From Perfumer H, the Ink soap bar: "100% natural glycerin soap made by hand in Lancashire and fused with the eponymous INK fragrance which translates the illusion of blue ink on paper." 100g for $28 at Perfumer H. Also available in Ink: candles, incense sticks, Eau de Parfum and room spray.
Spanish house Loewe has launched Aire Sutileza Elixir, a new perfume for women. Aire Sutileza Elixir is a flanker to 2017’s Aire Sutileza, which was a flanker to 1985’s Aire Loewe…
A spot for the Guerlain bee bottle, followed (below the jump) by a short spot for this year’s Cherry Blossom bee bottle, then 2 spots (“inside the technology” and “how to apply”) for the new Aqua Allegoria Perle editions.
It’s Hump Day and World Plumbing Day (hooray for plumbing). Birthdays: Ezra Jack Keats, Douglas Adams, Bobby McFerrin. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m inky enough, in Lalique Encre Noire.
Reminder: on 3/13, we’re doing ink…
For most of my life, I’ve been the only Arab woman in the room. I often felt faced with a choice of downplaying my cultural identity to fit in with my peers, ace the job interview, sit more comfortably in the restaurant, or take ownership of my culture. When I set aside Marc Jacobs Daisy or Kate Spade Sparkle in favour of Lush’s Sticky Dates or Salt & Stone’s Black Rose and Oud, I am making a much bigger choice. I’m choosing to set aside smelling clean because smelling like my culture is more important.
— Read more in Forget Smelling “Clean” — I Want To Smell Like My Culture at Refinery29.