave, I spent a lazy afternoon on the couch with the fan pointed at me while I perused the July 1955 issue of Woman’s Home Companion. I was looking for the article featuring Lilly Daché’s “Secrets of Lifelong Glamour,”1 when I stumbled across these words and sat straight up:
Like most Frenchmen, Balmain appreciates good food and takes a great interest in his own table. In the warm summer days ahead you might like to try his “Vent Vert” salad. Here is the recipe he gave me—if you can’t get some of the ingredients, you can eliminate or substitute as you choose.
It was from Margaret Thompson Biddle’s column, “Companion in Paris.” “Vent Vert” salad clearly borrowed its name from Balmain Vent Vert fragrance. Here’s the recipe:
“Vent Vert” Salad
Cut young romaine into pieces to make 1 quart. Add 1 cup each of diced celery, chopped endive, thinly sliced green pepper and about 8 asparagus tips cut in half…
Jennifer Lopez Rio Glow by J Lo ~ new fragrance
Jennifer Lopez has launched Rio Glow by J Lo, a new fragrance for women. Rio Glow is a flanker to 2002’s J Lo Glow, and follows 2010’s LA Glow, among others…
Rendering aroma as a record of the world
But they suggest what might happen when headspace capture further develops, when scent scientists combine with technologists to produce new ways of rendering aroma as a record of the world. While it's likely that the future will see more commercial uses for scent -- the scent of Subway bread, exuded onto a city sidewalk; the aroma of coffee, squirted into a bus; the Smell-o-Vision idea, put to marketing purposes -- it's just as likely that scent capture will also find itself in the hands of everyday people.
— Read more at What If You Could Snapchat a Scent? at the Atlantic. Hat tip to Monika!