Mother’s Day (in the US, anyway) is coming soon — this Sunday. We posted one list of scented gifts already, here’s another.
From Bella Freud, a votive set with four 70g candles (Signature, Ginsberg is God, Je t’aime Jane and 1970) in a black presentation box. $120 at Nordstrom…
Carven will launch Carven L’Eau Intense, a new fragrance for men, in February…
Carven has launched Carven L’Absolu, a new fragrance for women. Carven L’Absolu is a followup to 2013’s Carven Le Parfum and 2014’s Carven L’Eau de Toilette…
If there were ever to be a Perfumista Parade in Paris and Now Smell This were invited to attend, I visualize our long float thus:
Front — Angie, dressed in Ziegfield showgirl style, wearing a feather headdress in the shape of a classic Shalimar parfum bottle, wafting aldehydes and oak moss for blocks, her area adorned with sparkling, large-scale vintage perfume bottles…
Carmen de Tommaso, better known as Madame Carven, died yesterday at the age of 105. You can find tributes at The Telegraph, Le Figaro (in French), and Hollywood Reporter. From Women's Wear Daily:
In 1954, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris, she dropped samples of her fragrance Ma Griffe tied to small green-and-white striped parachutes over the French capital. Carven went on to launch several perfumes, including Eau Vive and Vétiver, the latter inspired by her husband Philippe Mallet.