It’s Hump Day and National Vanilla Ice Cream Day, plus Raymond Chandler’s birthday. RIP Ozzy Osbourne. What fragrance are you wearing?
For Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe and the hardboiled genre in general, I’m in a little drop of Robert Piguet Fracas.
Reminder: 7/25 will be Mystery & Crime Friday…
At Symrise’s headquarters in Holzminden, a quiet town south of Hanover, each day at the company’s in-house perfumery school begins the same way: sniffing out scents from dozens of tiny bottles while blindfolded.
“It’s just like tuning a musical instrument before you play,” said Alicia De Benito Cassado, a 32-year-old former professional pianist from Spain.
— Read more in Who makes laundry smell nice? Meet the professional ‘noses’ at Digital Journal.
Soap on a rope from Mistral: "The emerald fairways of Valbonne surround you with vibrant aromas of citrus, mint, lavender and moss; creating an energizing fragrance for confident men at the peak of their game." $24 for 250g at CO Bigelow.
Niche line Régime des Fleurs has launched Mint Leaf, a new limited edition fragrance…
It’s Tuesday, National Mango Day and National Hammock Day. Birthdays: Edward Hopper, Alexander Calder, Tom Robbins, Oscar de la Renta, S. E. Hinton. RIP Malcolm-Jamal Warner. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m wearing Diptyque Philosykos, which features in the Cormoran Strike novel Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling (I learned this on Reddit, having long since forgotten learning it while reading the book). Tea at the moment is Cascadia Breakfast from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co.
Reminder: 7/25 will be Mystery & Crime Friday…