Amouage has launched Love Tuberose, a new fragrance in the Secret Garden Collection…
Monday scent of the day 9/3
It’s Monday and it’s Labor Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m doing a summer version of cedar, in Imaginary Authors An Air of Despair.
Reminder: on 9/7, wear a fragrance with cedar, if you have one…
The daily lemming
From The Scottish Fine Soaps, Neroli soap in a tin: "Presented in a chic Vintage Bird Print design, this tin makes an elegant, stylish gift. The triple-milled soap within boasts a super-fresh orange blossom fragrance that leaves skin feeling refreshed and smelling great." $10.50 for 100g at Smallflower.
More brands are looking at how their ingredients are grown
“Following this macro trend, we’re moving from fragrances that, for example, say they contain roses, to fragrances that contain roses from Bulgaria, to fragrances infused with Bulgarian roses from a sustainable source that impacts the local community,” says Hervé Fretay director of natural ingredients for Givaudan. “More brands are looking at how their ingredients are grown, picked, extracted, and the impact they have on the local community; they’re telling more of a story.”
— Read more at The Rise of the Eco-Chic Fragrance at Barron's. Hat tip to VanMorrisonFan!
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, early September 2018
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, and welcome to September! And a quick PSA: our next swapmeet will be a week from today.
We’re kicking off September with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you think you’ll wear the most in the coming month, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…