Happy Friday and happy International Day of Argania! (Also, National Shrimp Day, plus some birthdays: Tonita Peña, Fred Astaire, David O. Selznick, Maybelle Carter, Arthur Alexander, Donovan, Miuccia Prada, Sid Vicious, Bono.) Our community project for today: we’re off to Morocco! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Morocco, or that reminds …
Apparently the smells made the museum very nervous! They didn’t want anyone to feel assaulted by having to endure the scent of human hair from a hat, and so on. Personally, I very much enjoyed the pat-’n-sniff wall in the “Specter of the Rose” gallery, which allows a visitor to release the smells that have …
You have to be a sleuth to learn about perfumery. As I already mentioned several times on this blog, there is not one definitive textbook or publication that covers all of the fundamentals but if you’re prepared to search, you can find a wealth of sources. This applies particularly well to the study of perfumery …
More from the Lush Bridgerton collection: See and Be Seen Body Wash. “Freshen up for high tea with this lovely lathering wash made with the bestselling scent of Rose Jam. Apply onto a pouf or dip straight in and inhale the heady blend of rose, geranium and Sicilian lemon oils, as well as Pakistani rose …
The new Maison Diptyque store (remember?) at 7 rue Duphot in Paris.
Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also Europe Day and John Brown’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing? I’m in Tauer Perfumes Au Coeur du Désert. Reminder: 5/10 is the International Day of Argania, so we’re off to Morocco… Read the rest of this article »
“You don’t just smell an aroma; you fall into it,” writes artisan perfumer Mandy Aftel. And entering her exquisite small museum, the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents, tucked into a backyard in Berkeley, is to fall into an ancient, mysterious world. Amid centuries-old books, bottles and curios are natural fragrances that come from the secretions …
From Le Feu de L’Eau, the Petale candle: “Created without using a mold, each candle is sculpted underwater with a high-temperature wax. The color is hand mixed and the fragrances are custom blended into a soy candle filling, which melts at a quicker rate than the exterior wax so that as the candle burns the …
Mizensir, the fragrance line of perfumer Alberto Morillas, has launched Legend Leather, a new fragrance… Read the rest of this article »
Perfumers Jacques Cavalier and Camille Cavalier talk about Bvlgari Allegra Chill & Sole.
