Bvlgari has launched Bvlgari Man Glacial Essence, a flanker to 2010’s Bvlgari Man…
Mikimoto, again
Takuma Iwasaki and Mana Takase in a (beautifully shot) spot for Mikimoto Eau de Parfum. (We already posted a bottle porn video.)
Thursday scent of the day 6/25
Happy Almost-Friday and happy Global Beatles Day. Birthdays: George Orwell, James Meredith, Carly Simon, Anthony Bourdain. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m trying out Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Hot Masala. It’s every bit as soothing and delicious as Jessica said it would be.
Reminder: on 6/26, wear a perfume by Une Nuit Nomade, Ulrich Lang, Vilhelm Parfumerie or Vero Profumo if you have one…
She could smell it
Kelsey Meeks sprayed pine-scented air freshener in her office last week — then started to cry. For the first time in months, she could smell it.
— Read more in Some coronavirus patients lose their sense of smell for 30-plus days — and may never regain it. Scientists are beginning to understand why at Business Insider.
The daily lemming
Yes, I was already hungry. Shortbread cookies from Makabi & Sons, in Oaxaca flavor (shown; "Shortbread butter cookies with rich cocoa, sweet cinnamon and a hint of cayenne"). Also available in Maroc ("with roasted pistachio, fragrant rosewater and aromatic cardamom"), Verdon ("with floral lavender") and Oxford ("with creamy vanilla and fragrant earl grey tea"), plus three other flavors, $7 for 6 cookies at the brand website. Beautyhabit has a few of the flavors too, at $9.