
French niche line Frédéric Malle has launched Dawn, a new fragrance. Like 2014’s The Night and 2017’s Promise, Dawn is geared towards the Middle East market…
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French niche line Frédéric Malle has launched Dawn, a new fragrance. Like 2014’s The Night and 2017’s Promise, Dawn is geared towards the Middle East market…
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Move aside, Chanel No. 5. Scientists have now created a scent that’s even older than the iconic perfume, even if it only just wafted into human nostrils for the first time in more than 100 years.
That’s because the piney, earthy perfume derives its fragrance compounds from a Hawaiian hibiscus flower that vanished from the dryland forests of Maui in the early-1910s.
— With some help from Sissel Tolaas, the folks at Ginkgo BioWorks make a "de-extincted hibiscus perfume". Read more Jurassic Park for Perfume: Ginkgo Bioworks Reconstructs Scents From Extinct Plants at IEEE Spectrum.
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Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! Welcome to November. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m sticking with Imaginary Authors, but have moved on to Mosaic to match the nice weather we’re expecting today. No points for the project!
Reminder: 11/2 will be To Autumn Friday…
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Niche line Bond no. 9 will launch Dubai Platinum, a new fragrance, in November…
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Want: the new Odeurs d'Egypte collection from Cire Trudon for holiday 2018. The scents are Philae ("The Philæ candle is scented with a soft papyrus fragrance that evokes a timeless heritage"), Amon ("Creative and solar, Amon is the master of eternity: naturally, the Amon candle is scented with traditional incense and the voluptuousness of cedar wood in order for timelessness to prevail") and Gizeh ("The candle’s distinct candied-firewood scent evokes age-old History"). Available in a 3 x 100g gift set, or in individual 270g sizes.