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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2025 4 Comments

Guerlain's Shalimar L'Essence, in a 1.65L bottle decorated by Franco-Brazilian artist Janaïna Milheiro and inspired by Frida Kahlo. "Adorned with flowers and feathers, the bottle vibrates with a flamboyant energy, echoing Frida Kahlo’s ‘floral portraits’. It’s an ode to the luxuriant landscapes and captivating soul of the Casa Azul, from which the Mexican artist drew an essential part of her creativity. With infinite meticulousness, Janaïna Milheiro arranges feathers and flowers one by one, infusing the timeless silhouette of Shalimar with an abundance of color. Each bottle is then sublimated by a traditional barbichage, a nod to the ancestral skills of the Guerlain workshops. A masterful fusion of substance and emotion." 66 were made, price unknown (probably if you have to ask...)

Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Pretty Peony ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2025 6 Comments

Viktor & Rolf will launch Flowerbomb Pretty Peony, a new fruity floral flanker to 2005’s Flowerbomb…

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Hermes Oud Esma ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2025 Leave a Comment

Hermès will launch Oud Esma in November. Oud Esma is the third oil-based Essence de Parfum in the brand’s luxury Hermessence line (see Cardamusc and Musc Pallida, both introduced in 2018)…

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Tuesday scent of the day 10/14

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2025 158 Comments

It’s Tuesday, Ada Lovelace Day and National Dessert Day. Birthdays: William Penn, Katherine Mansfield, E. E. Cummings, Hannah Arendt, Roger Moore and Ralph Lauren. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Ormonde Jayne Ta’if. Tea at the moment is Hao Ya Keemun from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co. 

Reminder: on 10/17, wear the perfume you would like to be buried or cremated in…

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Thunderstorm, butter cookies and guineps

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2025 Leave a Comment

She remembers smelling the thunderstorm, butter cookies and guineps.

“It was really rainy, it was dark, and everyone was out dancing in the streets except for the chickens who were hiding in the doorstep.  And I just have these really visceral scent memories from that moment of the earth and the rain and the fruit,” Lawrence said. “So this perfume is kind of this balancing act between the first experience of grief but also the celebratory nature of this moment with my family.”

— Na-Moya Lawrence on making a perfume inspired by her great-grandmother’s funeral. Read more in What does death smell like? This LA perfume exhibition takes your nose into unusual territories at LAist.

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