A holiday video for four Salvatore Ferragamo fragrances (Signorina Misteriosa, Uomo Salvatore Ferragamo, Emozione and Acqua Essenziale Blu).
A better-smelling version of Charlie Brown’s Pig-Pen
I received my “I Woke Up Smelling Like This” T-shirt in the mail and the scent was so strong I could smell it through the box and the plastic bag it was wrapped in. Although I felt a bit like a better-smelling version of Charlie Brown’s Pig-Pen when I wore the shirt consecutive days without washing it, no one seemed to notice. Friends leaned in for more lingering hugs than usual, while telling me that I smelled “fantastic.”
— Hiro Clark and Le Labo are back with more T-shirts scented with Le Labo Santal 33 (you can see the 2015 editions here). Read more at Ignore Basic Hygiene and Still Smell Good Thanks to This Perfumed T-Shirt at New York Magazine, or buy the shirts ($128 each) here.
Etat Libre d’Orange Attaquer Le Soleil Marquis de Sade ~ fragrance review
What a difference an ingredient makes. Last week I disparaged a fragrance that showcased one note (Iso E Super) and this week I’m doing just the opposite. Attaquer Le Soleil* Marquis de Sade by Etat Libre d’Orange promotes one ingredient, cistus labdanum (from Cistus ladanifer), but I thoroughly enjoy this perfume.
I wrote about the Marquis de Sade and perfume almost 7 years ago (Histoires de Parfums 1740 Marquis de Sade). I’ll quote myself:
Sade’s stories of torture, his endless diatribes against religion, his sexual fantasies involving pain, incest, degradation, humiliation and murder numbed me. Reading the Marquis de Sade’s dully written, repetitive tales made me sleepy and after awhile I began to laugh heartily at the absurdity of him and what he ‘preached.’ His philosophy didn’t appeal to (or interest) me. I was definitely not Sade’s audience.
I’m still not Sade’s audience but sometimes I feel I could have been his compatriot…
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Dark Moon, Musc al Madina & Onycha ~ new fragrances
Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Dark Moon, the brand’s holiday fragrance for 2016. Also new: Musc al Madina and Onycha…
Davidoff Amber Blend ~ new fragrance
Davidoff has launched Amber Blend, the third fragrance in the Davidoff Blend Collection. The series started in 2014 with Leather Blend, followed by Agar Blend in 2015…