Ok, which one of you will buy this first? A reissue of a 1952 collector bottle inspired by Christian Dior's dog, Bobby, originally created for Miss Dior and now containing the more modern and (insert adjective of your choice) 2021 version of Miss Dior Blooming, the frosted flacon was created by Waltersperger and sports a bow by Safrane. €450; 3000 bottles were made. (via luxepackaginginsight)
Carolina Herrera will launch Very Good Girl, a new fragrance for women, in February. Very Good Girl is a flanker to 2016’s Good Girl…
It’s Tuesday and National Marzipan Day. (Also, Raf Simons‘ birthday.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m not quite in marzipan, but I can claim the thread of bitter almond in Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto.
Reminder: on 1/15, wear a fragrance to match Ultimate Gray and/or Illuminating, Pantone’s colors of the year for 2021…
The suit says the offensive odors are a byproduct of the factory’s manufacturing process, which strips fouls-smelling sulfur compounds from crude sulfate turpentine. The end result is a product that can be used for everything from sweet smelling candles to plug-in air freshers. But the extracted sulfur odor is “vile and sickening,” according to the lawsuit --- and as anyone who has smelled it can attest.
— Residents of Jacksonville, Florida sue International Flavors & Fragrances. Read more in ‘Vile, sickening’ odors basis of new lawsuit against Jacksonville fragrance factory at First Coast News.
In my mind’s eye, it went down like this: “Amber? You want us to develop an Exclusif focused on amber?” I picture four or five people around an ebony table in a taupe-tinted room with black moldings — the board room version of a Chanel suit.
“You did it with patchouli,” the executive says. “No one smells Coromandel and thinks of Woodstock.”
“Not at that price,” the intern mutters…