Happy hump day, and happy birthday to Judi Dench! What fragrance are you wearing?
I picked Providence Perfume Co Samarinda.
Reminder: this Friday, 12/11, wear a perfume by Pierre Bourdon, if you have one…
Clean Reserve ~ new fragrances
Clean has launched Clean Reserve, a new collection of nine “niche, authentic, sustainable and personal” fragrances. There are six new fragrances (Amber Saffron, Blonde Rose, Smoked Vetiver, Sueded Oud, Terra Woods and Velvet Flora) plus new “Reserve Blend” editions of three older Clean fragrances (Rain, Skin and Warm Cotton)…
The putrid odor
The “Exhilarated Room” is a funhouse of crystalline mirrors, like Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, dotted with flower-like patterns and accompanied by the putrid odor of what’s described to me as “Blooming Peony and Cherry.”
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The museum is not a museum at all. It is an elaborate, walk-through advertisement for Glade products, complete with some very attentive brand ambassadors dressed in costume. But the marketing aspect has not stopped visitors from standing in a line that snakes around a luxury mall.
— Jared Keller of the Smithsonian ("Fear and Loathing at the Museum of Feelings") and Katie Rogers of The New York Times ("Selfies and a Sales Pitch at the Museum of Feelings") are not amused by Glade's popup museum in New York City.
Holiday fragrance gifts 2015, part 5
Here is this year’s ‘miscellaneous’ gift selection (basically, things that don’t fit anywhere else). We’ve got solid perfumes, tea and whatnot.
From French niche line Téo Cabanel comes this pomander strung on a ribbon, which you can use to wear your favorite scent: “Treading the line between an elegant piece of jewelry and a sensual potion which accompany you throughout the day, Teo Cabanel’s pomender brings a new dimension to the art of wearing perfume. Let us make you discover a contemporary approach to the well-known Renaissance pomender of yesteryear that were inlaid with gold, pearls and precious stones.” €39 at Téo Cabanel…
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at aedes: get free gift cards ($10 with $100 purchase / $25 with $250 / $50 with $500 / $100 with $1000) using coupon code Gifts, good today only. New items include Eric Buterbaugh and Frederic Malle coffrets.
New at selfridges (UK): Aesop Marrakech Intense.