From Oribe, the Desertland candle: "Transform your atmosphere into the warm air of a green, blooming desert. Our scented candle opens with bright, crisp notes of juniper berry and aromatic lavender wrapped in sunstruck pine and Texas cedarwood, capturing both the sandy heat of the day and cool vastness of the still night." $78 for 227g at Oribe.
Guerlain will launch two Eau de Parfum additions to the Aqua Allegoria line: Mandarine Basilic Forte and Rosa Rossa Forte. Both were developed by Guerlain perfumer Delphine Jelk…
Niche line Miller et Bertaux has launched Aymara, a new unisex fragrance…
It’s William Shakespeare Friday! (Also, the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.) Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that matches a favorite line from a Shakespeare sonnet or play, or do something else creative with the theme. Thanks go to allo for the suggestion!
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’m in Parfum d’Empire Azemour Les Orangers for the scene in Much Ado About Nothing in which Beatrice says that Count Claudio is “…is neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, nor well; but civil // count, civil as an orange, and something of that jealous complexion” (the pun refers to the bitter Seville orange)…
Spent charge, also known as sandalwood residue, is the exhausted biomass created during the oil distillation process when obtaining sandalwood oil. This residue has traditionally been known as an industrial by-product that was simply discarded as green waste or boiler feed after the steam distillation process.
Instead of disposing of the exhausted biomass, ongoing research and innovation by Quintis has unlocked the potential for grouping this as spent charge. By re-purposing it to create incense products, Quintis has been able to reduce waste and, more than that, continued to add value to sandalwood operations.
— Read more in Turning Indian sandalwood waste to incense: Upcycling a precious ingredient at Cosmetics Business.