Friday scent of the day 8/4

Posted by Robin on 4 August 2017 280 Comments

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Happy Compare & Contrast Friday! (Plus, it’s Louis Armstrong’s birthday, International Beer Day and Coast Guard Day.) Our community project for today: wear two perfumes with the same note. Thanks to thegoddessrena for the idea!

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I’m going with fig today. I’ve got good old Diptyque Philosykos (so calming!) on my left arm and Vilhelm Purple Fig (so exuberant!) on my right.

Reminder: on 8/11, wear a fragrance with vetiver, if you have one…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 4 August 2017 5 Comments

Histoires de Parfums This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.2, travel spray

Props to Histoires de Parfums — the 15 ml travel sprays for This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.2 (shown) and This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.3 are just as lemmable as the full sized bottles. $35 each at Luckyscent.

#InBloom

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Hari Nef, Petra Collins and Dakota Johnson for Gucci Bloom.

More than just a way of eliminating odor

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More than just a way of eliminating odor (we’re talking about you, Fido and Frisky), home fragrance has lately become a means of self-expression. “It’s an element of design, like the colors on the wall or the furniture — it’s a way for people to communicate who they are,” said Richard Weening, chief executive of Prolitec, the Milwaukee-based commercial air care company that recently introduced Aera.

— The New York Times investigates high tech diffusers. Read more at When a Scented Candle Just Won’t Do. Hat tip to Holly and VanMorrisonFan!