
Tommy Bahama has launched Maritime Deep Blue, a new flanker to 2016’s Maritime fragrance for men…
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Tommy Bahama has launched Maritime Deep Blue, a new flanker to 2016’s Maritime fragrance for men…
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And that’s one of the things for which I’m extremely grateful to Arden/Revlon [Ed note: the holder of the fragrance license for John Varvatos]. They use me as part of their brand, and it’s a very open and well-known thing. It’s basically the only brand in international perfumery that has used only one perfumer. And that has become part of its DNA. John Varvatos comes to me and says, “What’s next, Rod?” There are a couple of brands out there that have very officially asked for the perfumer not to be mentioned. I find that absolutely objectionable and anti-ethical and very ungrateful. I’m saying it on record. They know who they are.
— Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux talks to Persolaise about brands that refuse to acknowledge their perfumers. And about all sorts of other things — read more at "Your Claims Have To Be Honest" - An Interview With Rodrigo Flores-Roux.
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Cate Blanchett in red, for Armani Sì Passione.
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Happy Library Friday! Our community project for today: honor National Library Month with any sort of fragrance association you can think of.
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 Diptyque Volutes, because it smells so nice, but also because it has an opopanax note, and the word opopanax features in a vocabulary-oriented chapter of Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, one of my favorite books about books. Ex Libris came to mind for this project not only because it is, well, bookish, but also because the next book I’m expecting via the wonder of inter-library loan is Fadiman’s latest, The Wine Lover’s Daughter.
Reminder: 3/2 will be Uncle Serge Day…
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A cheap thrill for Library Month: a 15 ml splash mini of Demeter Paperback is $6. "A trip to your favorite library or used bookstore. Sweet and lovely with just a touch of the musty smell of aged paper, Demeter's Paperback harnesses that scent with a sprinkling of violets and a dash of tasteful potpourri."