Monday, Peach Pie Day (yes please), National Waffle Day, International Strange Music Day and Pluto Demoted Day. Literary birthdays: Max Beerbohm, Jean Rhys, Jorge Luis Borges, A.S. Byatt, Paulo Coelho de Souza, Oscar Hijuelos. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in the lovely Neela Vermeire Créations Pichola.
Reminder: 8/28 will be Dealer’s Choice, edition 4…
This sounds like an admirable scheme and the descriptions of the candles on the website are great: “The Local”, which “evokes the classic British boozer” and “lingers like the melancholy ramblings of an old inebriate”; “The Cinema” which boasts “salt popcorn”, “a fug of recirculated air” and “just the faintest whisper of third base in the back row”; and “The Festival” which features “sun-warmed cider”, “dew-damp sleeping bag” and “the merest shimmer of distant Portaloo”.
— David Mitchell of The Guardian takes a look at pandemic candle spending; above he is talking about a charity effort from the brand Earl of East, Scents of Normality. Read more in Why the scented candle really gets on my wick.
A repeat of a poll we did in 2016. The pandemic is over, and you’re going on a road trip. You can go anywhere that you can reach in about a day’s driving from your house. Tell us…
1. Where are you going?
2. What’s the perfect fragrance to wear in the car?
3. What other fragrance(s) will you bring with you, and what will you do when you get there?
4. Is there any perfume shopping at your destination, and if so, what will you buy…
This could be very nice for summer: Petite Chérie Fizzling Body Fragrance Mousse from Annick Goutal. "Goutal’s Petite Chérie tells the story of a kiss between mouth-watering pear and blooming rose. For a limited edition, this iconic creation takes a summer holiday and promises us long sunny days, full of discoveries and freedom. For the occasion, Petite Chérie reinvents itself in the form of a fragrance mousse that fizzes on the skin like an icy cloud. Enriched with Argan Oil, the astonishing airy texture crackles and then instantly sinks into the skin, leaving it refreshed and intensely scented, for soft and kissable skin." £38 for 125 ml at Harvey Nichols.
Diptyque has launched Othoniel Rosa, a new fragrance in collaboration with artist Jean-Michel Othoniel. (The Othoniel Rosa candle was introduced last year…)