We’re marking the end of May and the beginning of June (don’t forget to rabbit first thing on Monday!) with our standard open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite scented sunscreen or after sun lotion, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
From CO Bigelow, the Rose Salve Plush Catnip Toy. (Why? I don't know, but there is a dog toy too.) "A house icon, reimagined for play. Filled with premium catnip and wrapped in our signature Rose Salve Tin No. 012 design. Made for batting, chasing, and quiet moments in between", $12 at CO Bigelow.
It’s the last Friday in May, plus World Digestive Health Day, National Biscuit Day and JFK’s birthday. Our community project for today is Shaken Not Stirred…for Ian Fleming’s birthday (yesterday), honor the James Bond character howsoever you like. You can repeat the theme of a 2008 poll (name your favorite James Bond actor (the choices, for anyone who can’t remember the entire line-up: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig) and what fragrance you think their version of Bond would wear) or any of the questions from a 2018 followup we did for Sean Connery’s birthday, you can scent your favorite Bond movie, you can take inspiration from a specific film (or book!) locale or character, whatever you like. Thanks go to Lovestosmellgood for the idea!
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
Sticking with my guns here, in Dior Eau Sauvage again. Pierce Brosnan was not my favorite Bond but it didn’t hurt to watch him, either…
Even stripped of its invented history, Creed still projects a powerful fantasy. As Liv Steigrad, a behavioral strategist and another Australian fraghead friend, put it, Creed is “basically aspirational masculinity bottled and sold.” Not rugged masculinity exactly, nor louche downtown cool, but the polished, expensive kind: designer loafers, Equinox abs, and suspiciously poreless skin.
— Read more in Is Creed the Scent of Our Looksmaxxing Era? at Highsnobiety.
Another way to wear Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 62: Body Badalada Lotion. "...delivers 24-hour weightless hydration for seriously touchable, healthy-looking skin in the irresistible & sunny Cheirosa 62 fragrance", 400 ml for $28, or in a new 100 ml travel size for $16, at Ulta. If you buy directly from Sol de Janeiro, there is also a limited edition shimmer version.