A spot for the Valentino Born in Roma Green Stravaganza duo.
Guerlain x 3
A quick bottle porn spot for Guerlain’s Lunar New Year 2024 Bee Bottle by L’Atelier Truscelli. Then below the jump, another bottle porn spot, this time for Guerlain’s Le Flacon Tortue: Red Edition, followed by perfumer Delphine Jelk talking about La Petite Robe Noire Rose Noire.
The distinctive spicy aroma of bay oil
The foundation of all the brand’s fragrances, including its original titular fragrance [St Johns Bay Rum], is the distinctive spicy aroma of bay oil, derived from the bay leaf trees that grow abundantly on the island. Other St Johns Bay Rum fragrances focus on capturing different facets of St. John. Vetiver, for example, captures the sweet grasses of the Caribbean along with citrus fruits and spices.
— Read more in How Perfumers Put Vacation in a Bottle at Thrillist.
You can lose so much
In life, you can lose so much. Money, time, shame and credibility, but one of the most unexpected, which makes it no less tragic, is scent. A few months ago, this happened to men all over the world, when the Old Spice company decided to cease commercial sales of one of its oldest products, Old Spice Eau de Toilette Original.
— Read more in Is ‘dad smell’ dead? How an entire generation was left adrift when a classic perfume disappeared at El País. (Note that I am not at all sure the discontinuation is really worldwide. And do see Kevin's review of Old Spice.)
A liberated body in movement
Francis Kurkdjian talks about Christian Dior New Look.