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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 19 March 2024 15 Comments

From Bruno Fazzolari's Fzotic brand, Bouquet Garni bar soap: "Revel in the arrival of Spring with a refreshing herbal bouquet that includes thyme, rosemary, and chamomile. Named for the traditional French bundle of herbs, this soap will prepare you for the day ahead and soothe you as you settle down to sleep. The soap includes our proprietary blend of botanical oils and clay, including shea butter and apricot kernel oil, leaving your skin soft and delicately moisturized." Limited edition (74 were made), $18 for 200g at Fzotic.

La Vita

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Chiara Scelsi in Rome for Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Blue Jasmine.

Rochas Mademoiselle Rochas In Paris ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 19 March 2024 Leave a Comment

Rochas will launch Mademoiselle Rochas In Paris, a new flanker to 2017’s Mademoiselle Rochas, in April…

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Tuesday scent of the day 3/19

Posted by Robin on 19 March 2024 211 Comments

It’s Tuesday, and the Vernal Equinox is upon us (tonight at 11:06 if you’re on the East Coast of the US, early tomorrow if you’re in London, tomorrow afternoon if you’re in Sydney).

I am commando for a morning exercise class; my plan when I return is L’Artisan Parfumeur Jacinthe des Bois (although the weather certainly does not call for it). Tea at the moment is Cascadia Breakfast from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co brewed with some cacao husk & crumbled cinnamon bark.

Reminder: on 3/22, it’s spring…

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I believe it to be a masterpiece

Posted by Robin on 19 March 2024 8 Comments

In Miss Tranchant, I found my fragrance. At first spray, it smells like a stick of Land O’ Lakes marooned on a beach at low tide. Over 10 minutes it mellows into a mesmerizing cloak of spicy vanilla with just a hint of sex-under-a-pier. I’ve received zero compliments on it and two pieces of forceful negative feedback. Miss Tranchant is perfume as not only a personal aesthetic experience but also apparently an indefensible one. The scent is diaphanous, nasty, transformative. I believe it to be a masterpiece.

— Molly Young on the Hilde Soliani fragrance. Read more in The Mad Perfumer of Parma at The New York Times.

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