Saturday is Iris Day, World Red Cross Day, and Sir David Frederick Attenborough’s birthday. Sunday is Europe Day and Mother’s Day (in the USA). We’re marking all the occasions with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite European iris fragrance, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Bath & Body Works has launched Midsummer Dream, a new fragrance for women…
Two UK videos about the linden tree (aka lime aka basswood aka tilia). First, Dr Markus Eichhorn of the University of Nottingham talks about the insects, including bees, that love the tree. Then below the jump, Wild Food UK introduces the edible uses of the tree.
Yves Saint Laurent has launched La Nuit de L’Homme Bleu Électrique. The new fragrance for men is a followup to 2017’s La Nuit de L’Homme Eau Électrique, which was a flanker to 2009’s La Nuit de L’Homme, which was a flanker to 2006’s La Homme…
So for ages I've been dithering over whether to break my "no bottles over 30 ml" rule to buy Astier de Villatte Grand Chalet. It's neither my absolute favorite nor the absolute best of the things on my buy list, but at the moment, I don't own any linden fragrance, and really, is that any way to live? But meanwhile, somebody bought out D'Orsay, and last year they reissued everything under new names. The old Tilleul, the 2008 version of the brand's linden (from perfumer Olivia Giacobetti) is now Vouloir être ailleurs ("In its tiny, sweet voice, “Vouloir être ailleurs” transports us back to heady, carefree times. Linden flower, honey and freshly-cut hay take us back to when we were 15. Almost adults yet cradled by the perfumes of our childhood. Little did we know then, that in just a few days, we would be grown up for good. A radiant interlude") and while the ad copy says nothing to me except that 15 year olds in France must smell much better than 15 year olds in the USA, just look at that adorable little 30 ml bottle. Please, somebody try it and tell me if it is better than Grand Chalet.