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Friday scent of the day 5/14

Posted by Robin on 14 May 2021 236 Comments

Hey, it’s Friday! And yesterday, Stevie Wonder turned 71. Our community project for today: tell us your favorite Stevie Wonder song and wear the fragrance to match. (And don’t forget, the haiku challenge is coming up tomorrow.)

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 listening to my absolute favorite Stevie Wonder song, Don’t You Worry ’bout a Thing, from the 1973 album Innervisions. (I am stealing a quote from the Telegraph via Wikipedia, already linked above: “It sounds and feels like a burst of summer happiness.”) My happy summer fragrance to match: Aftelier Candide…

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A self-care moment

Posted by Robin on 14 May 2021 2 Comments

Today, even the fine-fragrance category is having a self-care moment, as people now wear perfume less for social occasions and delve more into what fragrance does for them personally.

It does plenty: Seventy-five percent of emotions generated each day are due to smell, according to scent market research cited by retail solutions provider Mood Media.

— Read more in Fragrance Gets Functional at Women's Wear Daily via AOL.

Nuxe Prodigieux Floral Le Parfum ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 13 May 2021 8 Comments

French skincare & cosmetics firm Nuxe has launched Prodigieux Floral Le Parfum, a followup to the multi-use dry oil of the same name, introduced in 2019 (and a flanker to 2012’s Prodigieux Le Parfum)…

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Iced Star

Posted by Robin on 13 May 2021 6 Comments

A quick spot for Mugler Angel Iced Star.

Thursday scent of the day 5/13

Posted by Robin on 13 May 2021 172 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday and happy World Cocktail Day! And, of course, happy birthday to Stevie Wonder. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m cheating, in a way, in Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré again, but this time for another song from 1976’s Songs in the Key of Life, Summer Soft. (Bonus reading today: Stevie Wonder – ‘Songs in the Key of Life’: Why It Mattered at Happy; Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life at Pitchfork.)

Reminder: on 5/14 we’re celebrating Stevie Wonder’s birthday…

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