Today's mid-afternoon snack, perhaps? The limited edition Fauchon éclair Rose Pompon, in collaboration with Annick Goutal: "Topped with a chic and flowery white chocolate shell, this eclair conceals a pink berry cremeux resting on a whipped rose ganache and delicious fresh raspberries." You can buy it at the Fauchon at 30 Place de la Madeleine, Paris, through July 22.
Notes of freshly cut grass mingle with vanilla, liquorice, caramel and clove, topped off with a suggestion of warmth and a hint of magnolia – that is, according to the internet. I unscrew the lid and take a whiff. They smell faintly like furniture polish.
— The BBC takes a look at the culinary use of tonka bean. Read more at The delicious flavour with a toxic secret. Hat tip to Nozknoz!
To kick off bottle porn week, The Orielles singing I Only Bought It For The Bottle. It's not about perfume, but still. Hat tip to @reginamint at Twitter!
Melissa's limited edition Roller Joy skates are on mark-down (from $530 to $318), and since I assume they have the same bubblegum scent as other Melissa shoes, they qualify for inclusion here even if I'm sure I'd rather look at them (aren't they cute?) than actually roller skate. At Melissa.
Why isn't there a bottle of this in my liquor cabinet already? Santa Maria Novella Elisir di Rose ("The Elixir of roses is a traditional liquor, based gallic rose syrup, which has digestive properties and vitamins through its petals. Ideal for flavour fruit salads, sherbet ice cream, tea, hot or cold. Great Aperitif: served with chilled white wine, preferably dry with sparkling wine or rum.") Yes, folks, vitamins! (Plus, 35% alcohol). And they also make Elisir di China, Elisir di Edimburgo, Cappuchino Liquore, Liquore Mediceo and several others (including a red one called Alkermes that is said to be an ancestor of Campari, and that probably would have cured my Lyme disease). Somebody pick me up a few next time you're in Florence, yes?