Welcome to our annual summer reading poll! Please recommend a great book to add to our summer reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it.
(Or, do what I do and record here everything you have read since the last quarterly reading poll. And if you want more recommendations, scrolling through the literature tag will bring up all the older reading polls.)
Or, as always, just talk about something else, and of course, do report your fragrance of the day if you like…
Amouage has launched Luban Al Akhdar, a new addition to The Attars Collection…
I was doing some errands in midtown Manhattan on a recent weekday, and I decided to step into Saks Fifth Avenue to cool off for a few minutes and smell a few perfumes. Once I arrived on the beauty floor, however, I realized that there aren’t too many things there to tempt me. One exception is the Dries Van Noten counter. This brand is still hard to find in brick-and-mortar stores, and although I’m a fan of its refillable lipsticks and several fragrances (with Raving Rose and Rosa Carnivora leading the way), I still haven’t tried the full line-up. Plus, what if I somehow have some extra cash and want to buy the travel trio set someday? I need to know which three I’d pick.
So I sidled up to the counter and requested a spray of Camomille Satin, mostly just because the bottle is gorgeous, with an upper half of ombré peach glass and a gold-patterned base…
French niche house Serge Lutens will launch Royaume des Lumières, a new collection with five fragrances. Two are new (Bois Roi D’Agalloche and Zurafà) and three are reissues (Cracheuse de Flammes, Sidi Bel-Abbès and Tarab)…
From Imaginary Authors, A Whiff of Waffle Cone body oil: "Perfect for bare shoulders, post-shower desserts, and sunsoaked memories, this oil is made to melt into skin and leave a trail of delicious chaos behind. Soft. Sweet. A little flirty. Like summer should be." $38 for 60 ml at Imaginary Authors.