Happy Holidays (and if you’re reading this on Saturday, happy Festivus for the Rest of Us)! I’ll be back on Wednesday.
In the meantime, feel free to talk about whatever you like: what perfume you’re wearing today, what you’re cooking (or eating) over the holidays, anything at all.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Happy (Best Buy) Friday! There are 9 days left to go for the year. Birthdays: Lady Bird Johnson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ralph Fiennes. Our community project for today: wear your favorite fragrance purchase of 2023. If you didn’t buy anything this year, pick a favorite from a prior year. (This is a repeat, several times over, from 2016.)
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I’m wearing my favorite fragrance buy of 2019, Neela Vermeire Créations Pichola…
Cé Noir has an enjoyable, inoffensive smell — and that’s my main issue with it. Of the few things Beyoncé said about the scent in her unboxing video, what stood out was that she wanted to create a “monolithic” fragrance. It’s accurate. It smells like someone who is comfortable with uniformity and sameness, which feels out of step with the whole vibe of Renaissance.
— Read more in Beyoncé’s Cé Noir Fragrance Is Not What We Expected at Allure.
For anyone else trying to get their house clean before the holiday, Clove & Nutmeg Multi-Surface Cleaning Wipes from Everspring at Target: "Keep your hard surfaces spotless with these 35-Count Clove & Nutmeg Multi-Surface Cleaning Wipes from Everspring. This multi-surface cleaning wipe pack comes with 35 pre-moistened wipes featuring a blend of clove and nutmeg scents to fill your home with a festive fragrance." $2.99.
The spot for Eilish No. 3 from Billie Eilish.