Happy Johnny Appleseed Day! And last call for the swapmeet — there are still lots of items that need new homes, and it’s open for business the rest of the day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’ve stolen Glannys’ starter-skanky fragrance from yesterday — I’m in L’Artisan Parfumeur Séville à l’Aube.
Reminder: 9/29 will be Skank Friday…
Lalique will launch Illusion Captive, a new addition to the luxury Noir Premier collection, with packaging inspired by René Lalique’s Libellule (Dragonfly) brooch…
An old-school classic for the shower: Tabac Original Bath & Shower Gel from Mäurer & Wirtz (see Kevin's review of the fragrance here). "Envelop yourself in the freshness of Tabac's Bath + Shower Gel. It gently cleanses without drying your skin out. pH skin neutral formula keeps your skin balanced. Infused with the classic Tabac Original fragrance, which is a composed of peppery-spicy notes and elegantly rounded off by wood notes, musk, ambergris and a floral complex." $14.95 for 400 ml at Smallflower.
Significantly, the top 10 bestselling fragrances globally are predominantly designer-led, with Chanel’s iconic No.5, from £66.50, Dolce & Gabbana’s fresh Light Blue, from £44, and Viktor & Rolf’s sweet Flowerbomb, from £49.99, remaining firm favourites.
Yet, all three launched more than a decade ago, when it was, some might say, easier to create a blockbuster scent because the market was less saturated. In recent years, it’s become harder for new olfactory offerings to break into the arena as our tastes have changed.
— The Telegraph looks at the designer vs. niche wars at the perfume counters. Read more at How fashion houses are fighting back with their latest fragrances.
At Fumerie last week, I saw testers grouped by fragrance families: citrus, floral, woody — well, you get the idea. It inspired two thoughts. First, is there a way to organize fragrances that might speak more directly to what perfume shoppers really want? Next, do I have a personal fragrance classification system?
My guess is that most non-perfume-fiend fragrance shoppers would be happy in a store that classified fragrance fairly simply. Five categories come to mind. “Clean” is the first. I bet “clean” is the first descriptor lot of perfume shoppers utter…