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Mr Macron, 47, wears “industrial amounts” of Dior Eau Sauvage, Olivier Beaumont, a senior journalist with Le Parisien says, such that his aides in the Elysee Palace can sense him approaching before he even enters the room.
— Read more in Macron’s ‘industrial levels’ of fragrance overpowering aides in Elysee Palace, book claims at The Independent. Hat tip to Bill!
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Sandalwood, with its oblong light-green leaves and twiggy branches, is a semi-parasitic plant that needs a host tree. It can take up to 30 years for it to be ready for perfume oil extraction. The modern perfume industry originally used sandalwood from India, but starting in 1974, unbridled and unsustainable harvesting practices caused a precipitous drop in supply, likely driving up the cost of the wood. “There was a time when it had basically disappeared for perfumers,” [perfumer Frank] Voelkl says.
— Read more in The Scent You Smell Everywhere Almost Disappeared Forever at Elle.
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If original launches like [Glossier] You are blockbusters, flankers are the sequels of the perfume industry. The history of the flanker concept goes back to launches like 1975’s Nina Ricci Signoricci 2, a redux of 1966’s Signoricci. And just as constantly expanding film universes are now standard in the movie industry, releasing a new flanker every year is a common practice for designer and masstige lines as conglomerates like L’Oréal and Coty aim to keep scents alive for new generations and demographics.
— Read more in The big business of perfume flankers at Glossy.
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Actress Andria Tayeh for Armani Privé Vert Malachite.
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It’s got that moodiness and I think it’s quite romantic. But it’s got a kind of tough side to it as well. It reminds me of going to a really great night club, and meeting somebody fabulous. I’m not very good at remembering the names of the actual things that are in them, like tonka bean and oud. We talked about what we liked, and I took quite a lead in that, because I’m very, very olfactory driven.
— Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran on Black Moonlight, one of the two fragrances the band has released with Xerjoff. Read more in Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon on the band’s new perfume line: ‘It’s very in your face’ at The Telegraph via Yahoo.