The 2014 fragrance awards season is over, and we have a winner: Giorgio Armani Sì, which took 5 awards.* Actress Cate Blanchett reportedly received $10 million to appear in the Sì campaign.
Bottega Veneta Pour Homme and Paco Rabanne Invictus are tied for second place, with 3 awards each…
What fragrance are you wearing today? Do you think its price is low, just right, or too much for what it is?
I am wearing The Body Shop’s White Musk Libertine. I paid $12 for 30 ml, and I’d say that’s just about right for what it is — I certainly wouldn’t have paid much more. And do raise your hand if you’ve ever owned any form of The Body Shop White Musk?
Reminder: tomorrow is Fruity Friday…
Say goodbye to the scented candle. Scent branding has moved into the living room.
While decorators, fashion designers and celebrities have been using candles to brand themselves at least since the late 1990s — Sir Elton John once lent his name to scented rocks — it was less than a decade ago that hotels began using cold-air technologies to scent their public spaces. [...] Before long, the most unlikely places were being scented.
— From What Good Taste Smells Like, about scent diffusion systems for home use, at the New York Times.
Justin Bieber has launched Collector’s Edition, a new fragrance for women…
From Diptyque: Greece, Summer 1990, in support of their Philosykos fragrance and Figuier candle.
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