Happy Almost-Friday and happy National Chocolate Chip Day! It’s also the International Day of Families and Peace Officers Memorial Day. Birthdays: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, L. Frank Baum, Katherine Anne Porter, Richard Avedon, Jasper Johns. What fragrance are you wearing?
Today I’m in one of my two most-worn bedtime fragrances: Diptyque Tam Dao.
Reminder: 5/16 will be Time for Bed Friday…
Jean Paul Gaultier has launched Divine Elixir, a new flanker to 2023’s Divine…
Sales of fragrance — the surprise hero category for beauty since the coronavirus pandemic began — are definitely showing signs of softening. But by how much is the question.
A raft of companies’ recent first-quarter 2025 earnings are giving a clue, as consumer confidence wanes and purse-strings tighten amid today’s fraught geopolitical and social scene. That is being buffeted by trade wars, military wars and rollercoaster-like stock markets, among other quickly changing, negative phenomena.
— Read more in Fragrance Sales Are Softening — but by How Much? at Women's Wear Daily.
New summer candles from Glasshouse: Flower Therapy ("If you’re on your own self-love journey, then this one’s for you. Think of it as the fragrance equivalent of buying yourself a fresh bouquet of flowers, whether from your local farmer’s market or your favorite florist in town. With the lush notes of Hydrangea, Wild Poppy, Soft White Musk, and Sheer Powder, it’s like a floral overdose (the good kind) that’s both fresh and joyful") or Mocktail Meditation ("It’s the scent of salted Cucamelon (a hybrid of melon and cucumber), Star Fruit, and a base of Musk, Cedar, and Amber. It’s fruity and refreshing, without being too sweet, just like the perfect mocktail") are $60 each for 380g.
Anna Sui has launched Sundae Neon Twist, a new addition to the Sundae collection…