It’s another Monday. Birthdays: John Locke, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Ingrid Bergman, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m heading to the beach for a quick overnight trip, wearing Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil body lotion.
Reminder: 9/2 is the start of Labor Day weekend…
There’s one that I love: when you’re on a boat and it’s morning and you drink a hot coffee—I love that smell of salt in the air and the coffee. But I also have a memory from the farm where my grandfather grew jasmine and roses. At midday the workers came to get paid for the flowers they’d picked. It was very warm outside, and inside there was the smell of flowers, of the clay on the ground, some gasoline from the agricultural equipment. I feel that in beautiful smells, there’s always an element of darkness that can be a bit unpleasant but that drives your curiosity.
— Perfumer Aurélien Guichard on his favorite smell. Read more in Perfumer Aurélien Guichard on Playing Hockey, Driving a Classic Defender and His Favorite Smells at Robb Report.
It’s the last weekend in August — many of the schools in my area will be back in session on Monday. We’re marking the end of the summer holiday with our usual open thread poll. (Labor Day is not until September 5 this year, so some areas have another week to go, and of course, some of you are watching for signs of spring.)
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance that will remind you of summer 2022, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
A Manhattan judge has ordered a perfume company to pay Jay-Z nearly $7 million in unpaid royalties for his fragrance Gold Jay Z.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok ruled Thursday that perfume company Parlux owes Jay-Z $6.78 million in unpaid royalties, including interest.
— And I think that's the end of the saga? Read more in Perfume company to pay Jay-Z nearly $7M in royalties: judge at New York Post.
Earlier this summer, French niche line Divine introduced two limited edition fragrances for summer, L’été Orange Rouge and L’été Narguilé…