Diesel has launched Sound Of The Brave, a new flanker to 2009’s Only The Brave. Sound Of The Brave follows 2020’s Spirit Of The Brave Intense…
The daily lemming
Another item in Diptyque's upcoming (early June) Summer Essentials collection celebrating the brand’s 60th anniversary, Citronelle & Geranium Summer Body Spray, with lemongrass, geranium and lemon eucalyptus. It is supposed to moisturize the skin and repel mosquitoes. In 100 ml.
Michael Kors Extreme Journey & Extreme Sky ~ new fragrances
Michael Kors has launched Extreme Journey, a new fragrance for men. Last year, the brand introduced Extreme Sky. Extreme Journey and Extreme Sky are flankers to 2014’s Michael Kors for Men, and follow 2019’s Extreme Rush…
Wednesday scent of the day 5/19
Hump Day! (And in the UK, National Numeracy Day.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré (again — I am still at the beach and my fragrance collection is limited).
Reminder: 5/21 is World Meditation Day…
Gripping olfactory history of the 20th century
The truth, as revealed in Karl Schlögel’s gripping olfactory history of the 20th century, is that both perfumes have roots in Tsarist Russia, in particular in a fragrance developed by two French perfumers, Ernest Beaux and Auguste Michel, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty in 1913. Le Bouquet Préféré de l’Impératrice (The Empress’s Favourite Bouquet) was ill fated, appearing only four years before the Bolshevik revolution put an end to the Romanovs and everything they stood for, but it inspired the creation of both Chanel No 5 and Red Moscow.
— Read more in The Scent of Empires by Karl Schlögel review – politics, power and perfume at The Guardian.