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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 16 December 2021 5 Comments

From Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Baccarat Rouge 540 in a spiffy holiday bottle (alas, with a price to match). "Each bottle requires eight hours of work to craft and is delicately hand-engraved in a Parisian workshop before being numbered, with only 300 in rotation. The legendary scent has established itself as one of the most iconic and influential creations of modern perfumery, composed of a distinctive wood accord exalted with enticing notes of fire, saffron, bitter almond and sensual animalic ambergris." 200 ml Extrait de Parfum, £830 at Harrods.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 15 December 2021 10 Comments

Aha, it’s been some years since I checked out the candle collection at Gucci, and lo and behold, they are still making candles I want and can’t afford. This one is the Mehen rose print (“The scent, Mehen, combines aquatic ingredients such as Persian blue salt, seaweed and water moss with licorice, capturing the essence of a water snake. The name Mehen is a reference to the Egyptian deity—a coiled up snake—recalling the various depictions of the symbolic animal throughout the House narrative”) and it’s $430 (house narratives don’t come cheap, my friends, but monthly payments are available), which is about $380 more than I’d like to spend and it’s an aquatic which I probably would not like anyway…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 14 December 2021 14 Comments

Spendy, but a far cry better than yesterday's extravaganza: Guerlain's L'Art & La Matière Perfumer's Set, with 10 ml bottles of Angélique Noire, Cruel Gardénia, Cuir Béluga, Néroli Outrenoir, Rose Barbare, Rose Chérie, Santal Pao Rosa and Spiritueuse Double Vanille. "This olfactory journey takes you through the most beautiful masterpieces crafted by Guerlain Perfumers, featuring three floral scents, three oriental scents, a woody scent and a fresh scent." 8 x 10 ml, $360.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 13 December 2021 11 Comments

Artist Jeanne Briand’s vessel (installation, really, so consider whether you have room: I’ve cut off part of the image so it will fit) for Guerlain holds a new variation on Mitsouko, Mitsouko Absolu 17…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 10 December 2021 Leave a Comment

A soy candle for Holiday 2021, from Rifle Paper Co: "This holiday candle brings to mind memories of cozy nights by the fire, fresh balsam fir and boughs of cranberries dipped in frost." $34 for 270g at Nordstrom.

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