Happy Almost-Friday and happy Pots de Creme Day. Birthdays today: Man Ray, Lester Young,* Ira Levin, William Least Heat-Moon. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Hermès Kelly Caleche, from my standard community project…wear something Jean Claude Ellena made for Hermès.
Reminder: 8/28 will be Dealer’s Choice, edition 4…
We needed it. I sat here in the evenings, because I was here late every night, and when I looked out over that and saw people dancing, I was like, “Wow.” I was texting my friends and family and telling them what joy it brought. To think that I could do that with a plant, I mean, talk about incredible.
— Joyce Rondinella, senior horticulturist at Longwood Gardens, on Sprout, the titan arum that bloomed there last month. Read more in What It’s Like to Care for the Mighty ‘Corpse Flower’ at Atlas Obscura.
Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Mandarino, a new fragrance…
It’s Hump Day, National Dog Day and Women’s Equality Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in a summer favorite: Thierry Mugler Cologne.
Reminder: 8/28 will be Dealer’s Choice, edition 4…
But the news from the industry’s flavor and fragrance corner is different. At two leading players—Givaudan and Symrise—both sales and earnings were up, and sales fell only modestly at International Flavors & Fragrances. It turns out that demand for the consumer products their ingredients go into has held up during the pandemic—and in many cases has even grown.
— Don't forget this does not necessarily relate to perfume sales; these companies fragrance and flavor just about anything with a smell or a taste, including all those bleach wipes and hand sanitizers. Read more in Flavor and fragrance firms dodge pandemic sales blow at Chemical & Engineering News.