This year, though, Grasse took a hit. The town and region, along with much of western Europe, faced extreme drought, which wiped out swaths of flower crops. Carole Biancalana, who grows tuberose, rose, and jasmine exclusively for Dior, says her tuberose harvest was 40% less than last year. Farmers across the wider region saw flower yields down by as much as half, according to Grasse’s 45-year-old mayor, Jérôme Viaud.
— Read more in Perfume’s Best Scents Are Being Snuffed Out at Bloomberg.
From Costes, the Golden Candle: "...the iconic candle of the Hotel Costes since 2001, which marks the olfactory imprint of the place, is covered by hand with real gold leaf and comes with a set of mystery matches. A unique and heady scent that captures our senses as soon as we walk through the door. Perfumer Olivia Giacobetti has reinterpreted the olfactory imprint of the Hotel Costes by adding a note of rose to this baroque emanation of precious woods, rum and beeswax." $120 for 250g at Luckyscent.
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It’s Hump Day and National Pumpkin Day. Birthdays: Mahalia Jackson and Natalie Merchant. The splitmeet is still going! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m taking more geranium points in Parfum d’Empire Azemour Les Orangers.
Reminder: on 10/28, wear a fragrance with geranium leaf, if you have one…
"I remember [in the sixties] when Sonny [Bono] and I became famous, I used to take my mom's perfume," she recalls. Her mother was big on Dior Joy and "one with a Spanish lady on it," which I can only assume was Nueva Maja by Myrurgia. At the time, Cher also wanted to wear Tabu by Dana, which was known for being… well, taboo. "My mom said, 'Cher, good girls don't wear that.' I was like, 'Mom, come on.'"
— Read more in Cher Isn't Old Enough to Be an Icon — Well, at Least According to Her at Allure.