Last year, Grandiflora introduced Saskia, a new fragrance named for brand founder Saskia Havekes…
Keap Northlands candle ~ home fragrance review
So…a lot has happened since I wrote my last review here. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, New York City and the surrounding areas have been on “lockdown” for the past couple weeks; social gatherings were discouraged even earlier. My husband and I are both working from home, scheduling video-chats with family and friends, doing some pleasure-reading and playing with our two cats. It’s a stressful time, but we’re grateful that we’re safe and sound.
Since I’m spending nearly all my time inside, it’s a happy coincidence that I started exploring the Keap candle line last month. Keap is a Brooklyn-based, online-only business, offering candles with “nature-inspired scents created alongside legendary master perfumer Christophe Laudamiel…”
A dream of a construction worker
When I got married, my wife wanted to pick out a scent that would be unique to our marriage so off we went to every department store. One day we’re walking through the food store and there’s a big barrel of Brut on sale for $1.99 and she said, Let’s just try. It basically smells like a dream of a construction worker. It’s manly, it’s wonderful, but what sold me was that Brut was worn by Cary Grant. So I wore that for years and then I met a perfumer named Christophe Laudamiel.
— You can read the rest of Harry Slatkin's anecdote in For This Fragrance Expert, Dog Paws Smell Like Popcorn at The Cut.
Strangelove NYC Fall Into Stars ~ new perfume
Strangelove NYC Lost in Flowers ~ new perfume
Strangelove NYC has launched Lost in Flowers, a new unisex fragrance intended as an “homage to newfound love”…