French niche line By Kilian has launched Royal Leather, a new fragrance for London (see also: By Kilian Single Malt)…
Happy holidays from Nina Ricci
Nina Ricci Parfums wishes you happy holidays for 2015.
The smell of the baking cake
But best of all, those with a sweet tooth could try the one-woman opera Bon Appétit! by Lee Hoiby: adapted from a classic Julia Child cookery broadcast, it requires the singer to bake a chocolate gateau on stage. When the mezzo-soprano Emma Curtis performed it at the Bloomsbury Festival recently, her audience could first enjoy the smell of the baking cake, then eat it at the end. It was even gluten-free.
— Read more about scented operas (past, present and future) at Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana: Smelled any good operas lately? at the Independent.
Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Toilette ~ fragrance review
“What?” you might be asking. “Black Orchid. Umm, haven’t we covered this ground before?”
Well, yes, sort of. Robin reviewed Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Parfum soon after it was released in 2006, and we’ve since reviewed its flankers: Voile de Fleur and Velvet Orchid. But this review is for the newly launched Eau de Toilette, which the perfume house touts as different from the original…
New fragrances from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz
Indie line Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Fou d’Opium, Zeitgeist 55, Albino (A Study in White), Reveries de Paris, The Voices of Trees and Noel Enchanté…