Happy Almost-Friday and happy Hot Fudge Sundae Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
Another perfect July morning; I’m celebrating in Maison Francis Kurkdjian Petit Matin.
Reminder: on 7/26 we’re doing Gone In Sixty Seconds…
A library of essences and aromatic materials
The Osmorama room is a library of essences and aromatic materials preserved within a monitored air-conditioned system. Here, visitors can explore over 1000 scents via olfactory booths, an interactive map and original films to understand the complexity of perfume-making. In the Perfume Centre, courses, events and seminars unveil the ancient secrets, myths and legends of perfumery, with the library a research centre and showroom complete with a Conversation Salon to host talks.
— At the Museo Villoresi in Florence, which opened last month. Read more at Florence comes to its senses with a new perfume museum at Lonely Planet.
J-Scent Sumo Wrestler ~ fragrance review
Sumo wrestlers (and samurai and geishas) all used scented hair oils to gloss and help hold their complex hairstyles in place. J-Scent (a Tokyo-based fragrance manufacturer) describes its Sumo Wrestler perfume* like this:
The scent of bintsuke (hair oil) subtly floating from dignified sumo wrestlers. Eucalyptus and anise give this perfume an aromatic scent…
The daily lemming
Tinted Dinoplatz lip balms from Too Cool for School. The reviews say they smell good, although what they might smell like is a mystery — I was mostly taken by the artwork on the tins. About $15.
Estee Lauder Beautiful Belle Love ~ new fragrance
Estée Lauder has introduced Beautiful Belle Love, a new oriental gourmand fragrance for women. Beautiful Belle Love is a flanker to 2018’s Beautiful Belle, which was a flanker to 1985’s Beautiful…