Today's mid-afternoon snack, perhaps? The limited edition Fauchon éclair Rose Pompon, in collaboration with Annick Goutal: "Topped with a chic and flowery white chocolate shell, this eclair conceals a pink berry cremeux resting on a whipped rose ganache and delicious fresh raspberries." You can buy it at the Fauchon at 30 Place de la Madeleine, Paris, through July 22.
Happy Bastille Day! And yes, I know the French don’t say Happy Bastille Day, or anything like it. Which makes it an even better fit for our community project: see if you might possibly have anything French in your collection that you could wear today? Plus extra points for extra-French-ness, or for silly perfume Frenchification.
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 did not plan well for this project when I was packing for vacation. I am not going to be accruing any extra points, but I am wearing French: Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil body lotion…
This accord I scribbled down, and when we got a second chance I showed it to our evaluation team and marketing and press team, they all said, “It’s bullshit, it’s not a perfume it’s an accord,” and I said, “So what? They’re not looking for a perfume if you ask me. I mean we had great fragrances but they said ‘no, it’s commercial’” so I convinced them to show him that, and when she came back she had like a banana [smile] on her face like “wow”.
— Perfumer Mark Buxton talks about developing Comme des Garcons Eau de Parfum (1994; the one that "works like a medicine and behaves like a drug"), and other things; read more at A Sensory Journey: Mark Buxton at Wonderland.
Givenchy will launch Gentleman, a new fragrance for men, this month. The scent is meant to “imagine what [1974’s Gentleman fragrance] would be like if it were made today, and is unrelated to 2013’s Gentlemen Only.
Niche line Bond no. 9 will launch New York Nights, a new gourmand fragrance for women, in September…