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L’Eau Kenzo Hyper Wave ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2020 Leave a Comment

Kenzo has launched L’Eau Kenzo Hyper Wave Pour Femme and Pour Homme, new limited edition flankers to L’Eau Par Kenzo Pour Femme and Pour Homme…

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Guerlain L’Heure Blanche ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2020 10 Comments

Guerlain has launched L’Heure Blanche, a new limited edition musky floral…

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The (almost) daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2020 6 Comments

From Miss Patisserie, the Tea + Cake Bath Slab: "A sweet fizzy bath slab set that goes together like tea and cake! The pink slab smells of chai tea and the sprinkles slab has a scent of almond cake. Break off a chunk or two (or three) and add to your bath. Mix up the two slabs for beautiful bath art." £12 at Miss Patisserie.

Tuesday scent of the day 2/18

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2020 170 Comments

It’s Tuesday, Drink Wine Day and Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Birthdays today: John Travolta, Yoko Ono, Paco Rabanne, Toni Morrison, Louis Comfort Tiffany. What fragrance are you wearing?

Because of Madtowngirl & Tiffanie, I’m in Hermès Eau Claire des Merveilles layered with Eau des Merveilles. Tea at the moment is an organic Colombian Tippy Black, brewed with nutmeg, cardamom and a pinch of roasted cacao nibs.

Reminder: on 2/21, wear a fragrance by Parfum d’Empire, Parfums DelRae, Penhaligon’s, Pacifica or Parfumerie Generale, if you have one…

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Spicy, musky petals

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2020 2 Comments

For A Marvellous Entanglement, filmmaker and installation artist, Isaac Julien worked with perfumer Yann Vasnier and the Galerie Folie shop to create a scent inspired by Julien’s 2019 work by the same name. Consisting of performance, film, and photography, the piece is an expansive meditation on the work on the Italian-born, Brazilian-based multidisciplinary architect Lina Bo Bardi. [...] As Vasnier said, ‘I tried to articulate the sensuous movements of the dance sequences on the concrete floor with spicy, musky petals seducing the waxy, musky cement.’

— Read more in Contemporary artists are creating conceptual perfumes at Wallpaper.

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