Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched three new rose fragrances: Countess Olenska, Halfeti Rose and Rosé…
8 from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz ~ new fragrances
A selection of 2021 fragrances* from indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz: Bleu Ambrée; Don’t Explain :: Billie Holiday / Ida Meister; Samarkand; Bois E´tincelants; Le Sazerac; Re-Assess; New Hope…Is Where We Dream; and the 2021 holiday fragrance, Ruby Candlelight…
Zoologist Snowy Owl ~ fragrance review
A thick carpet of silver envelops the landscape, untouched but for the dazzling reflection of the sun. Snow stretches as far as the eye can see, while a bitter wind rolls silently across the sky, its hush barely broken by the powerful beat of an ivory wing…
Thus we are introduced to Snowy Owl, the newest perfume from independent fragrance brand Zoologist. A real-life snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), I’ve learned from the National Audubon Society, is a “large, powerful owl of the high Arctic tundra, colored for camouflage during northern winters.” Its namesake fragrance was developed for Zoologist by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz…
5 Perfumes: unexpected comfort scents
I recently attended an online work meeting that opened with an “icebreaker” question: what’s your favorite comfort food? I enjoyed hearing the responses, which included some sweet-and-starchy favorites but a few spicy and savory treats, too. The idea of “comfort,” just like most things, can vary and shift. I’d say the same thing about “comfort scents” — I definitely have a few vanilla-based favorites that make me feel like I’m tucked into a fluffy blanket, but lately I’ve also been reaching for fragrances that offer other olfactory routes to calm and security. Here are just a few that I’ve recently encountered or re-encountered.
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Couverture d’Hiver: This is DSH’s latest Holiday edition, which takes “a foresty hillside covered in snow” as a starting point and segues from a whiff of brisk winter air, with hints of petrichor and pine, into a cozy white-cocoa-and-musk skin scent…
Zoologist Snowy Owl ~ new fragrance
Indie Canadian line Zoologist will launch Snowy Owl, a new unisex fragrance…