Too spicy for me. Inhaling it is quite refreshing for my airwaves, though, I feel as if it’s clearing me out like menthol. Can imagine eccentric fashion types wearing this, and I’m presuming it costs a bomb.
— Sheena Anker, an engineer who sniffs out gas leaks for British Gas, does some blind perfume testing, and yes, she nails Tom Ford Black Orchid. Read the rest at The Christmas perfume test: a British gas engineer gives her verdict at The Guardian. Hat tip to Kanuka!
Hanukkah starts at sundown tomorrow.
Our standard weekend open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the fragrance that you recently rediscovered in your own collection, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
New at barneys: Frederic Malle coffrets.
New at bloomingdales: Jo Malone Incense & Cedrat.
New at harveynichols (UK): Santa Eulalia Vesper.
Frédéric Malle and Carlos Benaïm give a talk for the public lecture series at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. About an hour and a half long.
Cartier has launched Pasha de Cartier Edition Noire Sport, a new fragrance for men. Pasha de Cartier Edition Noire is a flanker to 2013’s Pasha de Cartier Edition Noire, which was a flanker to 1992’s Pasha de Cartier…