Molton Brown has launched Sunlit Clementine & Vetiver, a new fragrance collection…
Monday scent of the day 4/8
It’s Monday, and in North America, we’re expecting a total eclipse today. It’s also National Zoo Lovers Day, International Romani Day, plus Jacques Brel’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I thought I was all out of Eau d’Italie Baume du Doge but I just found another sample (while looking for something else, of course). The opening is showing its age but after a few minutes, delicious.
Reminder: 4/12 is National Licorice Day…
Something really big
“There is something really big happening with vanilla right now,” says [perfumer Bérénice] Watteau. [Perfumer Rodrigo] Flores-Roux agrees, noting that there are many different types of vanilla as well. “When you think about a vanilla bean, it doesn’t really smell like sweet, fluffy, yellow Häagen-Dazs,” he explains. “They smell very leathery, very smoky and very oily. That’s why we have musky vanillas, solar vanillas— meaning they have a sunny, beachy vibe—and also burnt, smoky vanillas.”
— Read more in These Are the 3 Biggest Fragrance Trends of the Year, According to Perfumers at NewBeauty.
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, early April 2024
Saturday is New Beer’s Eve and Tartan Day. Sunday is National Beer Day, National No Housework Day plus World Health Day.
As always, we’re celebrating anything and everything with our standard open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, what’s blooming in your area right now, what fragrance unicorn you’re still searching for, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
We lift the lid
Smell is a powerful sense that can evoke memories and spark emotional connections. And it's increasingly big business.
In this programme, we lift the lid on the multi-billion dollar fragrance industry; finding out how scent can influence customer behaviour, build teams, and even help to sell houses.
— You can listen to The business of scent at BBC World Service's Business Daily (18 minutes). Hat tip to AnnE!