Issey Miyake will launch L’Eau d’Issey Pure Nectar de Parfum. The new fragrance for women is a flanker to 2016’s L’Eau d’Issey Pure, which was a flanker to 1993′s L’Eau d’Issey…
Hiram Green Slowdive ~ new fragrance
Hiram Green has launched Slowdive, a new unisex natural tobacco fragrance…
Wednesday scent of the day 12/6
It’s Hump Day! Plus, happy Saint Nicholas Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Tom Ford White Patchouli.
Reminder: 12/8 will be Patchouli Friday…
The daily lemming
Holiday stress, anyone? Perhaps a jar of Pinch Me Therapy Dough would help? "A squishable compound that’s designed to channel relief through the senses, naturally. This placating putty was developed using the proven scientific methodology of color and scent as they relate to relaxation-all in the convenience of a portable tin. Think of it as a handy little mood-shifter." Shown is the spa fragrance, with lavender; it also comes in Sun, Holiday, Cafe, Citrus, Spice, Chill, Ocean, Beach and Tropics. $24.99 at Pinch Me. Hat tip to Hajusuuri!
Stagnant
[Christine] Nagel recounts how, when the fragrance industry discovered many women enjoy sugary and caramel notes in a scent, brands only wanted to test perfumes with a quantity of these notes.“For this reason, we started with one sugary perfume, two sugary perfume, three sugary perfume. And now, when a big brand wants a perfume with a lot of success, they put these ingredients in it,” she says. “For me, it’s terrible because it’s stagnant.”
— Read more at Perfume perfection: Hermès in-house perfumer Christine Nagel spills her scent secrets at Vancouver Sun.