It’s the weekend, and we’re celebrating with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your idea of the perfect back-to-school fragrance, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
A spot for Floral Street + Van Gogh Museum Sunflower Pop.
Wary of disappearing flower crops used in its best-selling perfumes, fashion and beauty firm Chanel has bought up more land in southern France to secure its supplies of jasmine and other varieties, harvested by hand in a delicate annual ritual.
The luxury group said it had bought up an extra 10 hectares (100,000 square metres) of land, adding to the 20 hectares it already exploits in partnership with a local family near the town of Grasse, known for its surrounding flower fields.
— Read more in Chanel Buys Up More Jasmine Fields to Safeguard Famous No. 5 at Business of Fashion.
It’s Friday! Our community project for today: People change…wear something you never would have worn in your pre-perfumista days.
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 am heading home tomorrow after a week at the beach with family. I am commando again. I did not wear perfume even once: days were commando, nights were Cutter Eucalyptus…
Maybe this explains why iris suddenly smells so right, so modern. It is totally genderless, totally timeless. And don’t we all feel as if we’ve been underground for a while? We want to dazzle every mask-free nose we encounter, and for those eager to experience enticing post-pandemic sniffs, there is something particularly wonderful about orris’s strangeness.
— Read more in How the Humble Iris Root Became One of the Most Prized—and Pricey—Fragrance Ingredients on the Planet at Town & Country.