A cheap thrills limited edition holiday set from Yves Rocher, with shower gels in Midnight Berries and Winter Apples. Two x 200 ml for $9 at Yves Rocher USA.
Penhaligon’s The Inimitable William Penhaligon ~ new fragrance
Penhaligon’s has launched The Inimitable William Penhaligon, a new addition to their Portraits collection…
Tuesday scent of the day 11/17
Tuesday, plus International Students’ Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m still digging around in my big bowl of Dawn Spencer Hurwitz samples. Today’s pick: Flores Bonitas y Corazones Rotos, from the Frida Kahlo series.
Reminder: on 11/20, for Bo Derek’s birthday, wear a perfume that you would rate an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10…
I’d recognise this unrepentant showpiece anywhere
"Wow, get me out of this lift." I don’t say that, obviously. But it’s what I think as soon as the two magazine executives enter, bringing with them their perfume-doused coats, collars and wrists. It’s not the smell that’s the issue. Honestly, that’s the only enjoyable part: thorny fruits, an overdose of Turkish rose, the contradiction of adolescent patchouli and potent sandalwood, then almost-vanilla. Bark. Musk. Olfactory morse code for power and sex. I’d recognise this unrepentant showpiece anywhere – these days, anyway.
— Can you guess? Read more in When did we all start smelling... the same? at Cosmopolitan via Yahoo News.
The daily lemming
From Sephora's house brand, the Wild Wishes soap set: "The Lagoon Bar Soap is an aquatic blend of blue waterfalls, giving you a fresh reboot, and it is also dermatologically tested. The Mango Bar Soap is a luscious and juicy soap with notes of mango to give you contagious energy. The Cotton Flower Bar Soap contains notes of cotton flower that wraps you in a veil of silky softness, and it is also dermatologically tested. The Monoï Bar Soap is inspired by the Monoï and hot sand—anytime of the year, the most unforgettable summers come rushing back." Four 100g bars, $14.