What is it: a 30 ml bottle of Atelier Cologne Silver Iris, with leather sleeve. It has been used for testing — it is about 95% full.
How do I get it: For a chance to win, leave a comment on the website telling me that you live in the US. Then tell me either a) your favorite Atelier Cologne fragrance or b) your favorite iris fragrance or c) something else you’ve been dying to post in a comment.
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Vanilla, saffron, patchouli. For centuries, spices and flavorings like these have come from exotic plants growing in remote places like the jungles of Mexico or the terraced hillsides of Madagascar...
Now a powerful form of genetic engineering could revolutionize the production of some of the most sought-after flavors and fragrances. Rather than being extracted from plants, they are being made by genetically modified yeast or other micro-organisms cultured in huge industrial vats.
— Read more at What’s That Smell? Exotic Scents Made From Re-engineered Yeast at the New York Times. Hat tip to Steve!
The usual routine for an open thread poll: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume wish you’d stocked up on before it disappeared, the latest bad reformulation you discovered, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
So, for those of you who participated in the 3rd swapmeet, how did it go? Feel free to tell us what you got, and whether or not you loved it.
Anything you’d like to see changed when we hold our next swapmeet in March? Also coming up: a “splitmeet” (for people who want to organize bottle splits) and a “freebiemeet” (for people who just want to give away their unloved perfumes). Both of those will be in January…
It’s no secret that I’m a rose-lover, as well as a longtime Lush shopper, so there was little chance that I’d be able to ignore Lush’s limited edition Rose Jam Shower Gel. Rose Jam’s fragrance is an “indulgent blend of rose, vanilla and lemon leaves,” the same blend that shows up in Lush’s Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner (cleverly named for Rowena, one of Lush’s product inventors) and Rose Jam Bubbleroon (a solid, dissolvable bubble-bath treat). The ingredients for Rose Jam in its shower gel format include real rose absolute, Egyptian geranium oil, Sicilian lemon oil and vanilla pod infusion.
I’ve sampled Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner, but somehow never got around to purchasing a full tub — the “body conditioner” idea just doesn’t work for me, somehow. I’ve sniffed the Rose Jam Bubbleroon in stores, but never brought one home, because I don’t take baths all that often and anyway, the per-bath cost of Lush’s bubble bars is a bit prohibitive. On the other hand, I scooped up a medium-size bottle of Rose Jam Shower Gel and I’m trying to restrain myself from a return visit to Lush to grab more, more more…