The 2013 UK Jasmine Awards (“celebrating excellence in fragrance journalism”) ceremony was held today. This year’s winners include:
The Jasmine Digital Award ~ Thomas Dunckley for The Candy Perfume Boy’s Guide to Violet…
Not on my skin
A lot. But not on myself. I have a bottle in every room. I put it on the towels, on my bathrobe, on my shirts, on the jeans, on my bed, on my sheets, all over the place. But not on my skin. I also spray it on paper, which takes fragrance very well. It is a famous thing, to put perfume on letters, but you don’t only have to do it with love letters.
— Karl Lagerfeld, on how much perfume he uses. Read more at Karl Lagerfeld Smells Like "Fresh, Ironed Linen" at Elle.
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 4
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special editions from Amouage, Hermès, Paco Rabanne, Calvin Klein, Baldessarini and Givenchy.
From Amouage, upcoming Swarovski editions of Lyric Woman and Lyric Man, Jubilation 25 Woman and Jubilation XXV Man…
Paul Smith Extreme Sport ~ new fragrance
British fashion brand Paul Smith will launch Paul Smith Extreme Sport, a new fragrance for men, in April. Extreme Sport is a flanker to 2002’s Paul Smith Extreme, and is the brand’s first launch since last year’s Portrait duo…
Fragrance Foundation 2014 Consumer Choice Awards ~ voting now open
Voting is now open for the Fragrance Foundation Consumer Choice Awards, formerly known as the Fifis. There are three categories — Men’s, Women’s and Celebrity — and three or four finalists in each category. Voting is open until 31 May; this year’s Fragrance Foundation Awards will be announced on 16 June.
And the finalists, which were chosen by a “select group of consumers”, are…