PSA: the next freebiemeet is coming up a week from today, 26 January.
Meanwhile, our seventh annual ‘stepping back’ poll: can this group of shameless enablers help each other not buy perfume? Let’s find out.
Name a perfume you’ve been itching to buy but suspect you might not need, and tell us why you think it might not really be a good use of your money. Maybe everyone will talk you out of it. Or, maybe not so much…
Demeter has launched Fuzzy Sweater, the latest addition to their Fragrance Library…
French niche line Pierre Guillaume will launch 20.1 Sorong, a new addition to the brand’s “Collection Rework” series. Sorong is a variation on 2008’s L’Eau Guerrière…
A lemming for Caturday? No, they're not scented, but if you are needing to lie down with gel packs on your eyes might I recommend a little spritz of Tam Dao first? Or maybe a light layer of Ancient Resins? Anyway, "Our unique gel eye masks are purr-fect for catnaps. Use the two individual little kitty faces heated or frozen to relieve tired and puffy eyes. They'll help you look refreshed and ready to seize the day". $3.99 at World Market.
Describing the inspiration for her latest fragrance, independent perfumer Diane St. Clair writes,
I had been watching the snow fall outside of my window for three months, at times blowing horizontally on winds wailing down from the Polar Vortex. I tried to conjure a way to transport myself to a place far away, a place with warm air and perfumed flowers and fruit—a garden in paradise…
The result of this reverie was Casablanca, a floral chypre fragrance with a lengthy list of notes…