From Gucci, a three piece travel set from the Alchemist's Garden collection, with A Song for the Rose, The Voice of the Snake and Fading Autumn, three x 15 ml for $140 at Nordstrom. (At Harrods you can find a set with 1921, A Chant for the Nymph and The Voice of the Snake; there may be other combos floating around out there.)
Holiday (product) videos from Burberry, and (below the jump) Gucci, Maison Margiela.
It’s Almost-Friday and National Pumpkin Day. Birthdays: Mahalia Jackson and Natalie Merchant. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: same as yesterday…90% over Covid but still commando. If I had any Comme des Garçons Sequoia, I might not be able to resist.
Reminder: on 10/27 we’re doing Specialty woods…
My formulas can be mysterious. They have big, big elements that stretch out – maybe six or seven ingredients. And after that, little, little touches. I work on the details for a long time – and this is the influence of Jean Giono. If you analyse my formulas with chromatography, you can’t find the details, they’re so tiny.
— Read more in How the Books of Jean Giono Inspired Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena at AnOther Magazine.
