French niche line Majda Bekkali has launched two new unisex fragrances, Ziryab and Mudéjar…
Thursday scent of the day 6/29
Hey, Almost-Friday! What fragrance are you wearing?
I am wearing a dab of Chanel Bois des Iles from my lovely little extrait bottle.
Reminder: 6/30 will be Bottle Porn Friday…
An embarrassment of options
Most people, when the weather gets warmer, revert to something cologne-like or citrussy for a scent. My question is, why? If you're going to eat seasonal, you may as well "scent" seasonal too, and if you like your perfumes flowery, as I do, there is an embarrassment of options - from jasmine to rose to sweet pea. But none are quite so perfect to wear in the hot weather as the gardenia.
— Read more at Gardenia's World at Vogue UK.
The daily lemming
The power of packaging: I don't even use bath salts, but isn't that a handsome jar? It would look awfully nice on a shelf in my bathroom. Rose Noir Bath Salts from L'Objet ("An invigorating addition to your bathing ritual, featuring Atlantic and Epsom salts, natural extracts, and dried botanicals...The bath salts are enriched with the scent of Rose Noir, a velvety mix of exotic roses, delicately contrasted by Ceylon tea. This sumptuous, floral blend is shaded with hints of white pepper, pimento berry, and moss...To ensure lasting potency, the formulations are contained in UV-blocking, black violet glass.") $60 for 500 ml at Aedes.
Montale Red Vetiver ~ fragrance review
As I write, it’s 95 degrees Fahrenheit/35 degrees Celsius in Seattle. On scorchers, I usually opt for colognes they make me feel refreshed and clean. Apparently, most of my citrus scents are too hot to work today (even 10 sprays result in only minutes of refreshment). I don’t want any “sugar” in my perfume on hot days, and cumin and grapefruit are risky (“That man needs a shower!”) And I’m not interested at all in the army of white musk-infused citrus scents on the market that remain on skin till Kingdom Come; the last thing I want today is to be reminded of a steamy laundromat.
My hot-weather choice? I often opt for a vetiver-focused perfume; vetiver makes me feel clean and “cool.” Too bad my latest vetiver purchase (Etro Vetiver) is a failure in this oven-like heat; it disappears from my skin in under 10 minutes. So, thinking of that old phrase — “fight fire with fire” — I turned to a new vetiver fragrance: Montale Red Vetiver…