Welcome to our annual winter reading poll! Tell us about a great book to curl up with on a frosty winter night, and what fragrance we should wear while reading it. (Or, do what I do and record here everything you have read since the last reading poll. And if you want more recommendations, scrolling through the literature tag will bring up all the older reading polls.)
My recent reading…
One of these days I will break down and buy a Loewe candle, but which? I want beetroot, I want incense, I want orange blossom. The latest, Roasted Hazelnut: "The ‘Roasted Hazelnut’ scented candle has an extra-high-intensity fragrance with a woody, nutty aroma evocative of the unique fragrance of roasted hazelnuts: a culinary delicacy with a distinctively rich flavour often used in desserts and confectionary. Its deep, spicy and smoky aspects unfold to reveal sweet notes of brown sugar over time. Crafted in natural wax with a single cotton wick, the candle is presented in a black glazed terracotta vessel with a stamped base." The 170g is $120 (or 610g for $245; 2120g for $495). The matching 150 ml room spray is $135, and there's also a new Mushroom home fragrance.
Dolce & Gabbana has launched K Intense, a flanker to 2019’s K by Dolce & Gabbana, and Q Intense, a flanker to 2023’s Q by Dolce & Gabbana…
Givenchy has launched Gentleman Society Extreme, a new fragrance for men. Gentleman Society Extreme is a flanker to 2023’s Gentleman Society, which was a flanker to 2017’s Givenchy Gentleman…
Sydney Sweeney for Giorgio Armani My Way Nectar. Below the jump, the ingredients / bottle porn spot.