Jo Malone will follow 2011’s Tea Fragrance Blends collection with Sugar & Spice, a new limited edition quintet inspired by “quintessential British pudding” flavors. Look for them in March…
And the winners are…
.... AnnE, Jbordeau, Zazie, Hermoine11 and Elle Golbane, who each get a sample box in our latest giveaway. Congrats all!
Holiday fragrance gifts 2012, part 8
Our last holiday gift post for 2012 is all about luxury, just in case anyone has money to burn this year. Listed in order from what-a-bargain to holy-cow-you’ve-got-to-be-kidding.
If you missed them, check out part 1 (scented body products), part 2 (travel sizes & coffrets), part 3 (home fragrance), part 4 (gifts for men), part 5 (solid perfumes), part 6: (more travel sizes & coffrets), part 7 (budget & stocking stuffers).
From Chanel, body cream in the Les Exclusifs range: “Subtly scented to flatter any fragrance in the LES EXCLUSIFS Collection, this exquisitely soft, light cream envelops the skin with pure luxury. The sumptuous cream is perfect for layering, for the ultimate LES EXCLUSIFS experience. Presented in a beautiful coffret.” $130 for 150 g…
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, early December, 2012
Happy Hanukkah to anyone who is celebrating!
Our usual open thread routine: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you almost wore but didn’t, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Osswald ~ shopping for perfume in New York City
Osswald Parfumerie & Luxury Skincare Boutique opened its New York branch in August 2012. This is the second of only two Osswald locations; the original boutique is located in Zurich, where the family-run Osswald Parfumerie business was founded in 1921.
Osswald’s New York boutique is located in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, near the downtown end of the West Broadway shopping strip. The store’s interior is visible through a glass facade and its door is propped invitingly open; just inside, you’ll ascend a few steps to the main shopping area. This layout is an apt metaphor for the Osswald shopping experience: accessible and upscale at the same time. Osswald carries a variety of hard-to-find niche fragrance lines, many of them not available anywhere else in the city…