Boucheron has launched Quatre En Rouge, a new fragrance for women. Quatre En Rouge is a flanker to 2015’s Quatre, and follows 2018’s Quatre En Rose…
Strict binaries
Despite evolving conversations around gender fluidity, fragrance is the one space that continues to be defined by strict binaries of feminine and masculine. Florals and delicate smells traditionally have been assigned as feminine, while stronger and muskier scents as masculine.
Patrick Kelly, founder of an innovative fragrance label, Sigil, doesn't subscribe to such archaic restrictions.
— Read more at Sigil Is the Genderless Natural Fragrance Label Disrupting the Mainstream at PaperMag. (Note to aspiring perfume brands: there is not much left in the mainstream fragrance industry that hasn't already been disrupted a thousand times over and then some. You will not be the first.)
Comptoir Sud Pacifique Eclats d’Amandes ~ new fragrance
Comptoir Sud Pacifique has launched Éclats d’Amandes, a new fragrance in the Eau de Voyage collection…
Monday scent of the day 4/29
Monday (argh), International Dance Day, Duke Ellington’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
You would not know that it’s almost May from the temperature outside this morning. I’m staying warm in Bruno Fazzolari Feu Secret.
Reminder: on 5/3, wear lily of the valley for May Day…
An uneven distribution of fragrance
For example, at Cire Trudon, wax and fragrance are mixed in small batches before the perfumed wax is carefully poured into candle holders. This is less efficient than concocting a big vat of unscented wax, machine-pouring all the candles, then injecting each with a fragrance, as is customary at most candle factories. But the injection method results in an uneven distribution of fragrance throughout the wax, and often leaves the bottom half of the candle completely unscented.
— Read more at Up in flames: how expensive can a candle get? at The Australian Financial Review.