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I have to know Jicky as well as I know Oud Cherry

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And this is what’s cool about being at Guerlain: that you have the know-how of manufacturing and I know my fragrances as well as I know Jean-Paul’s, as I know Jacques’… even Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain’s, because the oldest formula I manufacture today is from 1853, Eau de Cologne Imperiale de Guerlain. So I have to know it. I have to know Jicky as well as I know Oud Cherry because I manufacture it. And that’s absolutely unique in the world.

— Perfumer Thierry Wasser, quoted in Guerlain’s Thierry Wasser on scents, sustainability, and L’Art & La Matière at Vogue Singapore.

The daily lemming

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From the Winter Charms collection at Cire Trudon, Felice: "A combination of citrusy, spicy and fruity notes, Felice ties citrus and Christmas spices together: hints of vanilla and honey add sweetness to gourmet scents of candied fruits and nutmeg. A true Christmas gift, the Felice scented candle is festive at heart: with a shining star, champagne bottle, sparkling ring and notes of music, celebrations are in order!" $145 for 270g at Trudon.

Monday scent of the day 10/17

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It’s the Monday-est of Mondays, plus National Pasta Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. What fragrance are you wearing?

I meant to pair something with Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman, since ockeghem brought up the author yesterday, but somehow I’ve ended up in L’Artisan Parfumeur L’Eau du Caporal. It does not fit. If I think of a way to retrofit my fragrance to something in the His Dark Materials / Northern Lights universe by the end of the day, I’ll come back and claim points.

Reminder: on 10/21, for Ursula LeGuin’s birthday…

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That rare breed

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D.S. & Durga is of that rare breed: a brand that has managed to gain extensive success without sacrificing the very essence that made it so unique: olfactory storytelling, or as the brand refers to it, “armchair travel.” Yes, there was a packaging redesign from a more apothecary-led aesthetic to something more sleek, chic, and minimal, as well as an investment from Monogram Capital Partners in October 2019, but at the heart of it all, D.S. & Durga stayed D.S. & Durga.

— Read more in Inside the World of Indie Fragrance Wünderkind, D.S. & Durga at BeautyMatter.

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