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A smoky mix of leather, old books, and exotic spices

Posted by Robin on 24 April 2015 Leave a Comment

It took Schütze a year of experimentation to develop a formula that captured his intentions—both practically, since the perfume had to disperse from room-temperature paper rather than a warm body, and also conceptually. The result, a smoky mix of leather, old books, and exotic spices, has proved unexpectedly covetable.

 — Nicola Twilley writes about the entries for Art & Olfaction's Sadakichi Award for Experimental Use of Scent. Read more at What Did Qaddafi’s Death Smell Like? at The New Yorker.

Atkinsons 1799 Love in Idleness ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 23 April 2015 20 Comments

Atkinsons 1799 Love in Idleness, bottle detail

The British perfume house Atkinsons 1799 recently launched Love in Idleness, one of three new fragrances recreated from the company’s archives for its Legendary Collection. Love in Idleness is “a neo-Victorian love philter for those who believe in the magic of fragrance,” developed by perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin. Its composition includes notes of raspberry and violet leaves; violet, orris and heliotrope; and tree moss and patchouli.

This fragrance’s name was one of the factors that lured me into trying it. So poetic, right? It’s another name for the wildflower viola tricolor. And it turns out to be a literary reference, too — in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, love-in-idleness serves as a love potion. As Oberon, king of the fairies, says in Act II, “The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid/Will make or man or woman madly dote/Upon the next live creature that it sees.” Love at first sight…

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Marie Claire International Fragrance Awards 2015 ~ the winners

Posted by Robin on 23 April 2015 10 Comments

Marie Claire International Fragrance Awards

Marie Claire magazine has announced the winners of their fifth annual International Fragrance Awards (Prix International du Parfum; and I am very late — they were announced at the end of March). The winners were selected by the beauty journalists at Marie Claire…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 23 April 2015 Leave a Comment

Deal at beautyhabit: spend $65 or more, get a free Rose & Co Bath Fancies set with coupon code LOVEMOM, expires 5/10.

New at harrods (UK): Dear Rose Song for a Queen, Atkinsons Amber Empire, Love in Idleness & The Excelsior Bouquet.

New at liberty (UK): Rodin Bis.

New at macys: Burberry Brit Splash.

New at neimanmarcus: SoOud selection.

Thursday scent of the day 4/23

Posted by Robin on 23 April 2015 179 Comments

wings

Almost to Friday! What fragrance are you wearing today?

I’m in Annick Goutal Folavril. Tea at the moment: Bao Zhong Royale oolong from American Tea Room.

Reminder: this Friday, 24 April, wear something from Annick Goutal or perfumer Isabelle Doyen…

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