Italian niche line Acqua di Parma will launch Colonia Pura, the latest flanker to Acqua di Parma Colonia, in September…
Wednesday scent of the day 7/19
Hump Day, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday, and Daiquiri Day (here is the recipe for a Hemingway Daiquiri). What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m trying Nomenclature Shi_so.
Reminder: 7/21 is Ernest Hemingway’s birthday…
The daily lemming
Clap Clap's scented botanical greeting cards ("The collection contains specially created fragrance chips that are dipped in fragrance oils, dried to perfection, then sealed and packaged with every card. Send a scent along with your message, and we assure it will be a memorable one.") will keep their scent for 2-4 weeks after you remove the chip from the packaging (or, you can put the chip back in the packaging to make it last longer). They run $7 each, and there are 16 fragrances, including Fig, Grapefruit, Hinoki, Pine and Tuberose, at Clap Clap at Etsy.
Pure XS
Francisco Henriques, and a bevy of peeping janes, in his bathroom / library, for Paco Rabanne Pure XS.
Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto ~ perfume review
I’m surely the wrong person to review Guerlain’s new La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto, since I’ve long since lost track of all the flankers to the (currently canonical) La Petite Robe Noire from 2012, and really I can only just barely remember the difference between 2012 La Petite Robe Noire and 2011 La Petite Robe Noire and 2009 La Petite Robe Noire. All I can tell you is that I found at least one variation fun, and on the rare occasions that I’ve smelled (more? other?) versions of La Petite Robe Noire in stores, nothing happened to inspire me to do a better job of keeping track. So before smelling Black Perfecto, I consulted the expert on all things Guerlain, Monsieur Guerlain. Monsieur Guerlain, for those of you not familiar with him, has no affiliation with the brand, but as near as I can tell, he is paying far more attention to the subject of Guerlain’s fragrance output than anybody else on earth, possibly even the folks at Guerlain…