My aunt would also always tell this one anecdote: My grandmother was a fantastic cook, and she had an apron with embroidered flowers, so when I was a little, little kid, and I could barely walk, I would approach her and sniff the embroidered flowers of her apron. Everybody remembers it; there aren’t any pictures, but my aunt is still talking about it.
— Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux, quoted in This Perfumer Truly Knows What Happiness Smells Like at The Cut.
Chai! "Soul Chai's original chai powder is the stuff your mugs dream about when they sleep in your cupboards at night. Bold. Spicy-sweet. Soul-warming. This is chai." 100g / 50 servings for $20 at Beautyhabit, in regular (above right, with black tea) or rooibos (above left).
Niche line Byredo has launched Lil Fleur, a new fragrance intended as a “youthful ode to Damask rose”…
It’s Tuesday (I checked). PSA: the swapmeet will be open for another week! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in L’Eau de L’Artisan. This morning really called for coffee, so instead of tea I’m drinking a cup of Chameleon Cold Brew coffee (coffee from a jar!) with milk and cardamom.
Reminder: 5/22 will be World Goth Day…
But it's not all sunny: Perfume founders like Julian Bedel of Fueguia 1833 admit that the online uptick hasn't made up for the loss in brick-and-mortar sales, and worse, ingredient scarcity may threaten future stock. "Bergamot, neroli, and iris are all March and April crops; we have [had] many communities not able to harvest crops due to transport disruptions or quarantine restrictions," Bedel says.
— Read more in How COVID-19 Has Changed the Fragrance Industry — at Least for Now at Allure.