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2021 / Browsing by date: November 2021

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2021 2 Comments

Hand wash in Joy & Jasmine, one of The Body Shop's 3 seasonal fragrances for Holiday 2021. "A special edition festive fragrance, our joyful hand cleanser is enriched with jasmine extract from India and notes of orange flower, rose and sensual jasmine. This fresh, light and floral scent is guaranteed to give you the Christmas feels. Lather up with this gel-to foam-formula to leave palms and pinkies feeling squeaky-clean and refreshed and smelling super Christmassy." Currently marked down to $7 for 275 ml, and this scent is available in plenty of other products, as are the other 2 fragrances, Kindness & Pears and Love & Plums.

The True Story of Amouage

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2021 2 Comments

A six+ minute history of the Amouage brand.

Zara Vibrant Cities Collection by Jo Loves ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2021 Leave a Comment

Jo Malone’s Jo Loves brand has added 8 new fragrances to its collaboration with Spanish retailer Zara, the Zara Vibrant Cities Collection by Jo Loves: Boldly Seoul, Creatively Shanghai, Elegantly Tokyo, Energetically New York, Fashionably London, Gracefully Madrid, Magnificently Dubai and Stunningly Venice…

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Tuesday scent of the day 11/23

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2021 212 Comments

It’s Tuesday, National Espresso Day and Fibonacci Day. Birthdays: José Clemente Orozco, Harpo Marx, Bruce Hornsby. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m trying Upton’s Christmas tea (orange peels, cloves, cardamom, vanilla and rose petals), and I’m taking community project points in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Bakul Medjool.

Reminder: 11/26 will be Hide My Credit Card Friday…

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Dirty gym sock

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2021 Leave a Comment

“It’s like a dirty gym sock,” said Jacob Avery, a Carson resident and football coach at Banning High School in Wilmington, chuckling. “I don’t know; it’s like an unclean locker room.”

Resident Sarah Fong popped a menthol cough drop into her mouth to combat what she described as the stench of dead fish and dirty diapers.

— It's not entirely clear if the smell in Carson, California is still as bad as it was in October (although note that in early November, the town asked for Federal help with the issue) but regardless, it's now one for the books. Read more in ‘What’s that smell?’ Carson joins Southern California’s fraternity of stank at Los Angeles Times.

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