It’s Tuesday and World Lion Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in vintage Hermès Calèche Eau de Toilette, because Aurora mentioned it yesterday.
Reminder: 8/13 is Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday (and Friday the 13th)…
A massive fragrance hoarder
My mom was a massive fragrance hoarder. She would buy so many fragrances, to keep herself, but also to gift to people, because when we would go back to the Ivory Coast to see family, we’d have to come bearing gifts. The ones I remember the most are the mini coffrets she would buy — little sets of vintage fragrance — and they were always either Lancôme, like O de Lancôme and Trésor, or Cacharel ones like Eden and Lou Lou. I would basically sneak into her cupboard, find the plastic bag where she kept them all, and smell all the little fragrances.
— Maeva Heim of Bread Beauty Supply on her first scent memory. Read more in The Hair Care Founder Who Bottled the Smell of Cereal Milk at The Cut.
Wax Scented Candleholder
From Loewe, the making of the (Tomato Leaves) Wax Scented Candleholder, which is also a candle and actually requires a separate holder or plate (you can see the Beetroot version in one of my daily lemming posts, because yes, I'd like one, along with Cypress Balls, Honeysuckle, Liquorice, Coriander and Ivy.). Around $107, and you can see the whole collection here. The "regular" 170g candles in terracotta jars are $85.
The daily lemming
The perfect lemming for Book Lovers Day, courtesy of Oakland Fresca: the Scents Gift Box from The London Review of Books. "Beethoven beguiles the ear, Ingres the eye and Ferran Adrià the tongue, but of all the senses scent is perhaps the most neglected. Here’s our personal selection of books to make you smell wonderful." With Perfume by Patrick Suskind, The Secret of Scent by Luca Turin and The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr, plus a Made by Coopers Happy Room Spray in 100 ml (with lime, clementine and basil). £45 at the LRB Bookshop.
Monday scent of the day 8/9
Happy National Book Lovers Day! Most unfortunately it’s also Monday. What fragrance are you wearing? (And what book are you reading?)
I’m in Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile, in the original Eau de Toilette. And I’m in the middle of three books: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson, Autumn by Ali Smith and Something Fresh (the first in the Blandings Castle series) by PG Wodehouse.
Reminder: 8/13 is Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday (and Friday the 13th)…