The weekend, at last! Plus, World Health Day (the theme for 2018: Universal Health Coverage) and No Housework Day (I’m in!) and Billie Holiday’s birthday.
We’re celebrating everything with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite gardenia perfume, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Nina Ricci has launched Chant d’Extase, a new limited edition flanker to 2015’s L’Extase. The packaging features decoration by artist Martyna Zoltaszek…
Nina Ricci has launched L’Air du Paradis, a new ‘joyous interpretation’ of 1948’s L’Air du Temps…
Exactly: "Sometimes you gotta peace out and take a well deserved vacation to Tulum. Our Gotta Peace Out spray is the perfect scent to get you in the mood for some quality sun bathing time. This hydrating elixir smells like Coconuts with a light hint of Neroli. All of our products are a blend of natural ingredients that work to moisturize and sooth." Gotta Peace Out Hydrating Body & Hair Elixir is $26 for 118 ml at Anese.
We have snow in the forecast as I’m writing this post, so it doesn’t feel like spring; yet here we are. Looking back at my lists of favorite spring fragrances from 2008 and 2013, I’ve decided to do something different this time. I’ll never stop loving Après l’Ondée or L’Eau d’Hiver, but I gave myself a new assignment for this round: I sampled lots of new releases and chose ten that I’d want to continue wearing in the coming months. I’ve been feeling for a long time that I just can’t keep up with the tide of new launches, but this is my deliberate small effort at feeling more current (even just for one season)!
Spring is the season when I enjoy white florals the most, and Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Je Suis La Lune (I Am the Moon) is a jasmine fragrance that smells more like a creamy, slightly salty lily to me…