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Friday scent of the day 4/18

Posted by Robin on 18 April 2025 121 Comments

Happy Friday and happy World Heritage Day / International Day for Monuments and Sites. Our community project for today: Pick a place you’ve visited, or would like to visit, that has “intangible cultural heritage”, tell us about it, and wear a fragrance you think fits for whatever reason.

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I went with Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (“the heartland of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power in the ancient world from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE.”), in present day Sudan, and I thought right away of Tauer Perfumes Au Coeur du Désert but it’s going to be pretty warm here today, so I switched to Comme des Garçons Ouarzazate…

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Make me hate some of my favorite perfume

Posted by Robin on 18 April 2025 3 Comments

When I started taking a GLP-1 medication in October, I knew it would probably change a few things—our weekly dinner plan, how my pants fit, my relationship to alcohol (initial research shows low-dose GLP-1 drug patients drink less of it). What I didn’t know was that it would make me hate some of my favorite perfumes.

— Read more in My GLP-1 Medication Changed the Way Perfume Smells to Me at Allure.

Victoria’s Secret Bombshell Getaway ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 17 April 2025 4 Comments

Victoria’s Secret has launched the Bombshell Getaway collection, a new trio of limited edition flankers to 2010’s Bombshell fragrance for women: Bombshell Amalfi, Bombshell Santorini and Bombshell St. Tropez…

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Sarah Jessica Parker SJP Parfum Collection ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 17 April 2025 7 Comments

Sarah Jessica Parker has launched the SJP Parfum Collection, with three fragrances: Blue Rhapsody, Divine Lime and Smitten in Pink…

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Eladaria

Posted by Robin on 17 April 2025 Leave a Comment

Roses, for Creed Eladaria.

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