Niche line Arquiste will launched Indigo Smoke, a new unisex fragrance, next month…
The daily lemming
A lemming for fans of Maison Margiela's Replica candles? The Replica Candle Holder: "Elegant and sophisticated, the Maison Margiela candle holder will magnify your REPLICA scented candle. Thiis [sic] luxury accessory is inspired by Maison Margiela fashion’s way of twisting a daily life object. Here, we twisted a lamp: the electric bulb is ironically replaced by the candle flame and the pleated fabric of the lampshade by the facetted glass. The candle holder creates a cozy atmosphere at home as the warm light of the flame goes through the facets of the glass. The candle holder is designed for the 165g candles and includes a cap to protect your candle from dust wen [sic] not using it." $165, coming soon at Maison Margiela.
Thursday scent of the day 8/25
It’s Almost-Friday and National Banana Split Day. Birthdays: Leonard Bernstein, Sean Connery, Wayne Shorter, Martin Amis, Elvis Costello. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in a perfect introduction to neroli, if indeed neroli is difficult for anyone? Maybe it really isn’t. Anyway I’m in Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré.
Reminder: on 8/26 we’re doing It’s difficult, part 1…
The fragrance effect
First there was the lipstick effect. Now Coty Inc.’s chief executive officer Sue Nabi is all about the fragrance effect.
Despite recession fears and sky-high inflation, Coty’s prestige fragrances have been flying off the shelves, with particularly strong performances from Hugo Boss, Burberry, Chloé, Calvin Klein and Gucci Beauty, which delivered 20 percent growth in the fourth quarter and helped the overall prestige sector to grow of 16 per cent year-over-year, to $662.8 million.
— Read more in Forget the Lipstick Effect, It’s the Fragrance Effect at Coty at Women's Wear Daily.
The daily lemming
Spendy little home fragrance items from luxury tableware brand Ginori 1735. At left, the Il Letterato Lavander Designer candelabra ("a porcelain sculpture in the form of a bust. The upper part is adorned with a hat-like cylindrical container, designed to carefully protect the candle and its wisdom"), packaged with six 40g Purple Hill (floral) scented candles, $410. At right, the Cameo incense burner La Gazelle d'Or ("sauntering in the shady gardens of La Gazelle d’Or, one chances upon an incense holder: an oval cameo with the serene gaze of a classical face outlined in relief"), incense sold separately, $340.