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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 15 April 2026 1 Comment

The latest lip balm flavor from Swedish Dream is Lavender: "A sumptuous lavender butter base wraps lips in a rich, velvety layer of comfort. Gentle notes of creamy vanilla blend with sun-warmed lavender, inspired by coastal fields in Sweden where soft blooms sway in the sea air. Calm and quietly indulgent, it feels like a small moment of self-care—leaving lips nourished, supple, and beautifully at ease." $10 for 28g at Kala Style, where you'll also find the matching bar soap, hand cream and liquid hand soap.

Etat Libre d’Orange Let’s Pretend ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 15 April 2026 3 Comments

French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange has introduced Let’s Pretend, a new fragrance…

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Neroli Letters

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A spot for Montblanc Neroli Letters.

Wednesday scent of the day 4/15

Posted by Robin on 15 April 2026 39 Comments

It’s Wednesday, and if you’re in the US, Tax Day. Also, World Art Day, National Anime Day, the Universal Day of Culture, plus Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?

It’s going to be a scorcher here today. I’m in Hermès Muguet Porcelaine.

Reminder: on 4/17, wear a fragrance by Hermès, OR something from perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena OR Christine Nagel…

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Mango but brighter, zestier and more complex

Posted by Robin on 15 April 2026 Leave a Comment

“Somebody came to me recently and said they wanted a fragrance that smelled like a rainbow mango,” [perfumer Stephen] Nilsen says. “I was like, I don’t know what that is. So I came in here and said, What might be there? Ethyl butyrate, some citrals, some green notes—a green apple, a little pear. Some peach.” He taps these notes and more into Carto, and the mechanism swings into action, measuring the ingredients into a sample vial. Nilsen removes the result as though from a vending machine and hands it to me to sniff. It smells like mango but brighter, zestier and more complex. A mango I might even want to wear on my skin.

— Red more in How chemists engineer the signature smells of luxury perfumes at Scientific American via Yahoo.

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