It’s Cyber Monday and Cake Day. Happy birthday Tina Turner! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m starting the week in Ormonde Jayne Ta’if.
Reminder: 11/30 will be Renegades Friday…
It smells perfectly like the idea I had for it
I go into that with all of my fragrances. I have to consider them perfect. It’s not like it has to be perfect in the sense that “everyone will love this.” It’s like, there is this personal thing that I’ve attached to it. I need to feel it smells perfectly like the idea I had for it.
— Anne Serrano-McClain of MCMC Fragrances talks about her perfumery; read more at On working with scents at The Creative Independent. Hat tip to Angie!
Lazy weekend poll ~ whispering to Santa (or the gift-giving entity of your choice), 2018 edition
Our eleventh annual holiday gift poll. Here are the three questions:
What is the fragrance-related gift you’d most like to receive this year?
Let’s say you were going to ask for just one unsniffed fragrance this year, what would it be?
Are you giving any fragrance items for gifts this year, and if so, what?
L’Occitane Collection Rose ~ new fragrances
L’Occitane has launched a new rose collection, with a Rose Eau de Toilette and three fragrance waters for layering: Eau Parfumée Souffle Vivifiant Rose, Eau Parfumée L’Euphorisante Rose and Eau Parfumée Souffle Apaisant Rose…
The daily lemming
For fans of Lorenzo Villoresi Teint de Neige, a sparkling body gel: "Wear your favourite Lorenzo Villoresi fragrance day in and day out with this dreamy Teint de Neige body gel, infused with sparkling pigments to give skin an ethereal glow. A distinctive fragrance of romantic flower petals and delicate powdery notes, Lorenzo Villoresi's iconic Teint de Neige recalls the aromatic lushness of a warm summer's night. Smooth this unique body gel onto skin after bathing for fast-absorbing hydration that leaves a delicate scent behind." On markdown at Liberty of London, £80.75 for 100 ml.