Another weekend gone! A very happy 80th to Bob Dylan. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Lush 25:43 for what looks to be a chilly, cloudy day.
Reminder: 5/28 will be Summer Vacation Friday…
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, late May 2021
Saturday is Sherlock Holmes Day and World Goth Day, then Sunday is World Turtle Day. We’re marking all the occasions with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance that helps you hide in your shell, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
The splitmeet, episode 15
The splitmeet (episode 15) is open for business. PLEASE read the instructions! For people who would like to chat in addition to, or instead of, splitting, there will be a poll along shortly.
Don’t know what a bottle split is, or you know but you’ve never tried it? See here.
Please note that the intention of the splitmeet is to split newly purchased bottles of perfume, not to sell decants of fragrances already in your collection! Anyone can join a split, but only people with current, active reader accounts may host splits. Update: in other words, you cannot host a split if you have never commented here before the day the splitmeet opens…
Perfumery is my life
My craft is a true family story, set in Grasse. My father was a perfumer, my grandmother harvested flowers, including roses and jasmine, and my grandfather was a supplier of natural ingredients for perfumery. Naturals are my life, as I grew up surrounded by their precious scents. This is the reason I am so passionate about natural ingredients. I trained very early with master perfumers to learn everything about composition. I have always wanted to do this job: it has always been evident. Perfumery is my life.
— Perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin, talking to Prestige Online about Penhaligon’s Racquets. Read more in In Conversation with Fabrice Pellegrin, the Grasse-native Perfumer Behind Penaligon’s Racquets.
Nice abs, part bazillionty and five
A spot for Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb Infrared. If you want to see the longer, extra-NSFW version, it's here.