Tom Ford has launched Ombré Leather, a new unisex fragrance. Ombré Leather may or may not be a new release of the limited edition 2016 Private Blend fragrance Ombré Leather 16…
Kate Spade TRULYtimeless ~ new fragrance
Kate Spade has launched TRULYtimeless, a followup to last year’s TRULYgracious, TRULYdazzling, TRULYdaring and TRULYjoyful…
Friday scent of the day 6/15
Happy Wish List Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that’s in the top 5 of your full bottle wish list. Thanks to Katrina for the suggestion!
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 went with Hiram Green Moon Bloom, on my wish list since it launched in 2014.
Reminder: on 6/22 we’re doing the Picture challenge, edition 3…
The daily lemming
Lemmable opaque black packaging for a selection of Serge Lutens fragrances (Fumerie Turque, Tubéreuse Criminelle, Bornéo 1834, Cuir Mauresque, Serge Noire, Louve, Chêne, Fille En Aiguilles, Muscs Koublaï Khan and De Profundis). $375 (!) each for 100 ml at Barneys.
The pink vs blue division
Sadly, fragrance lovers are scared to trust their instincts, since the seductive bludgeon of commercial marketing has successfully indoctrinated would-be frag fiends into accepting the pink vs blue division. His’n’hers fragrances didn’t even exist until the advent of 20th century marketing, when perfume companies realised that they could shift twice as much product if they convinced customers there was a difference between smelling like a lady and a gentleman. Before then, a person was free to splash a flash of violet, or lavender, or rose, or eau de cologne, regardless of the equipment they were packing in their pants.
— Katie Puckrick would like you to reconsider your gender-based assumptions about fragrance. Read more at Exploring the relationship between perfume and gender at Vice.