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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 8 November 2021 4 Comments

From L'Occitane's holiday collection, A Winter Walk Ultra Light Body Cream: "Our limited-edition body cream is uniquely airy. Formulated with shea butter, it helps nourish the skin, leaving it feeling soft, supple, and comfortable. On cold winter days, the aroma of our Winter Walk Collection conjures up warm, vivid memories. Explore notes of juicy fig and sparkling mandarin wrapped up in the embrace of soft musks. " $44 for 200 ml.

Penhaligon’s The World According to Arthur ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 8 November 2021 Leave a Comment

Penhaligon’s has launched The World According to Arthur, a new addition to their Portraits collection…

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Atelier Versace

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A quick spot for the latest additions to the Atelier Versace collection.

Monday scent of the day 11/8

Posted by Robin on 8 November 2021 256 Comments

It’s Monday, and the Monday after #FallBack to boot. It’s also National Cappuccino Day. Birthdays: Bram Stoker, Minnie Riperton, Bonnie Raitt, Kazuo Ishiguro, Rickie Lee Jones. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Zoologist Panda, the newer version.

Reminder: on 11/12 we’re doing Dealer’s Choice, edition 5…

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My superhero cape and costume

Posted by Robin on 8 November 2021 Leave a Comment

“The idea of perfume as a way of attracting a mate – that’s not the fragrance, that’s just the marketing,” says [Guerlain perfumer Thierry] Wasser. He has another theory – and it is one that is currently emerging across the industry – that one of the things perfume does best is to ignite a sense of personal creativity, of reinvention and reimagining in the wearer. The idea, he says, was entrenched in his mind aged 13, when, lagging behind his puberty-reaching friends, he wore Guerlain’s Abbé Rouge [sic] as a way to create a “character” for himself. “It was my superhero cape and costume,” he says – and to this day he keeps a lab sample in his pocket that he “continually resprays like an addict”.

— Read more in These perfumes will make you more creative... at Financial Times.

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