It’s another Monday, plus International Cat Day and National Happiness Happens Day. Birthdays: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Benny Carter. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile in the Eau de Toilette, because SheriG mentioned it recently.
Reminder: on 8/12, wear a fragrance with a magnolia note, if you have one…
First, they allow nature to do its job by maintaining grass to attract aphids, an insect that ladybugs and others feed off of, which keeps the ecosystem’s balance, hence helping with the fungus. And second, they introduced something a bit more experimental: They play piano notes to the roses. “We perceive it as music, but plants perceive it as frequency,” said [Jospeh] Mul. According to him, they’ve observed a positive effect on the roses, boosting their immune system and allowing them to ward off the fungus better.
— Read more about growing roses for Chanel in The Future Smells Like Chanel No. 5 at The Cut.
Three questions about your version of what I call the purgatory basket, where you would keep perfumes (presumably samples or decants, but possibly full bottles) that are not love at first sight but that you are not quite ready to give up on. (For examples, see here and here.)
1. What’s the latest fragrance you tried, and weren’t sure about but weren’t ready to give up on just yet?
2. Name a fragrance you now love, but that initially spent quite some time in your purgatory basket.
3. Name a fragrance you gave up on, but that you keep thinking about and wondering if you should get another sample.
Or, as always, just talk about something else…
Imaan Hammam, Havana Rose Liu, Alexandra Micu and others, in Croatia for Tory Burch Essence of Dreams.
Dunhill will launch Nordic Fougère, a new addition to the brand’s Signature Collection for men…