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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 8 May 2025 7 Comments

From Don Gastronom, Orange Blossom Petal Spread: "Elevate your culinary creations with Don Gastronom's Orange Blossom Petals Spread, a delicate and aromatic treasure from Murcia, known as 'The Orchard of Spain.' Crafted with care using only natural ingredients, this exquisite spread captures the subtle floral essence of handpicked orange blossoms, harvested at their peak from the family's own orchards and groves." $7.50 for 140g at Beautyhabit.

Lancome Les O de Lancome ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 8 May 2025 7 Comments

Lancôme has launched Les Ô de Lancôme, a new trio of unisex wellness-based flankers to 1969’s Ô de Lancôme: Ôff Now, Ôver The Top and Ô Zenith…

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As radically fresh as it is surprisingly elegant

Posted by Robin on 8 May 2025 2 Comments

Chinese singer-songwriter and actor Cai Xukun aka KUN for Mugler Cologne.

Thursday scent of the day 5/8

Posted by Robin on 8 May 2025 186 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also World Red Cross Day and Iris Day. Happy 99th to Sir David Frederick Attenborough! (And happy birthday to my little sister!) What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m participating in iris day, although iris is not in the name of my fragrance, and it’s by a relatively obscure brand that is pretty well known here. Eat your vegetables, folks!

Reminder: 5/9 will be Guessing Game Friday (edition 5)…

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A high-growth paradise

Posted by Robin on 8 May 2025 Leave a Comment

Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s flagship store closure in Nanjing’s Deji Plaza mall has become a telling metaphor for the shifting tides of niche fragrance brands in China. Once hailed as a crown jewel of LVMH’s ultra-premium fragrance portfolio, the closure (the brand maintains a presence in SKP and duty-free counters) speaks volumes about the mounting pressures brands now face in what was once a high-growth paradise.

— Read more in ‘Eau de exit’: Why Aesop, MFK are shuttering stores in China at Jing Daily.

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