But for many women who came of age believing one's choice of Victoria's Secret body spray said a lot about your personality, having vanilla front-and-center as your signature is a non-starter. It suggests a certain youthfulness and unsophistication so acute that it's best found vaguely alluded to in a base note, if anywhere at all, lest people judge you at first sniff on the basis of smelling like angel food cake.
— Read more in Our Love-Hate Relationship With Vanilla, Explained at Allure.
It’s Tuesday, National STEM Day and National Cappuccino Day. (Also Election Day in the US. Do vote, but don’t talk about politics here.) Birthdays: Bram Stoker, Minnie Riperton, Bonnie Raitt, Kazuo Ishiguro, Rickie Lee Jones. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in 4160Tuesdays Sunshine And Pancakes. Tea is Tali’s Masala Chai by Art of Tea mixed with Upton Colombian Organic Breakfast blend.
Reminder: on 11/11, wear something simple and comforting…
Younger consumers and men also are increasingly buying perfumes and colognes, and are shifting toward pricier, more potent fragrances as well, Ms. Nabi said. “You have a new generation of consumers entering the fragrance market since the end of lockdowns,” she said.
— Read more in The Beauty Industry Is Defying Inflation at The Wall Street Journal.
Running low on samples? Amouage's new limited edition Collector’s Sampler Set has 45 two ml vials (15 for men, 15 for women, 15 unisex, and included in that total are 4 yet-to-be-released fragrances). Available in 4 different box designs ("with a removable insert sheet, so the majestic box can transform into a multi-purpose decoration to be taken advantage of"), $395 at Amouage.
A spot for Liquides Imaginaires Liquide Gold.