Lavender will forever be her scent

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2021 Leave a Comment

French-lavender hand cream that I used to massage my grandmother’s hands with. When she was sick, I would go into her room and massage her hands and feet with this French-lavender cream that we purchased from a gift shop in her town. She passed away when I was 10, and it was such an intense time for me emotionally as a young girl. It was my first time experiencing loss, and I loved her so much, so lavender will forever be her scent.

— Sara Panton of home fragrance brand Vitruvi on her first scent memory. Read more in For Sara Panton, Happiness Smells Like Salty Hair and Wet Dog at The Cut.

To reveal a new facet

Posted by Robin on 13 October 2021 5 Comments

A spot for Louis Vuitton Les Extraits Collection.

Not many head-turners

Posted by Robin on 13 October 2021 13 Comments

...I love what Serge Lutens has done – Feminite du Bois, for instance, is a great perfume. There are not that many at the moment. I don’t want to sound like a grandfather but when I started in this business I remember going down the stairs to Les Bains Douche, a nightclub in Paris – it was the first time that I smelled Angel. I remember thinking, “Holy shit, what’s this? This is very interesting.” So I went up to the girl that was wearing it and asked her, which I always did, but now I don’t...There are not many head-turners anymore.

—Frédéric Malle, quoted in Frédéric Malle on the History, Future and Misconceptions of Perfume at AnOther.