Voyages Imaginaires is the new niche brand of Camille Goutal of Goutal Paris and perfumer Isabelle Doyen. They debut with five fragrances: Azahar, La Couleur de la Nuit, L’Echappée Sauvage, Le Grand Jeu and Tea & Rock’n’Roll…
Zadig & Voltaire This is Us! ~ new fragrance
French ready-to-wear line Zadig & Voltaire will launch This is Us!, the unisex follow up to 2016’s This is Her! and This is Him!…
Wednesday scent of the day 12/9
Hump Day, International Anti-Corruption Day and Pastry Day. Happy birthday to Judi Dench! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m finally accruing some community project points, with Balenciaga Paris L’Eau Rose.
Reminder: on 12/11, wear a perfume with violet, if you have one…
The smellicopter
Melanie Anderson, a PhD student at the University of Washington, introduces the Smellicopter: "a drone that uses a live antenna from a moth to navigate its way toward a smell".
The daily lemming
Boujee Bougies is a new candle brand, and many of you know one or more of the principals behind the project. Nick Gilbert, who used to comment here regularly when he was working a perfume counter, went on to work for Les Senteurs, Penhaligon's and L'Artisan before launching Olfiction along with Thomas Dunckley (you might know him as The Candy Perfume Boy), Ezra-Lloyd Jackson and perfumer Pia Long. Their five offerings include Succulent ("With juicy green notes of cactus and tomato leaf, Succulent is verdant and fresh, evoking a glass conservatory overflowing with lush tendrils") and Queen Jam ("Queen Jam is a Finnish conserve made from raspberries and bilberries...Our Queen Jam throws in a few roses..."), as well as Cuir Culture ("pup masks, leather jackets, old books"), Gilt ("whispered confessions, incense smoke, gold leaf") and Hellflower ("sulphur, burning flowers, brimstone"). 60g for £25 or 220g for £55, at Boujee Bougies.