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Tuesday scent of the day 6/4

Posted by Robin on 4 June 2019 227 Comments

It’s Tuesday, and the ever-popular Hug Your Cat Day. Also, Eid Mubarak! What fragrance are you wearing?

Me: still at the beach, still in Carthusia Mediterraneo. Tea at the moment is Colombia Tippy Black Organic from Upton.

Reminder: on 6/7, wear a fragrance by Ineke, Imaginary Authors, il Profumo or i Profumi di Firenze, if you have one…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 4 June 2019 10 Comments

Mitsouko is 100, but Jicky is 130. For Jicky's birthday, Guerlain asked Senegalese artist Baye Gallo to decorate 16 bottles (there's a longer backstory on the Guerlain site if you care to read it). "Painted entirely by hand, the bottle takes on vibrant colours and unique textures, faithful to the tradition of free and profuse African art. The use of coffee grounds – the artist’s favourite material – offers the crystal bottle a singular relief, a raw dimension that contrasts with the symbolism of its motifs. This creation is a declaration of humanity..." The 1 liter (yep) bottle is reportedly €7500.

Everything is based on the perfumer’s memory

Posted by Robin on 4 June 2019 3 Comments

In perfumery, we do not really have direct access to all our ingredients, because everything is based on the perfumer’s memory. His memory of ingredients, of what they smell, of their accords… The problem is, memory works by getting rid of unused information to better focus on what’s new, which is why we forget about things.

— Perfumer Calice Becker, talking about Givaudan's new AI system, Carto. Read more at “We aim to put artificial intelligence at the service of perfumers’ creativity,” Calice Becker, Givaudan at Premium Beauty News, or see Givaudan Fragrances launches ‘Carto’, its Artificial Intelligence powered tool to reinvent the way perfumers create at the Givaudan website.

By Kilian Love, Don’t Be Shy Rose & Oud ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 3 June 2019 4 Comments

French niche line By Kilian has launched Love, Don’t Be Shy Rose & Oud, a new flanker to 2007’s Love, Don’t Be Shy…

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Kenzo World Power ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 3 June 2019 10 Comments

Kenzo has launched World Power, a new fragrance for women. World Power is a flanker to 2016’s Kenzo World, and is unrelated to 2008’s Kenzo Power…*

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