Author Laurence Fearnley (better known to many of you as Kanuka) has published a new novel that may be of interest to perfumistas:
A fascinating novel about following one’s nose . . .
The (almost) daily lemming
Cuticle oil that reportedly smells like ylang and lavender: Reparative Cuticle Oil from Lauren B. Beauty. "Hydrate dry cuticles and prep for your perfect manicure with this Lauren B. Beauty reparative oil featuring 14 botanical oils. Apply with the convenient dropper tip for mess-free application." $22 at Urban Outfitters. (The same brand also has a nail polish remover with geranium and petitgrain.)
Bond no. 9 Gold Coast ~ new fragrance
The swapmeet, episode 15
The swapmeet (episode 15) is open for business! PLEASE read the instructions! (For those of you who refuse to read the instructions, please do not respond to anyone else’s comment except to say that their email address does not work. ANYTHING else you need to say, say it in an email. If you insist on responding to a comment, I will delete your comment. If you want to know how to swap for something, see #6 below!) For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, swapping, there will be a poll along shortly.
Don’t know what swapping is, or you know but you’ve never tried it? See here. You can also take a look at the feedback from episode 3, episode 4, episode 5, episode 6 and episodes 7-8, episodes 9-10.
Please, do not participate if you do not have time to mail your items within the next two weeks! Another swapmeet will be coming up in the spring…
Regime des Fleurs Chloe Sevigny Little Flower ~ fragrance review
A collaboration with film and fashion icon Chloë Sevigny, Little Flower is Régime des Fleurs’ provocative take on Sevigny’s favorite bloom — the rose. . . . Thérèse of Lisieux, a late 19th century French nun who died at the age of 24, was referred to as ‘The Little Flower’ and became the Catholic patron saint of flowers.
Well, if you were trying to come up with a fragrance that would sound irresistible to me, you couldn’t do much better than that. I’m a life-long lover of rose perfumes and a former Catholic schoolgirl still deeply influenced by my religion’s iconography. I’ve also been following Chloë Sevigny’s work (and style) ever since her 1994 profile in The New Yorker, so I already know that she’s a serious perfume fan who used to wear Comme des Garçons Rose…