Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’s lip balms are “fruity fun for lips”, and come in Tropical, Kiwi, Papaya, Frambuesa (raspberry), Cereza (cherry), Tutti Frutti (no translation required) and Fruta de la Pasion (ditto). They run $6.50 each for 15 ml at Smallflower. The “Kiss Me” collection, shown below, doesn’t appear to be available in the US…
My most cherished scent memories as a child were in the library experiencing real books which created a world of wonder and exploration. Living now in a technological world filled with iPads, Commodity Book takes you into the New York Public Library to recapture the experience of yesterday; turning the pages and breathing in the smell of dry paper mingling in with the open fresh air.
That’s a quote from Ketrin Leka, the perfumer who developed the fragrance Book for niche brand Commodity. How could I resist, right? I love reading more than almost anything else, and I do as much of my reading as possible from actual books, and the Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library’s 42nd Street branch is one of my favorite places in the world.
Given my paired bibliophilia and aromaphilia, you’d think I’d fall hard for Book. Did I? Not really…
Deal at bloomingdales: lots of gift with purchase deals through 6/11, including a 15 ml bottle of Oud Essentiel with any $125 Guerlain purchase, a Mûre et Musc Eau de Toilette deluxe sample with any L'Artisan Parfumeur purchase, a Colonia Quercia mini splash with any Acqua di Parma full sized fragrance purchase.
New at macys: Michael Kors Midnight Shimmer.
New at thebay (CA): Elizabeth and James Nirvana range.
Hey, it’s Almost-Friday! Plus, Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday and World Oceans Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m doing ‘unruly, intense’ fruit with Byredo Pulp.
Reminder: 6/9 will be Fruity Friday…
Why don't I already own this? Oh, right, $94. Pulp Body Cream: "Byredo's Pulp body cream is a compilation of exotic influences working together to create an unruly, intense fragrance inspired by the vision of sweet, ripe fruit." In 200 ml, at Barneys.
