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Wednesday scent of the day 9/9

Posted by Robin on 9 September 2020 276 Comments

Hump Day + Steak Au Poivre Day + Leo Tolstoy’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m taking community project points in Arielle Shoshana Sunday.

Reminder: on 9/11, wear a perfume with cardamom, if you have one…

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Victoria’s Secret Very Sexy Orchid ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 8 September 2020 Leave a Comment

Victoria’s Secret has launched Very Sexy Orchid, a new flanker to 2002’s Very Sexy…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 8 September 2020 10 Comments

Frédéric Malle celebrates 20 years with limited edition 100 ml bottles of seven fragrances (Bigarade Concentrée, Vétiver Extraordinaire, French Lover, L’Eau d’Hiver, Musc Ravageur, Carnal Flower and Portrait of a Lady) “elegantly clad in a frieze that tells the story of twenty years of creation”. Available already in the EU, €215 each. Shown below the jump, the packaging for Vétiver Extraordinaire…

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Tuesday scent of the day 9/8

Posted by Robin on 8 September 2020 296 Comments

It’s Tuesday! Also, happy Star Trek Day and happy International Literacy Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m wearing 4160Tuesdays The Buddhawood Box. Tea at the moment is Yunnan Golden Monkey Organic from Upton.

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All the way through to the value-added process

Posted by Robin on 8 September 2020 Leave a Comment

Mr Mulder said the business is the culmination of Mr Farmer's father's vision: "to bring equity and ownership into the sandalwood industry for the Indigenous people from the central desert".

"Currently, the Dutjahn Custodians are the only Aboriginal or Indigenous Business involved in the sandalwood industry that are actually actively out there harvesting and seeing their product all the way through to the value-added process," he said.

It is a business model that has proven enticing to buyers like mega beauty company Estee Lauder.

Read more in From the Gibson Desert to New York, these sandalwood harvesters are winning over the perfume market at ABC News Australia. Hat tip to Sara!

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