And in fact, what consumers are doing, [they're] spraying more, especially Gen Z, who use fragrances not [only] on their skins, they use fragrances on their clothes and outfits. So they spray much more, and it's shortening the lifespan of the usage of the product. So that's what explains, in fact, this boom, both in volume and in value behind this market.
— Read more in It's not just beauty. Fragrance is ‘booming in the US,’ Coty CEO says at Yahoo! Finance.
It’s Memorial Day weekend — summer at last! — and we’re celebrating the holiday with our standard open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you’re thinking will be your most-worn this coming summer (or winter), whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
(And two quick PSAs…)
In Roman Spain, some 2,000 years ago, people may have been perfuming themselves with the musky scent of patchouli, new research hints. The study marks the first time that the composition of a Roman perfume has been identified, offering us a rare whiff of a bygone empire.
The perfume, which has solidified after two millennia inside a carved quartz bottle, was discovered in a funerary urn found in a mausoleum in Seville, Spain. Unearthed in 2019, during an excavation in modern-day Carmona, the mystery ointment has now been chemically described, revealing the inclusion of patchouli, an essential oil common in modern perfumery but never before known in use in ancient Rome.
— Read more in Composition Of Roman Perfume Identified For First Time, And It Smelled Like Patchouli at IFLScience.
Artist Andrea Maack has launched Solstice, a new limited edition sweet aquatic fragrance…
From Yves Rocher, a solid perfume tin in the Plein Soleil fragrance (« A hypnotizing and sensual voyage, the suave and opulent scent of a white floral bouquet. » Fabrice PELLEGRIN, Perfumer) from the Pleines Natures collection. Currently $19.95 for 13g, but as always at Yves Rocher, watch for sales! Also available in Sel d'Azur, Cuir De Nuit and Sur la Lande.