Our second-to-last holiday gift post includes stocking stuffers and cheap thrills. Our last post for 2015 will be the luxury edition, coming up early next week.
Italian violet pastilles (for spring lovers!) from Leone, $4.99 at Smallflower…
Enfleurage Sanctuary, Roses & Amber ~ fragrance reviews
Was it really six years ago that I wrote a shopping report about Enfleurage, New York’s most specialized purveyor of natural aromatics? Yes, apparently. The boutique has since moved to a new address (237 West 13 Street, in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood) but its staggering selection of essential oils and natural incenses remains unchanged. I still sniff individual oils during each of my visits, but I’m also very fond of Enfleurage’s “house blends.” They’re available as concentrated oils and as “roll-ons to go,” diluted in a base of organic jojoba oil for ready-to-wear use.
My favorite house blend is Sanctuary, a blend of ylang ylang, chamomile, patchouli, clary sage and black pepper…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2014, part 7
Our second-to-last holiday gift post for 2014 includes stocking stuffers and cheap thrills. Our final post, hopefully tomorrow, will be the luxury edition.
From Dana, the classic Tabu Eau de Cologne, in a number of sizes, all affordable: 15 ml for $5.99, 35 ml for $11.50, 90 ml Violin bottle for $19.99, or 75 ml “Nostalgia” bottle for $18.50. At Dana Beauty…
A happy scent
Which bring us to the question: What is a happy scent? [Charles] Spence wrote a paper on "Sensism," as he calls it, on the benefits of aromatherapy: According to Spence, lavender aids relaxation, roses and heliotrope have a sedative affect, cucumber and green apple help with claustrophobia and citrus has been shown to have invigorating properties that aid concentration and boost spirits. "Citrus is an alerting essential oil and mood enhancer," Spence says.
— From Finding happiness in a bottle — of perfume at the LA Times. The article also includes a round-up of new perfumes for spring 2010. Many thanks to Joe for the link!
As important to her success as a good night’s sleep
Ms. Roark, who is two classes short of a chemical engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines, is convinced that the scent from a patent-pending perfume blend that she developed and calls "Confidence" is as important to her success as a good night's sleep. Before competing, she douses her neck-warmer in the natural fragrance and spritzes it on the back of her neck and behind her ears.
— The Wall Street Journal talks to freestyle skiing champion Michelle Roark about her perfume brand, Phi-nominal, in Can Perfume Make You a Winner?