The practice of layering also has led to a significant shift in the definition of men’s fragrance in the region. Fahreen Laskar, a beauty influencer who divides her time between London and Dubai, said she has noticed men in the Gulf region embracing fragrances that just a few years ago were considered strictly for women.
— Read more in Men’s Fragrances Perfume the Middle East at The New York Times.
Happy Friday and happy Saint Nicholas Day! It’s also Ira Gershwin’s birthday, and in Canada, it’s the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. We’re doing Plus One Friday….our community project for today: wear your favorite layering combination, or try a brand new one. (We’ve done variations on this project before.)
What fragrance(s) did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
Again I meant to experiment but instead I’m in another tried and true combo: Terre d’Hermès and Kelly Caleche…
The Body Shop has launched White Musk Elements, a new trio of “fragrance toppers”. White Musk Lover, White Musk Radical and White Musk Free are intended to be layered over 1981’s White Musk…
(Relatively) quick reviews of Morn to Dusk from Eau d’Italie and the Giverny in Bloom collection from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.
The oddly-named Morn to Dusk is the latest from Italian niche line Eau d’Italie; it promises a “sensual feeling that wraps like a veil of gold, from morning till the sun sets” and “the Italian way to Vanilla: simply irresistible”. That translates into a sheer, summer-weight vanilla musk…
Happy Layered Friday! Our community project for today: layer two or more fragrances, or layer fragrance(s) with a scented body product.
It’s not what I had planned, but I’m wearing i Profumi di Firenze Ambra del Nepal (which I’d been thinking about after yesterday’s incense post) over Bliss Vanilla + Bergamot Body Butter. I smell delicious.
Reminder: next Friday, 1/30, will be Oud Friday…