Once again, a drool-worthy holiday candle collection from Diptyque. At left, Pin (“fresh and familiar, green and resinous, the scent of pine needles and a hint of patchouli”); at right, Orange Épicée (“With its emblematic note of sour orange with a mix of essences of winter spices: Indian ginger, star anise from China, clove”). Not shown is Oliban, in blue…
Indie line Smell Bent has launched their limited edition Holiday collection for 2010:
Dr. Dreidel ~ “she acted like she’d never seen gelt before. freshly carved hiba wood, spiced with angelica root and pimento leaf…”
For my kids, decorating gingerbread houses (bless Trader Joe’s for those kits) is a cherished ritual. Me, I’ll spritz on some Five O’Clock au Gingembre from Moroccan-influenced French niche perfumer Serge Lutens and luxuriate in his vision of candied ginger, cinnamon, patchouli, honeyed fruit and mulled chai spices.
—From Smells Like the Season at the LA Times, found via MyPerfumeLife at Twitter.
We'll be back on Sunday. Sorry, make that Monday — we're still recovering. See you tomorrow!
Note: image is christmas cactus by anee.baba at flickr; some rights reserved.
This will be the last in the 2009 series of holiday gift posts. If you’re still shopping and missed any of the earlier entries, here they are: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 (budget gifts), part 5, part 6 (for men), part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10.
Before anyone hyperventilates (and I nearly did when I saw the one in the center), these are NOT perfume bottles. They’re limited edition porcelain figurines from Lanvin, to celebrate the brand’s 120 anniversary…