Belgian singer and actress Angèle for Chanel Chance Eau Splendide.
Tuesday scent of the day 4/15
It’s Tuesday and World Art Day, National Anime Day, the Universal Day of Culture, plus Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. If you’re in the US, it’s also Tax Day. RIP Mario Vargas Llosa. What fragrance are you wearing?
For the UNESCO heritage site Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er, I went with its location in Yunnan, and then of course I went to Hermès Osmanthe Yunnan. I got closer with my tea, The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co Cascadia Breakfast, since it does have some pu’er tea.
Reminder: 4/18 is the World Heritage Day / International Day for Monuments and Sites…
Oscar de la Renta Bella Soleil ~ new fragrance
Oscar de la Renta has launched Bella Soleil, a new fragrance in the Bella series for women. The last in the series was 2023’s Bella Tropicale…
2025 Lifetime Achievement Perfumer Award
Givaudan, the global leader in Fine Fragrances, is proud to announce that Daniela Andrier, Master Perfumer, will be awarded the prestigious 2025 Lifetime Achievement Perfumer Award by The Fragrance Foundation USA in June. This distinction recognises Daniela’s extraordinary talent, her significant contributions to the world of perfumery as well as her magnificent fragrance creations.
— Read more in Givaudan’s Daniela Andrier will be honoured with the renowned Lifetime Achievement Perfumer Award by The Fragrance Foundation USA at Givaudan, or see Ralph Lauren, Givaudan’s Daniela Andrier to Be Honored at 2025 Fragrance Foundation Awards at Women's Wear Daily via Yahoo.
Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-April 2025
PSA: the splitmeet is coming up on the 26th of this month.
Meanwhile, our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you wish somebody would split (or you’re thinking of splitting), whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…