He would wet his hair with Eau Savage, using it as a sort of hair gel. It was that smell combined with the tobacco of his pipe. He used to smoke a specific tobacco pipe called Reine Claude. The combination of those scents is imprinted in my olfactory memory forever and those memories are the moments of happiness for me.
— Kilian Hennessy, asked about the smell of happiness, picks his grandfather. Read more in Kilian Hennessy Thinks Mondays Smell Like Nothing at The Cut.
What an evocative combination! If I smoked a pipe I might try it.
He ought to make the fragrance.
Oh, what a charmed life (re: the whole article).
It ain’t too shabby.
Nice article, thanks Robin. In case he’s looking for perfume inspiration to fill the Monday blank page : my Mondays smell like putting out the rubbish, picking up dog poo from the lawn, two loads of washing, a trip to the supermarket and a day of work followed by cooking dinner and housework.
Ha! I am guessing these are activities he is perhaps not totally familiar with. But who knows.