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2018 / Browsing by date: November 2018

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 19 November 2018 4 Comments

You provide the scented tea light, Pols Potten provides the spin with the Waxine Spinning Birds Votive, $25 at Amara. Also sold in a butterfly pattern, or in a larger votive size ($49).

Eros Flame

Posted by Robin on 19 November 2018 2 Comments

Gigi Hadid (update: or not, see the comments) and Salomon Diaz weep for Versace Eros Flame.

My forever scent

Posted by Robin on 19 November 2018 6 Comments

The scent of my two boys. I mean, take into consideration that they’re small and maybe I will change my mind about that in ten years! [Laughs.] But for now I love when I wake them up and smell their necks. Sweaty isn’t the right word, that seems gross. But it’s that smell when they’re sleepy and all cuddly in bed. If I could capture that scent, that would be my forever scent.

— Celine Roux, Global Director of Fragrance at Jo Malone London, talks to The Cut about her favorite smells, and the one smell she would want on her hands forever. Read more at This Perfumer Thinks Love Smells Like Red Lipstick.

Monday scent of the day 11/19

Posted by Robin on 19 November 2018 257 Comments

Update: we will be down for part of the day tomorrow for scheduled maintenance. Hopefully the scent of the day poll will appear eventually, but it will probably be several hours later than usual.

Happy International Men’s Day! It’s also, unfortunately for everybody, another Monday. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m celebrating the holiday in (old) Dior Eau Sauvage.

Reminder: on 11/23, pick your Black Friday poison…

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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-November 2018

Posted by Robin on 17 November 2018 240 Comments

Our usual lazy weekend open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the last fragrance tried that exceeded your expectations, whatever.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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