The making of the Louis Vuitton + Baccarat crystal Flacon d’Exception.
I’m your man
Leonard Cohen sings, Robert Pattinson does his thing, for the latest iteration of Dior Homme Sport. Below the jump, the boxing version.
Enchantment and fantasy
Artist Géraldine Gonzalez decorates the Guerlain flagship at 68, Avenue des Champs-Élysées for the holidays.
This one barely has a scent
“I’ve bought this candle before, and the fragrance would fill the room. This one barely has a scent. Boo.” reads a Yankee Candle Amazon review from December 20, 2021.
— On using Yankee Candle reviews as an epidemiological tool; read more in Hmm, angry reviews of candles with ‘no scent’ are spiking again... at Input.
I can make something outrageous
Her scents are composed as portraits of places and occasions: Ealing Green is a crisp green floral named for the west London suburb where McCartney met her husband; Maxed Out is a boozy mix of rum, tobacco, cannabis, coffee and a hint of hot sweat, modelled on a New York night out and not for the faint of pulse. “I can make something outrageous and, if only a small group of people love it, I just never make a bigger batch,” McCartney says. “As we do everything by hand here our costs are higher, but nothing is ever wasted. We bottle them to order.”
— That's Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays; read more in Meet the New Guard of Indie Perfumers Flourishing in London at Robb Report.