It’s Hump Day and National Bavarian Cream Pie Day. Birthdays: James Agee, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Nye. Plus, Thanksgiving Eve aka Drinksgiving / Blackout Wednesday — be careful out there! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Lalique Encre Noire because SheriG mentioned it over the weekend.
Reminder: on 11/29, pick your Black Friday poison…
Unilever is investing €100m to scale up its fragrance design and creation capabilities in-house.
The British consumer goods company said the move will give it greater control of the design and refinement of its fragrances, providing the business with the “agility to identify and respond to fragrance trends”.
Unilever’s fragrance house will be powered by the latest digital product development and AI technologies, with neuroscience techniques used to understand how fragrance impacts mood and measurably improves emotional wellbeing.
It is recruiting expert perfumers from the UK, US and India to work across its global portfolio of brands.
— Read more in Unilever invests €100 million to build ‘world-class’ fragrance house at Cosmetics Business.
In case the tiger did not tickle your lemming, how about an elephant? Ginger Lemongrass Tea from Herbs & Kettles. "The perfect, caffeine-free herbal blend of single origin sundried ginger and lemongrass for healthy, zesty living. Excellent for digestion, with beneficial anti-inflammatory and adaptgenic properties." $14 for 30g at Beautyhabit.
Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Pomegranate Rouge, the brand’s limited edition fragrance for Holiday 2024. Among the other 2024 launches from the brand: Soho Boheme, Soho Cuir, Aurum Incense, Breath, E´clipse, and three more from the Sherbet Collection…
A spot for the limited edition snow-dusted holiday bottle of Chanel No. 5.