Happy Birthday to Mick Jagger, who turns 71 today.
We’re having our usual open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you own but never wear anymore, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
New at escentual (UK): Jean Paul Gaultier Classique Intense.
New at neimanmarcus: Carven L'Eau de Toilette.
Bvlgari has launched Bvlgari Man in Black, a ‘bold’ scent inspired by the myth of Vulcan, the god of fire. Man in Black is a flanker to 2010’s Bvlgari Man (see also: Bvlgari Man Extreme)…
Yesterday we reviewed Faith Hill True, and now it’s time to move on to her husband and Tim McGraw Silver. I liked McGraw by TimMcGraw and thought Silver was worth a try.
Silver is our only masculine offering of the week. What makes a particular fragrance “masculine” to you? For the most part, I ignore the distinction between feminine and masculine fragrances — except in the case of a fougère.1 Something about their in-your-face quality, how they’re so often over-applied, the short leap between many and Drakkar Noir moves a fougère far, far from a woman’s dressing room. Silver is an aromatic fougère…
Today’s community project: wear something by Hermès OR something by perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena. What did you pick?
As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you didn’t participate in the community project!
I’m wearing Hermès Terre d’Hermès Eau Très Fraîche, because it’s the only choice I have (I’m still on vacation). I smell great but it’s probably not what I would have picked if I was at home…