Another Monday, but also Chocolate Cake Day, if that helps. Happy birthday to Alan Cumming! (And RIP Kobe Bryant.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m all out of 2nd Cumming, but while checking to be sure, I came upon CB I Hate Perfume On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. It won’t last, but for the moment, I smell fantastic.
Reminder: on 1/31, celebrate Backward Day…
We’re welcoming the Year of the (Gold) Rat with our same old open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the last fragrance sample you thunked, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
From Miller Harris, Honey And Lime Soap On A Rope: "Lively with citrus and blooming honeysuckle - as warm as a sunny rooftop garden, inspired by HIDDEN from our FORAGE collection, with added bran for its emollient and skin softening properties. These beautiful natural soaps also combine British rapeseed oil with coconut oil, organic shea butter, glycerin and vitamin E to leave the skin cleansed and moisturised." £20.
Nest Fragrances has launched Sunkissed Hibiscus, a new fragrance for women…
I never imagined the bottle standing vertically. Never. In my mind, women didn't need another object to put on their bathroom shelves. I pictured a flat, refillable, ultra-portable bottle with the proportions of a smartphone, which the hand is already used to. I wanted to create a bottle so thin that we had to construct various ways to create it.
— Architect and industrial designer Chafik Gasmi on the bottle he created for Lancôme Idôle. Read more in How Perfume Bottle Designs Affect Your Perception of the Scent Inside at Allure.