Bling from Bond No. 9: Scent of Peace, Chelsea Flowers and Nuits de Noho in ‘Swarovski Stars’ limited editions. The 50 ml bottles run $550 — oops, make that $500! — each and can be purchased from the Bond No. 9 website…
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at b-glowing: spend $30 or more, get a sample set of the 3 Infusion Organique Home Ambiance & body products (1 ml each, Buddha's Fig, Sands of Morocco & Indochine) with coupon code infusion, good through 5/4.
Deal at macys: get free shipping plus a deluxe goody bag on purchases of $50 or more with coupon code PRETTYMOM, good while supplies last.
Deal at yvesrocherusa: take $10 off orders of $30 or more with coupon code MOTHERSDAY, expiration date unknown.
The Monday Mail ~ help Hannah find a new perfume
Hannah, who comments on Now Smell This as krokodilgena, wants to find a new “very strange and very dark” perfume. She has excellent access to perfume stores, and is willing to spend up to $150 for 50 ml. Here is what we know about Hannah:
She’s in her late teens, and she lives in the mid-Atlantic region of the US.
She’s planning to be a German major, but her dream was to be a lingerie designer.
Her favorite designers are Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe, Gareth Pugh, John Galliano, and Hedi Slimane.
She loves Indian and Thai food, and also loves art (favorite artists: Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt).
She does not usually like “classic or retro”.
Hannah wants her new scent to be dark and weird, but not goth…
Fragrance gifts for Mother’s Day 2009, part 1
Mother’s Day is May 10, and it’s coming up fast…here are a few gift suggestions to get you started.
From Ormonde Jayne, an engraved bottle (shown above left): “Ormonde Jayne will engrave your mother’s initials onto the gold and glass stopper of our iconic Pure Parfum bottle and have it delivered in a beautiful shagreen box.” The service takes about 5 working days (not including shipping), and a 50 ml bottle is £130; you can order online at the Ormonde Jayne website…
A revolting stench rather like rotting flesh
For when it blooms – which experts predict should occur in the next few days – it will release not the fragrant scent of most flowers, but a revolting stench rather like rotting flesh.
And to make matters worse, two Arums are due to flower at the same time – a first in Kew Gardens’ 250-year history.
— Two Titan arums, aka corpse flower, are expected to bloom at Kew Gardens soon. Read more at Kew! What a giant pong - two of the world’s smelliest flowers are just about to bloom at Daily Mail.