Happy Almost-Friday! What fragrance are you wearing?
I went with 4160Tuesdays Urura’s Tokyo Cafe to match Pantone Pink Lavender, but it’s not really a perfect fit…
The daily lemming
Pretty flower soaps from Bramley: "Geranium, lavender and sweet orange essential oils are combined to create a set of beautiful guest soaps. Our pure vegetable soaps are triple blended and refined to ensure they are perfectly smooth. At Bramley we use the finest essential oils which have remarkable qualities and give our range its purely natural fragrance." Ten 16.5g soaps for £12.50.
Yardley The Collection ~ reissues
Yardley is repackaging and rebranding its existing fragrance line. Five existing fragrances are now renamed Daisy Sapphire, Flora Jade, Lilac Amethyst, Poppy Diamond and Rosie Ruby…
Diptyque Fleur de Peau ~ fragrance review
In ancient Greece, one myth stood out as the most passionate and sensual: the love between Psyche and Eros, the beauty’s quest to meet with her lover and the happy outcome of their union which led to the birth of their daughter, Hedone. Only one scent can convey this legend as a fragrance, that of musks. Equally legendary, they have the unique ability to enhance the skin with their arousing carnal accents. They are at the very heart of Fleur de Peau, as cottony and light as they are soft and moist. — Diptyque
With the launch of Fleur de Peau1, Diptyque celebrates the 50th anniversary of its first perfume — L’Eau. I’ve gotten so many suggestions on the translation of the phrase à fleur de peau (“on edge”) that I will use my own instinct regarding Eros and Psyche. Fleur de Peau = horny. So there. After wearing Fleur de Peau, I believe the agitated lovers are, in spirit, millennials.
In a recent New York Times article, The New Softies, Rachel Syme noted the types of minimalist perfumes (the ‘softies’) that appeal to millennials…
An alchemy of raw materials
The story of Guerlain, part the second (the first is here).