Vittoria Ceretti for Carolina Herrera La Bomba.
Tuesday scent of the day 6/17
It’s (teapotless, I will do two teapots next week to make up for it) Tuesday, plus the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. What fragrance are you wearing?
Most of my favorite Beach Boys songs are from Pet Sounds, but I’m starting with an earlier song, Don’t Worry Baby, from 1964. It was included on my first Beach Boys music purchase, the 1974 double album compilation Endless Summer. Don’t Worry Baby was written by Brian Wilson with Roger Christian, with Wilson taking the lead vocal. While it’s not entirely an upbeat song, it still gives me an instant happy summer feel. So I’m in a happy summer favorite, Carthusia Mediterraneo.
Reminder: 6/20 is Brian Wilson’s birthday (and the summer solstice)…
The end of an era
Could it be the end of an era for one of beauty’s most storied names?
Buzz is swirling that Coty Inc. is looking for buyers, but it would not be a one-and-done deal, according to multiple industry sources.
Read more in Coty Looks to Be for Sale, According to Industry Sources at Women's Wear Daily via Yahoo.
Gen Z’s new, and unexpected, fragrance obsession
What’s that smell? Floral, soapy, powdery, with a hint of musk – scents that probably remind you of your sweet grandma’s living room. Well, you’re not wrong, although you’re probably smelling them on somebody a lot younger because grandma perfumes are Gen Z’s new, and unexpected, fragrance obsession.
— Read more in Smelling like a granny is in, let's unpack it at Glamour UK.
Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-June 2025
It’s Flag Day and National Bourbon Day on Saturday; Father’s Day (US) and Beer Day Britain on Sunday; and Bloomsday on Monday. We’re marking it all with our same old open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your latest fragrance layering success (or disaster), whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…