Hiram Green has launched Lustre, a new unisex natural rose fragrance…
Strict binaries
Despite evolving conversations around gender fluidity, fragrance is the one space that continues to be defined by strict binaries of feminine and masculine. Florals and delicate smells traditionally have been assigned as feminine, while stronger and muskier scents as masculine.
Patrick Kelly, founder of an innovative fragrance label, Sigil, doesn't subscribe to such archaic restrictions.
— Read more at Sigil Is the Genderless Natural Fragrance Label Disrupting the Mainstream at PaperMag. (Note to aspiring perfume brands: there is not much left in the mainstream fragrance industry that hasn't already been disrupted a thousand times over and then some. You will not be the first.)
Aftelier Embers & Musk ~ new fragrance
Friday scent of the day 2/15
It’s Friday and National Hippo Day. Plus, happy Flag Day, Canada! Our community project for today: wear a natural perfume, if you have one. Thanks to chocolatemarzipan8 for the suggestion!
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
Me: on vacation, day 8. If I were not on vacation, I’d be in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Les Fruits Défendus, Volume 1: Bakul Medjool. As it is, I am commando again, so zero points for me…
Hiram Green Hyde ~ fragrance review
Looking at the string of words “Hiram Green Hyde” — green hide stood out. (Hyde is a unisex leather perfume described as “challenging” by Hiram Green.) Certainly, any perfume with green hide as an inspiration would be a challenge to wear; green hide is the skin right off a newly killed animal, with flesh, blood, hair and fat still clinging to it. I’ve read about green hides while studying indigenous art and leather-tanning techniques of American Indians. I’m happy to say there’s no smell of green hide in Hyde, but it does bring to mind (and nose) scents of Mexico, and another indigenous group: the Aztecs.
Hyde’s short-lived opening isn’t citrus-y, but reminds me of BAND-AID® bandages…