The spot for Chanel Allure Homme Sport Superleggera.
The smell of fresh wet grass and damp earth
Sir John Everett Millais’s The Blind Girl from 1854-56 – showing a blind girl and her companion resting beside a meadow beneath dark rain clouds and a double rainbow– will be accompanied by the smell of fresh wet grass and damp earth, evoking English countryside after the rain.
— Read more in Want to smell the pre-Raphaelites? UK gallery to use scent alongside paintings at The Guardian.
One of Leonardo’s designs for a burning device was modeled after a bird known as an oiselet de cyphre. The exhibition features a modern reconstruction, displayed alongside the artist’s writings. Visitors can also smell the black, amber necklace worn by the woman depicted in his 1489 painting Lady with an Ermine, which gives off a sweet, earthy odor.
— Read more in A New Exhibition Uncorks Leonardo da Vinci’s Little-Known Relationship With Scent at ArtNet.
Les Eternels de Balmain ~ new fragrances
Balmain has introduced Les Éternels de Balmain, a collection of 8 unisex fragrances. Four are ‘reinvented’ fragrances from the brand’s archive (Carbone, Ébène, Ivoire and Vent Vert) and four are new (Bleu Infini, Bronze, Rouge and Sel d’Ambre). The series represents the launch of Balmain Beauty, under licensing arrangements with Estée Lauder…
The daily lemming
From NCLA Beauty, lip balm in Candy Roses: "This all natural of lip balm luxuriously hydrates, leaving lips sweetly scented with the fresh, sweet scent of candy roses. A clean, natural and vegan lip balm that intensely soothes and nourishes lips. Formulated with agave nectar, olive fruit oil, and sweet almond oil, Balm Babe leaves lips smooth and hydrated." $16 for 10 ml at Petal + Hive.
The wild river carves its path
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian on the new Dior Sauvage Eau Forte. Below the jump, the ad spot.