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Energy amplification

Posted by Robin on 29 November 2024 Leave a Comment

When Yasmin Sewell launched fragrance brand Vyrao in 2021, she wasn’t sure it would find a wide audience. All of its seven scents promise a particular type of “energy amplification”, with a crystal inside the bottle charged by the brand’s “master energist” Louise Mita. “I was worried it would alienate too many people who were just not into the subject, even though I had the sense the world was shifting,” recalls Sewell.

That doubt has faded in the face of growing consumer interest and a wave of entrants to the spiritual fragrance market.

— Read more in Is spirituality fragrance’s next gold mine? at Vogue Business.

Happy Thanksgiving 2024 ~ open thread

Posted by Robin on 28 November 2024 170 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating today!

Whether you’re celebrating or not, feel free to talk about anything you like: what fragrance you’re wearing today, what perfume you’re especially thankful for, what you’re going to cook or eat today…whatever you like, so long as it doesn’t conflict with our comment policy…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 27 November 2024 Leave a Comment

From the Via Mercato collection at Pré de Provence, Orange Gingersnap hand soap, "...where the zesty brightness of orange mingles with the spicy warmth of cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom, rounded off with a hint of creamy vanilla bean". $19.99 for 250 ml at Pré de Provence.

Comme des Garcons Odeur 10 ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 27 November 2024 Leave a Comment

Comme des Garçons will launch Odeur 10, a new fragrance, in December. Odeur 10 is the fourth in the Odeur series, following 1998’s Odeur 53, 2000’s Odeur 71 and 2019’s Odeur Du Théâtre Du Châtelet…

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Armani Prive Haute Couture en Jeu ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 27 November 2024 6 Comments

Giorgio Armani will launch Haute Couture en Jeu, the latest limited edition fragrance in the Les Éditions Couture series in the Armani Privé fragrance range…

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