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The daily lemming

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A special edition of Acqua di Parma Lily of the Valley for Valentine's Day: "An artistic combination of two olfactive sensations where the lively and powerful scent of Lily of the Valley is enhanced by vibrant and luminous citrus notes. An ode from the Lily of the Valley to the Italian sun, this Valentine's Day special edition celebrates romance where fragrance becomes poetry. Adorned with a paper charm and a love message sealed with a golden wax, the fragrance bottle becomes a poetic love letter embodying the perfect expression of scent and love at first bloom." £212 for 100 ml at Acqua di Parma in the UK.

Tuesday scent of the day 1/31

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It’s Tuesday and the last day of January, plus National Backward Day. Birthdays: Alan Lomax, Jackie Robinson. RIP Cindy Williams. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m wearing Ashes from Clandestine Laboratories. Tea at the moment is a floral blend: a pinch of Rose Black from Art of Tea, a pinch of Kusmi Violette, plus a spoonful from a mix of few Assams from Upton.

Reminder: on 2/3 we’re doing Edition 8 of the Picture Challenge, which is detail from Women of Shangri-La, 2002, by Yayoi Kusama…

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Mysterious rashes

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Soon after using her latest order, Wilson began suffering from a strange set of symptoms. Mysterious rashes appeared all over her body, and her forearms, neck, chin, and eyelids were red and covered in bumpy splotches. The folds of her nose burned. Everything itched. “I was miserable,” she says. “I was literally a tomato.” When her dermatologist suggested that her fancy detergents might be the cause of her problems, she brushed it off. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s not it,’” she says. “I’ve been using this stuff for years.” Why would she suddenly have a problem now?

— Read more in Dirty Soap: The Laundress was the nice detergent on the market. Until people started breaking out into hideous rashes at The Cut.

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