A quick spot for the new Marfa Oud from Memo.
This boom
And in fact, what consumers are doing, [they're] spraying more, especially Gen Z, who use fragrances not [only] on their skins, they use fragrances on their clothes and outfits. So they spray much more, and it's shortening the lifespan of the usage of the product. So that's what explains, in fact, this boom, both in volume and in value behind this market.
— Read more in It's not just beauty. Fragrance is ‘booming in the US,’ Coty CEO says at Yahoo! Finance.
A rare whiff of a bygone empire
In Roman Spain, some 2,000 years ago, people may have been perfuming themselves with the musky scent of patchouli, new research hints. The study marks the first time that the composition of a Roman perfume has been identified, offering us a rare whiff of a bygone empire.
The perfume, which has solidified after two millennia inside a carved quartz bottle, was discovered in a funerary urn found in a mausoleum in Seville, Spain. Unearthed in 2019, during an excavation in modern-day Carmona, the mystery ointment has now been chemically described, revealing the inclusion of patchouli, an essential oil common in modern perfumery but never before known in use in ancient Rome.
— Read more in Composition Of Roman Perfume Identified For First Time, And It Smelled Like Patchouli at IFLScience.
I don’t have a signature scent as such
[Susan] Sarandon revealed to us that she, like Gemma Arterton, is a fan of fragrance that are considered more masculine. "I don't have a signature scent as such, but I prefer masculine scents like sandalwood – Eva from the Italian perfumer Santa Maria Novella is a favourite. I tend to adopt a new perfume when I take on a new role. For instance Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez was referred to in Twilight, a movie I did with Paul Newman, so I wore that when filming."
— Read more in Meet the fragrances celebrities actually wear at Harper's Bazaar.
Sundae
A spot for Anna Sui Sundae.