British luxury house Jimmy Choo will launch their debut fragrance, Jimmy Choo, in February of next year. According to co-founder Tamara Mellon — who appears in the ad campaign — the bottle was inspired by Murano glass…
Bath & Body Works Secret Wonderland ~ new perfume
Bath & Body Works has launched Secret Wonderland, a new fragrance for women. Secret Wonderland is reportedly similar to their limited edition perfume Moonlight Magic, which was released earlier this year…
Paddywax Library Collection Edgar Allan Poe Candle ~ home fragrance review
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor…
— Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”
The home fragrance company Paddywax recently launched its Library Collection, a suite of five scents inspired by authors. Needless to say, I couldn’t resist the idea of these literary-olfactory tributes, so I ordered a few. The Edgar Allan Poe candle was ostensibly a gift for my husband, who is a longtime Poe admirer. However, he’s really not all that interested in fragrance (despite my best efforts), so I’ve been the one basking in its glow and its scent, not to mention its clever packaging (labels that look like bookplates, and a travel tin, shown below, that could be used to hold small desk items when the candle is gone).
Paddywax’s Edgar Allan Poe fragrance is a blend of “cardamom, absynthe, and sandalwood,” and it turns out to be a warm, sweetish, spicy-woody scent that suits a late-autumn evening in a darkening room…
Mr Way Too Much Cologne Wearer
How is it that I've never seen this? Thanks to Joe (who says he found it at Basenotes) for the link. And thanks, Bud Light.
Roxana Illuminated Perfume Cimbalom ~ new fragrance
Indie botanical line Roxana Illuminated Perfume has launched Cimbalom:
The fragrance has been named after the stringed instrument closely related to the hammered dulcimer…