June is flying by, folks! We’re marking the weekend, and World Refugee Day, and Father’s Day, and whatever else you’ve got going on this weekend, with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the cologne that reminds you of your father, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Lately, when I pick my perfume for the day, I’ve been choosing comfort scents that soothe me just enough to get some necessary work done but not so much that I want to cocoon myself in bed. Over the past two weeks I’ve kept returning to two particular fragrances that fit that description, and both happen to be inspired by beverages: Sunday from Arielle Shoshana and Hot Masala by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.1
Arielle Shoshana Sunday is a “sweet, green, undefinable” scent promising “Sunday serenity, any day of the week.” It was inspired by Ari’s favorite Sunday-morning beverage, matcha horchata, and was developed by perfumer Cécile Hua. It includes notes of matcha tea, rice milk, cinnamon, maté absolute, cardamom, coconut, amber, sandalwood and vanilla.
I’ve tasted matcha (a beverage made from Japanese powdered green tea) and horchata (a drink of sweetened rice milk with cinnamon) separately, but not together…
Niche line Heeley will launch Zeste de Gingembre, a new unisex fragrance, next month…
A lemming for Jo Malone fans: the Spring Scents coffret, with 9 ml bottles of Yuja, Waterlily, Nectarine Blossom & Honey, Osmanthus and Orange Blossom. £74 at Selfridges.
Another spot for the new Mugler Angel Nova.