Niche line Byredo will launch Eleventh Hour, a new unisex fragrance…
Byredo + Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh Elevator Music ~ new fragrance
Niche line Byredo will launch Elevator Music, a new fragrance in collaboration with Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh, in April…
Holiday fragrance gifts 2017, part 4
Today, the fourth entry in our annual series on fragrance related holiday gifts. The subject: miscellaneous scented things that don’t fit into the other categories, including a few scented tea selections. As always, please add any of your own picks in the comments!
From By Kilian in collaboration with Fleur de Mal, a silk kimono featuring lace woven with perfumed threads. The scent— Kilian’s Love, Don’t Be Shy — should last through 4-5 hand washes. $595 at Fleur de Mal, where you can also find the matching scented panties, bra and lace cuffs…
Byredo Gypsy Water ~ fragrance review
Byredo Gypsy Water has been around since 2008, but it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I finally tried it. A friend gave me a Gypsy Water travel spray, and it’s been living on my dresser.
Gypsy Water is clearly popular. Byredo offers a whole bathroom counter’s worth of body products to go with it. I understand why, and I often find myself reaching for a quick spritz. But the reasons I reach for it are exactly why I won’t be buying a bottle, especially at its price…
The air smells different
I spent a lot of time over the last few years going back and forth to California. I had been a lot as a kid. I had family in San Diego and Pasadena. It was always part of my childhood, but in the last few years I’ve been going a lot partly for work but also a lot of friends, and California just has a vibe that’s really interesting. The air smells different, and the nature smells different, and I had all these fantasies about California in the late '60s—the amazing rock climbing communities, the camp fires, the incense and patchoulis, really everything tied to hippie culture.
— Ben Gorham on the inspiration for Byredo Velvet Haze. Read more at Inside the Making of an Ageless Fragrance, Fit for Coachella Goers and Grandmothers Alike at W.