Reliable sources tell me winter is coming, but it’s not here yet and I would like to talk about books. Can we try a fall reading list? Three reading polls a year does not seem excessive to me, but do feel free to complain in the comments. (And our fall television / movies poll is coming up soon too.)
So, please recommend a great book to add to our fall reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it…
Hiram Green has launched Voyage 2019, a new limited edition (280 bottles were made) fragrance. Voyage 2019 is an updated version of Voyage, which launched as a limited edition in 2015…
From Avon, a body ink pen (promising non-transfer ink) in the new Live Out Loud fragrance: "An Avon first, this limited-edition, super-cool pen lets you draw on your inspiration (literally!) to create a scented design. It’s a whole new way to fragrance." $10.
Today, I think the fragrance market is made for the consumer. It is not the perfumer who says, “now you should like jasmine.” It is the consumer that says, “I like jasmine and I want the best one.” Nobody can say to me, you have to wear this. You choose your fragrance by instinct.
— Laura Bosetti Tonatto on changes in consumer preferences. Read more at Deciphering the Independent Fragrance Market at Business of Fashion.
Although our summer “unofficially” ended on Labor Day and “officially” ended on September 23 with the autumnal equinox, my corner of the world was warm and steamy until this morning, when temperatures abruptly dropped thirty (!) degrees and a cool drizzle began (and lasted all day). As much as I look forward to fall, I do enjoy using fragrances and scented body products that evoke some ideal summer day at the seashore. Here are a few recommended items that I’ve recently tried.
Zum Bar Goat’s Milk Soap in Sea Salt: Zum has been around so long, as a reliable standby in “health food stores” and the like, that sometimes I need to be reminded how much I like this brand…