Happy Thursday! If you have a moment to spare, do tell us your fragrance of the day.
I’m wearing Kai, from Perfume Posse’s Top 10 of Summer.
Reminder: tomorrow, 7/3, we’re doing scented body products…
Boss The Scent by Hugo Boss ~ new fragrance
The tradition of rose cultivation is fading
Despite the steady rise in demand from a global fragrance industry worth almost $40 billion, Turkish output has declined for two decades and the tradition of rose cultivation is fading. A shrinking population - true for much of Turkey's rural communities amid rapid urbanization - prefers to raise less labor-intensive products, like cherries and peaches for export, said rose growers. Aging rose bushes are another culprit.
— Read more at Turkish rose farmers struggle to keep tradition alive at Reuters.
A Celebrity’s Scent: Frida Kahlo & Dana Emir
When I visited Mexico City for the first time, the place I wanted to see more than any other was Frida Kahlo’s house in Coyoacán — the Casa Azul. Since that trip, Casa Azul (Museo Frida Kahlo) has been spruced up, and hidden wonders within its walls discovered: many of Kahlo’s fantastic clothes and other personal belongings — hairbrushes, decorated (and bloodied) orthopedic corsets she used after her many spinal surgeries, Kahlo’s prosthetic leg, sunglasses, lipstick, nail polish (Revlon’s vibrant red “Orchids to You”)…and perfume.
Over the years, I’ve noticed friends sometimes keep empty perfume bottles for years. Often, the perfume was an overseas purchase and couldn’t be easily replaced. Sometimes, the fragrance was extinct or a particular bottle rekindled memories of a certain someone or some place that gave happiness. I was intrigued when I found out Kahlo kept an empty bottle of Dana Emir…
Dolce & Gabbana Velvet Mimosa Bloom & Velvet Exotic Leather ~ new fragrances
Dolce & Gabbana have launched Velvet Mimosa Bloom and Velvet Exotic Leather, two new additions to 2011’s Velvet Collection (and see also: Velvet Desert Oud and Velvet Tender Oud, Velvet Rose and Velvet Bergamot)…