Escada will launch Candy Love, a new limited edition fragrance for women…
The luxuriance of the forest
Three perfumers talk about their creations for the new IFF Slow Smelling collection. First, Domitille Michalon-Bertier, then below the jump, Fanny Bal and Anne Flipo.
Friday scent of the day 10/9
Happy Beatlemania Friday / John Lennon’s birthday! Our community project for today: name your favorite Beatles or John Lennon song, and wear the perfume to match.
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.
It’s not really my favorite Beatles song, but I’m Only Sleeping is the perfect pandemic song, and I’m pairing it with Aftelier Ancient Resins…
Caramel or roses
A new study has revealed a genetic mutation that makes people who carry it be less susceptible to the smell of fish. For some of these people, fish's off-putting odor might even smell like caramel or roses.
— Read more in People With This Rare Gene Mutation Can't Smell Fishy Scents at International Business Times.
The (almost) daily lemming
Speed smelling is so 2019. This year, IFF is going slow, with "... the theme of “Luxury, Calm, and Pleasure” (after Baudelaire’s “Invitation to the Voyage”). The luxury of creation without looking at price tags. The re-connection to oneself and to suspended time. The rekindled pleasure of re-learning what they already knew, seeing with fresh eyes, away from the frantic trance of day to day. Join them in the Slow Smelling, close your eyes and partake in their imagined worlds: Luxury, Calm, and Pleasure, indeed." Slow Smelling 2020, with 10 ml fragrances by Fanny Bal, Nicolas Beaulieu, Caroline Dumur, Jean-Christophe Hérault, Bruno Jovanovic, Juliette Karagueuzoglou, Delphine Lebeau, Domitille Michalon-Bertier, Julien Rasquinet, Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion, $185 at Luckyscent.