Jo Malone will launch Tropical Cherimoya, part of the Hot Blossoms collection, in May. (There will also be a Cattleya Flower Body Mist.)…
Friday scent of the day 3/30
Happy Friday and happy Pencil Day. Our community project for today: honor Women’s History Month by wearing a fragrance by perfumer Germaine Cellier or Josephine Catapano, if you have one. If you don’t, wear a fragrance by any female perfumer.
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’m in Robert Piguet Fracas, by Germaine Cellier. I’m wearing two vintage versions, one on each arm…
The daily lemming
From Illume, the Thai Lily Ceramic Flower Candle: "We designed our new Thai Lily ceramic flower candle to layer life and beauty into our Essentials collection. Exotic citrus notes of Bali mango, blood orange and white nectarine are deliciously blended with Brazilian teak and Asiatic lily, and finished with a hint of sensual musk." 15 hour burn time, which is not much, but the $26 price isn't outrageous either. At Lord & Taylor, where you can also get 15% off with the coupon code ANNIVERSARY.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Celestia Forte ~ new fragrance
Maison Francis Kurkdjian has launched Aqua Celestia Forte, a new flanker to 2017’s Aqua Celestia…
Neela Vermeire Creations Niral ~ fragrance review
Niral is the newest fragrance from Neela Vermeire Créations,1 a Paris-based niche house offering “French contemporary classic perfumes with an Eastern heritage.” Each fragrance from this line tells a cross-cultural tale, and Niral is inspired by British silk expert and industrialist Sir Thomas Wardle and “his immense contribution to the promotion of Indian wild silk trade from Bengal and Kashmir to Europe,” particularly his innovations in dyeing tussar silk.
Niral was developed by perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour and it includes notes of iris, tea, pink pepper, rose, green wine lees,2 cabreuva, angelica seed, ambrette seed, cardamom, leather, magnolia, jasmine, sandalwood and cedar. Its name comes from a Hindu word meaning “unique, calm, serene,” and it does feel serene, in a very elegant way…