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2021 / Browsing by date: August 2021

That fresh smell of the sea

Posted by Robin on 24 August 2021 Leave a Comment

I like the smell of fish markets. I spent a lot of time in Croatia years ago, and every morning we would get up, and we would go to the fish market because the fishermen would literally bring the fish they just caught to the market at five in the morning, and something just drew me to the smell. They had clams, and branzino, and it was all straight from the Adriatic Sea, so it was that fresh smell of the sea as well.

— Chris Collins of the perfume brand World of Chris Collins, on a smell he likes that most people don't. Read more in The Model Turned Perfumer Who Smells Like Hustle at The Cut.

Monday scent of the day 8/23

Posted by Robin on 23 August 2021 140 Comments

It’s Monday and the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. (A quick PSA: I am at the beach this week, and so the blog will be even lazier than usual.) What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m commando, other than the lingering remains of last night’s Cutter Lemon Eucalyptus.

Reminder: on 8/27 we’re doing People change…

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Pure happiness

Posted by Robin on 23 August 2021 Leave a Comment

The heady aromas wafting from the fields were a daily part of my childhood; it's amazing to think that I was constantly surrounded by jasmine, rose and honeysuckle, to name a few. I miss those chilly days when we went picking branches of mimosa in the forest of Tanneron, filling the house with them—the absolute best, most intoxicating, gorgeous, fluffy scent. It was pure happiness.

— Perfumer Caroline Sabas on her childhood in Grasse. Read more in Profiles: Caroline Sabas at Perfumer & Flavorist.

Lazy weekend poll ~ 6 questions for late August 2021

Posted by Robin on 21 August 2021 296 Comments

A quick PSA: I am leaving Saturday for a family beach vacation (I’ve been to the beach already this year, but this is the first time my extended family is gathering in one place since 2019). I’ll be gone through next Saturday. Things will be even lazier around here than usual, so bear with me.

Meanwhile, 6 questions. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else.

1. What fragrance are you wearing today?

2. What’s the next fragrance you’d like to try?

3. Do you wear fragrance every day, or do you take breaks, or …?

4. Is your current collection too small, too big or just right?

5. We haven’t done a pandemic poll since Memorial Day. If you’d like to share how your area is doing with Covid-19, or how the pandemic is affecting you lately, please do.

6. Share something wonderful with us! It can be anything — the most fun thing you did this summer (or winter), something delicious you ate, your latest binge-worthy TV series, the last good book you read, any fabulous news you recently received — really, anything…

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Vilhelm Parfumerie Chicago High & Imaginary Authors The Soft Lawn Edition 2.0 ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 20 August 2021 5 Comments

This news item hasn’t received the attention it might have attracted at a less fraught moment in history: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel The Great Gatsby has entered the public domain in 2021. (Just in time for us to realize that our own Twenties might not be quite as Roaring as we hoped — at least, not yet, thanks to Covid-19.) Over the past ninety-five years, The Great Gatsby has given rise to dozens of adaptations in all media. (Do you have a favorite film version of this novel? I don’t.) Even a few perfumes have attempted to capture the spirit of this classic book, with Vilhelm Parfumerie’s Chicago High joining the group in 2020.

I wondered about Chicago High’s inspiration when I read this description…

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