Maison Francis Kurkdjian has launched the Collection Cologne Forte, with three fragrances: Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte, Aqua Vitae Cologne Forte and Aqua Celestia Cologne Forte…
You’re the one for me
People in love, for Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Forever.
The daily lemming
In case you are needing more hand cream and you're feeling flush: Byredo's latest round of limited editions. "Hand Cream Collector's Edition. Its 30ml aliminium tube is fondly reminiscent of an artist’s paint and convenient to carry around. A meltingly rich salve in three iconic fragrances – Mojave Ghost, Rose Of No Man’s Land and Bal D’Afrique – are contained within pop coloured, polka dotted tubes, in an elevated expression of gleeful irreverence." $43 at Byredo.
Friday scent of the day 6/4
It’s ‘With A Little Help from My Friends’ Friday! Our community project for today: wear a perfume that you received from someone else, either here at Now Smell This or elsewhere, or that you never would have tried if someone else hadn’t recommended it, or worn it, or reviewed it. Thanks go to Jalapeno for the idea!
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I’m thumbing my nose at the rain in Parfum d’Empire Azemour Les Orangers, yet another generous gift from a reader…
Eating lilacs
Until a few weeks ago, the idea of eating lilacs had never occurred to me. If you’d asked, I’m sure I would have stated, with unfounded authority, that the blossoms were inedible. Then, in late May, I saw a friend post a picture of her in-progress lilac infusion on Instagram. Another friend chronicled her theft of a lilac branch from a neighbor’s yard, for use in lilac sugar cookies. The novelist Amal El-Mohtar tweeted her preparation of a batch of lilac syrup: a bundle of just-picked blossoms, washed, then measured, and finally set in a bath of hot sugar water to infuse. Something was in the air, besides all the pollen and perfume.
— Read more in Lilac Syrup and the Underrated Art of Eating Flowers: The social-media star Alexis Nikole Nelson, a.k.a. BlackForager, is building an army of florivores at The New Yorker. Hat tip to Kevin!