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The damage so far: second quarter 2025 buying poll

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Donatella Versace and her perfume cabinets

Donatella, Our Lady of Fragranced Forgiveness,1 has officially delivered her final campaign as creative director at Versace, and we await news of what she is planning to do next. Meanwhile, she’s ready to hear the confessions of her flock, so please report what you bought in the 2nd quarter (April, May and June) of 2025.

Note that we do not have a little voting poll this time to report how many bottles you bought. Sorry, I screwed something up and cannot fix it today! Report your purchases in the comments…

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The daily lemming

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From Kate McLeod, the Sun Stone After Sun Balm & Lotion Bar: "Sun-Soothing Relief. A deeply nourishing after-sun balm that melts on contact to soothe, hydrate, and replenish sun-stressed skin. Crafted with Kate McLeod's Sun-Soothing Botanical Blend—featuring cocoa butter, aloe oil, cucumber seed oil, and sea buckthorn—it delivers gentle cooling relief and lasting moisture without any stickiness or residue." (And if the comments on the Kate McLeod website are to be believed, it smells like vanilla cake and icing.) $38 for 100g at Beautyhabit.

The rotting stench of death

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Great news, fam — the rotting stench of death will be coming to Golden Gate Park soon!

The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers announced Tuesday that its magnificent corpse flower, named Chanel (no relation to the perfume), is beginning to bloom and is set to reach peak stinkiness within a week.

— Read more in A corpse flower will soon make you want to puke at the Conservatory of Flowers at The San Francisco Standard.

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