Thursday scent of the day 6/23

Posted by Robin on 23 June 2022 110 Comments

It’s Almost-Friday, Let It Go Day and United Nations Public Service Day. Birthdays: Alan Turing, June Carter Cash, Frances McDormand. What fragrance are you wearing?

Unless our flight is cancelled again, it’s going to be a travel day for me — we are off to Montreal for our belated anniversary trip. I’ll be gone until Monday; posting will be sparse until Tuesday. And, I’ll be mostly commando because we are traveling light. At the moment, though, I’m in a little spritz of Hermès Eau Claire des Merveilles.

Reminder: on 6/24 we’ll celebrate Midsummer 2022…

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The whole marketing ideal has changed

Posted by Robin on 23 June 2022 2 Comments

When a new Yves Saint Laurent perfume came out in 2001, Tom Ford, the creative director of the house at the time, threw a sensational party at the Paris Stock Exchange, where he put a gaggle of practically nude models on display in a giant plexiglass container. The fragrance was called Nu, French for “nude.”
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An event like that seems unimaginable today, and not just because unchecked hedonism became taboo after #MeToo. The whole marketing ideal has changed: Most designers and brands aren’t using sex to sell perfume — and people aren’t buying perfume to have sex.

— Read more in When Did Perfume Stop Being About Sex? at The New York Times.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 22 June 2022 1 Comment

Lime Basil bar soap from Portugese brand Luxo Banho: "Featuring the classic and timeless design of the historic Luxo-Banho Classic soap, the new Luxo-Banho Lime Basil soap innovates in fragrance and color. Hand-packed and ergonomically shaped, this generous, oval soap is enriched with sweet almond oil, leaving the skin clean, hydrated and lightly scented." $13 for 350g at Smallflower (and will add that Kevin liked their Nectar bar — see Long Hot Summer ~ Soaps for the Sultry Days Ahead).