Bath & Body Works has launched Cashmere Glow, a new addition to their Signature Collection for women…
Parfums MDCI Chypre Palatin ~ fragrance review
You can’t have been a thrift store junkie as long as I have without honing your eye for beauty and solid craftsmanship. The problem with a lust for 1930s crystal cocktail glasses with their fine, imperfectly etched bowls, for example, or the ability to suss out vintage alpaca or 1940s rayon by touch alone, is that I end up toting home too many gorgeous things I’ll never use. That butter-soft tweed Brooks Brothers overcoat? It went to a friend’s husband whose girth supported it. The chocolate brown Manolos two sizes too small? Seven dollars later, an intern in my office was wearing them. Let’s not even get started on geometric mid-century lamps, Murano glass ashtrays, and mouton jackets. I crave these items for their quality and style, but they don’t always fit into my life.
That’s how I feel about Parfums MDCI Chypre Palatin. I love everything about it and long for a bottle, but it was made for someone else. However, if Chypre Palatin suits you, you are in for a real treat…
The Monday Mail ~ help Elena find a new perfume
This week Elena wants us to help her find something more complex and rich than what she usually wears, but something she can still wear frequently — not a special occasion perfume. She has no set limit on the price, but she’d prefer to find something under $200. Here is what we know about Elena:
She’s in her early 30s, and lives in the Massachusetts suburbs with her young daughter, husband, and two greyhounds, one of whom tries to clean any perfume or lotion off of her immediately.
She says she is a very nerdy, bookish jock.
She plays tennis and Ultimate frisbee, loves taking her dogs and daughter for long walks, and also loves to read.
She describes herself as outgoing and friendly, analytical and intelligent, goofy and playful.
Elena loves leather, iris, and green fragrances, but says she doesn’t know many notes…
La Collection de Grasse
Two videos from niche line L’Artisan Parfumeur, on their upcoming Collection de Grasse, due for launch in October. The first video shows the production of the two candles, L’Automne and L’Hiver. Below the jump, the fabrication of scented leather gloves, perfumed with Mûre et Musc Extrême.
Odin 08 Seylon ~ new fragrance
New York-based clothing retailer Odin New York has launched 08 Seylon, a new unisex fragrance…