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Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ fall reading list, edition 8

Posted by Robin on 17 October 2026 22 Comments

Welcome to our 8th annual fall reading poll! Please recommend a great book to add to our fall reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it.

(Or, do what I do and record here everything you have read since the last quarterly reading poll. And if you want more recommendations, scrolling through the literature tag will bring up all the older reading polls.)

Or, as always, just talk about something else, and of course, do report your fragrance of the day if you like…

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The history of perfume in Italy

Posted by Robin on 17 October 2026 Leave a Comment

At Via Giorgio Washington 52 in Milan, the Perfume Passage Foundation has opened, a museum devoted to the history of perfume in Italy. Spread over two floors and 1,000 sqm, the collection features more than 3,000 items dating from the 19th century to the 1970s.

— Read more in Perfume Passage Foundation opens in Milan: immersive perfume museum at inITALY.

Matiere Premiere Cherry Amber ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 October 2026 4 Comments

Matière Première, the French niche house of perfumer Aurélien Guichard, has launched Cherry Amber, a new unisex fragrance. Cherry Amber is currently exclusive to the Middle East…

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L’Entropiste Festin ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 October 2026 6 Comments

Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour’s L’Entropiste brand has launched Festin, a new unisex woody leather fragrance…

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Astier de Villatte Tanger ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 October 2026 2 Comments

French ceramics brand Astier de Villatte has launched Tanger, a new fragrance…

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