New at escentual (UK): Calvin Klein Euphoria Essence, Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream Forever.
New at harveynichols (UK): Shay & Blue Framboise Noir.
New at kohls: Katy Perry Mad Potion, Jennifer Aniston Near Dusk.
Thursday scent of the day 7/23
It’s almost Friday! If you have a minute, do tell us your fragrance of the day.
I’m wearing Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s l’Opera des Rouges et des Roses.
Reminder: this Friday, 7/24, will be Perfume Surprise Friday…
Cire Trudon Merida Arquiste candle ~ home fragrance review
Ah, inspiration! Cire Trudon, in collaboration with Arquiste, created the Mérida* candle to memorialize “…a balmy night described by Empress Carlota of Mexico on her visit to the city of Mérida, Yucatán, in 1865.” Empress Carlota (also known as Charlotte of Belgium) arrived in Mexico as an invader (though we must cast more blame in the direction of her hubby, Archduke Maximilian of Austria/Emperor Maximilian I, and Napoleon III — the instigator of the French invasion of Mexico in 1861 and the one with the daft idea to install Europeans, Carlota and Max, on the “throne” of Mexico. More history later; first, the Mérida candle.
Mérida is an homage to guava. Once a year, I make a large batch of guava jelly for a friend’s birthday present…
Rihanna RiRi ~ new perfume
Rihanna will launch RiRi, a new pillar fragrance for women, this fall…
Flower Travel Book, part 2
Flower by Kenzo’s red poppy visits Sao Paulo, Milan and New York.
If you missed it, see the earlier visits to Paris and Buenos Aires.