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2019 / Browsing by date: November 2019

Lazy weekend poll ~ whispering to Santa (or the gift-giving entity of your choice), 2019 edition

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2019 230 Comments

Our twelfth annual holiday gift poll. Here are the three questions:

What is the fragrance-related gift you’d most like to receive this year?

Let’s say you were going to ask for just one unsniffed fragrance this year, what would it be?

Are you giving any fragrance items for gifts this year, and if so, what?

My answers…

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Aftelier Forest Bathing ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2019 Leave a Comment

Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Forest Bathing, a new woody fragrance…

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Eris Parfums Mxxx. ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 November 2019 3 Comments

Eris Parfums has launched Mxxx., a unisex limited edition fragrance. Mxxx. is a follow up to 2017’s Mx...

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Diptyque Flora Fortuna candle ~ home fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 29 November 2019 18 Comments

In the earlier 2000s, I used to make frequent purchases of scented candles (and room sprays and “wax tarts”) from any number of brands. Nowadays, I buy candles from an independent candle-maker in my own city and my home fragrance cravings are pretty much satisfied. One exception: my annual purchase of a holiday candle from Diptyque, an indulgence I never regret.

This year’s Holiday 2019 collection is titled Porte Bonheur (“good-luck charm”) and features illustrations by Olaf Hajek. I’ve chosen the “blue” option every year for nearly a decade, because it’s usually something deep and incense-y. This time, after pondering all three candles in the Holiday 2019 collection, I gravitated towards the “red” choice. Its official name is Flora Fortuna and Diptyque recommends burning it “for good luck.” Its glass canister is decorated with “symbols of good fortune from around the world such as the four-leaf clover and maneki-neko cat…while the red color brings us the energy needed to seize its luck…”

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Friday scent of the day 11/29

Posted by Robin on 29 November 2019 225 Comments

Happy Black Friday / Buy Nothing Day! Our community project for today: pick your Black Friday poison…wear the last fragrance you bought, wear a cheap thrill, or wear a fragrance you love but refuse to buy in a full size because it’s too expensive.

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I’m in the last fragrance I bought, Aedes de Venustas Oeillet Bengale…

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