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A beauty journalist

Posted by Robin on 21 June 2022 6 Comments

If you’ve ever done jury duty (me, recently), you’ll know it can be an odd experience. If chosen, you end up determining someone’s fate, but until that point it involves long periods of sitting in a room and waiting to be called.

As a beauty journalist, I idled away the time by trying to work out who was wearing which scent. I clocked Chanel’s Coco a number of times, while Red Door by Elizabeth Arden and Clinique’s Aromatics Elixir seemed to swirl into the room out of nowhere.

While I understand why these decades-old fragrances are still firm favourites, the wearers themselves weren’t old at all. It made me wonder: are these scents ageing these dynamic, vibrant women?

— Read more, or, better yet, don't, in Your perfume could be ageing you – here's why at The Telegraph.

Nomenclature Minted ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 20 June 2022 9 Comments

I recently purchased a few small plants to create a summer “container garden” — basil, dill, peppermint. I’ve done this before, although not last summer or the year before (I must have had something else on my mind?) and I’m looking forward to having a supply of fresh-picked herbs again. And, of course, there’s the smell factor. The mint plant, in particular, had me burying my nose in its leaves on the walk home.

Right around the same time, I was happy to hear that the first release from Nomenclature’s new Modern Eclectics collection is Minted, an “aromatic woody scent” with notes of mint, maté, jasmine, papyrus, Atlas cedar, violet, lemongrass, bergamot and brown sugar for “the fragrance equivalent of a deep breath.” This collection is playful, but in a different way from the original Nomenclature collection, with its aroma-chemical “molecule” inspirations and its lab flask bottles: the Modern Eclectics presentation includes collages by visual artist Rafael Santiago as well as short, whimsical poems, and the descriptions of its scents refer to nature, to flavors, even to internet culture. Minted (created for Nomenclature by perfumer Jérôme Epinette) takes “Moroccan mint tea on ice” as one reference point, but also plays with multiple readings of “mint” as taste, as currency (hence the dollar sign in its visuals) and as the condition of newness…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 20 June 2022 Leave a Comment

In case you've got the Monday morning tireds: Kate McLeod's Sleep Stone solid body moisturizer. "The Sleep Stone is a soothing blend that’s perfect for bedtime or whenever you need a dose of instant calm. Chamomile cools, quiets, and centers; lavender invites relaxation, encourages compassion, and eases anxiety." $45 for the 100g size with bamboo holder, $38 for the refill bar, or $14 for the 43g travel mini size. At Sephora or Kate McLeod. Other scents include the Daily Stone (rose + neroli + frankincense), Grounding (vetiver + bergamot), Clearing (palo santo), Dawn (coconut+ vanilla), Dusk (citronella+lemongrass).

Aerin Rose de Grasse Joyful Bloom ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 20 June 2022 Leave a Comment

Aerin has launched Rose de Grasse Joyful Bloom. Rose de Grasse Joyful Bloom is a variation on 2015’s Rose de Grasse…

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Monday scent of the day 6/20

Posted by Robin on 20 June 2022 148 Comments

It’s Monday and the last full day of spring. Also, World Refugee Day and Ice Cream Soda Day. Happy 80th to Brian Wilson! What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Guerlain Anisia Bella.

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

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