British niche line Ormonde Jayne has launched two new fragrances, Bijou Zafran and Oud Liaisons…
The daily lemming
The holiday candle trio from Maison Francis Kurkdjian for 2025 includes Mon beau Sapin ("woody, subtly resinous"), Pain d’épices ("sweet and spicy warmth") and Pomme d’amour ("generously caramelized"). 3 x 75g, $105 at Saks.
Wednesday scent of the day 10/22
It’s Hump Day, International Stuttering Awareness Day and National Nut Day. Birthdays: Franz Liszt, Doris Lessing, Robert Capa, Catherine Deneuve and Jeff Goldblum. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in OG Prada Infusion d’Iris, which I almost never wear since I bought the Absolue. I thought of it because Dawn mentioned it yesterday, and what I’d like people to think is that it’s not really that weird that I keep smelling my arm.
Reminder: on 10/24, wear any fragrance you like and tell us what you’d like people to think of you when they smell it on you, OR, wear a fragrance and connect it with a fellow reader who “enabled” you to get it or who you know likes it/has mentioned wearing it…
So that means no almond, no cherry
We spent the better part of 20 minutes or so chatting about fragrance trends and ingredient technology, but then [perfumer Olivier] Cresp dropped a beauty bomb in my lap: He told me that cherry perfumes could be coming to an end because of one single ingredient. “Benzaldehyde is going to be totally banned by 2027, so that means already in our formulas, on the counter, we have to withdraw benzaldehyde,” he said. “So that means no almond, no cherry.”
[...] For now, cherry perfumes are here to stay, but perfumers say they’ll likely lean more gourmand than floral or nutty in the years to come. “It’s not going to be the end of the world,” adds [perfumer Jérôme] Epinette.
— Read more in Are Cherry Perfumes Going Extinct? at Harper's Bazaar.
BeauFort London Sirenide ~ new fragrance
Niche line BeauFort London has launched Sirenide, a new addition to the Force Majeure collection…