Isabey will launch a new version of Sir Gallahad, their 1924 fragrance for men…
The daily lemming
Ikea's new Friskhet series includes a number of scented candles plus these air freshener dohickies: "You decide how much scent you want the scent container to emit by how much you open its holes. The scent will last longer if you close the holes completely when you are not using the scent container." Available in Lilac (the color, not the scent: "Gives off a refreshing scent of grass, vanilla and sandalwood") or Gray ("Gives off a refreshing scent of sandalwood, cedar and vanilla"), $1.99 each.
Timothy Han Edition Perfumes The Decay of the Angel ~ fragrance review
Timothy Han Edition Perfumes The Decay of the Angel1 was inspired by the novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima. It is the fourth novel in Mishima’s The Sea of Fertility cycle. In The Decay of the Angel, a wealthy, retired judge, Shigekuni Honda, adopts a handsome (but bad-to-the-bone) teenager, Tōru Yasunaga, who Honda believes is the reincarnation of a friend who died young. Honda wants to save Tōru from an early death — evil, sadness and humiliation ensue.
In college, I fell in love with Japanese Buddhist art. Studying Buddhist sculpture led me to Japanese literature and films. I dutifully paid attention to (read and watched) Mishima and Akira Kurosawa; they were spoken of and written about more than other Japanese writers and filmmakers of their time periods…
Gallivant Amsterdam & Berlin ~ new fragrances
London-based niche line Gallivant will launch Amsterdam and Berlin, two new “urban exploration” fragrances…
Mirus The Elysian Fields ~ new fragrance
California indie brand Mirus has launched The Elysian Fields, a new aromatic fougère fragrance…