Avon has launched Far Away Amalfi, a new flanker to 1994’s Far Away for Women. The last in the series was Far Away Aloha…
Friday scent of the day 5/29
The last Friday in May! Our community project for today: wear a perfume by The Different Company, Tauer Perfumes, Tokyo Milk, Tocca or Téo Cabanel, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter T.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I went with Tauer Perfumes Rose Flash. I may add some Incense Flash later on…
The creation of aldehydes as well as ketones
A more fundamental contribution, she thinks, may come from the sun itself. When exposed to ultraviolet light, certain molecules “get excited” and form highly reactive compounds called radicals, Ms. Pugliese said. Those radicals then recombine with other nearby molecules, processes that often lead to the creation of aldehydes as well as ketones.
— Silvia Pugliese looks into the smell of line-dried laundry. Read more in How Line-Dried Laundry Gets That Fresh Smell at The New York Times; you can find an abstract of the original study here.
Francesca Bianchi Angel’s Dust ~ fragrance review
A recent Friday Community Project made me think about one of my favorite fragrance sub-genres, which I’ll call “vintage vanity” — perfumes that evoke the scent of lipsticks and the spilled residue of dusting powder, and sometimes even the wood of an old dressing table. I have a few favorites in this category: Frédéric Malle Lipstick Rose and L’Artisan Parfumeur Drôle de Rose are probably my top choices, but I’ve also tried and enjoyed Gabriella Chieffo Camaheu, Chanel Misia, Maison Martin Margiela Replica Lipstick On — you get the idea.
For this fragrance, indie perfumer Francesca Bianchi wears her influences proudly on her scented sleeve: she mentions Lipstick Rose’s “‘make-up memories” as well as État Libre d’Orange Putain des Palaces’ “feminine seduction and decadent dirty sensuality” as two favorites that inspired the creation of Angel’s Dust…
California dreaming
The spot for Louis Vuitton California Dream.