Narciso Rodriguez has launched Jasmine Musc, a new unisex fragrance in the brand’s Musc collection…
The daily lemming
Nina Ricci's Nina, in a limited edition collector bottle for Holiday 2022 (it's been sprinkled with 'a delicate film of snow'). €86.20 for 80 ml Eau de Toilette at My Origines in France.
Uncut gem
Man + motorcycle, for Frédéric Malle Uncut Gem.
Monday scent of the day 10/10
Happy Monday, and happy Thanksgiving, Canada! In the US, it’s Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and everywhere, it’s World Mental Health Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Green Rhubarb & Cane Sugar.
Reminder: 10/14 will be Indie / Nouveau Niche Friday….
High-pitched and pungent
When working with a smell as high-pitched and pungent as a solvent or gas, what you do is use pleasant smells that are completely opposite, but with a similar volatility to make the overall scent more palatable. The contrast between the two extremes helps to smoothen the excess and, as a result, find a balance.
— Perfume Frank Voelkl on Dead Dinosaur by Snif. Read more in This Snif Fragrance Smells Like Gasoline and the Girls That Get It, Get It at Allure.