It’s Monday and National Relaxation Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I don’t know if I’ll do a Chanel week, but today I’m in Boy Chanel.
Reminder: 8/19 is Coco Chanel’s birthday…
A lavender scent wafts through the air
At Vitamin Shoppe, a lavender scent wafts through the air. Stores use air diffusers to pump out lavender essential oils, the company's top-selling essential oil that promotes "calm and relaxation," said a spokesperson. During the holidays, stores switch to a peppermint essential oil.
— Read more in How Abercrombie, Victoria's Secret and Vitamin Shoppe use smell to get you to spend more at CNN.
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, mid August 2022
It’s finally the weekend, and we’ve finally passed the dog days of summer. We’re celebrating with our standard old open thread poll (and, possibly, ice cream).
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the last thing you ate or drank that smelled so good you thought it should be a perfume or the last perfume you tried that smelled like something you would eat, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Loewe Earth ~ new fragrance
The daily lemming
From Liberty London, the A Scent to Remember perfume kit, with travel sizes of Cra-Yon Sand Service (8 ml), Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin (7.5 ml), Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 + Patchouli (7.5 ml), Vilhelm Parfumerie Peony Couture (7.5 ml), Ellis Brooklyn Myth (10 ml) and Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur (10 ml), all for £75.