The candle I need for today's chilly rain: After Hours from Glasshouse. "The scent of Rum and sweet Vanilla swirled with Leather and toasty Tobacco will draw you in to a clandestine bar where the sound of jazz piano plays and Champagne is ever-flowing." 380g for $55 at Glasshouse.
The Body Shop has launched two limited edition fragrances for Holiday 2022, Spiced Orange and Wild Pine…
It’s Tuesday and National Taco Day, plus National Cinnamon Roll Day and World Animal Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Guerlain Cologne du 68, developed by perfumer Sophie Labbé. Tea at the moment is a cup of (green) oolong, from a mix of various leftovers, all from Taiwan.
Reminder: on 10/7, for Jacques Guerlain’s birthday, wear a Guerlain fragrance if you have one…
I am on a smell walk, a habit formed during the coronavirus pandemic: I stroll around my tree-lined neighborhood in Toronto’s east end, focusing not on the city’s more obvious sights and sounds, but on its subtler scented stimuli. I started these walks for my mental health—walking provided me with daily physical activity, and smelling enabled a much-needed sense of cognitive stillness. These days, it’s become a scavenger hunt for my curiosity, an opportunity to encounter new odors that might teach me something about the place and time I inhabit.
— Read more in The Hidden World of Scents Outside Your Door at The Atlantic.
Donatella, Our Lady of Perfumed Plenitude,1 now that she is done with Milan Fashion Week and attending The Clooney Foundation for Justice Albie Awards, is on to her next responsibility: her quarterly drop-in to hear the confessions of her flock. She’d very much like to know what you bought in the 3rd quarter (July, August and September) of 2022.
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My purchases…