Saturday is the fourth day of Christmas (four calling birds), the third day of Kwanzaa, and the seventh night of Hanukkah. We’re celebrating everything with our same old open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, what you’re hoping to see on fragrance counters in 2020, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
How quickly they grow up! It seems like yesterday I was trying out Les Parfums de Rosine’s “tender and innocent” Ballerina No. 1 and now we’re already up to the “shimmering and rich” Ballerina No. 5. Like other Ballerinas in this series, No. 5 was inspired by a specific ballet — in this case, La Bayadère, which made its debut in 1877 with music by Leonard Minkus and choreography by Marius Petipa. La Bayadère is an opulent but tragic tale of a romance between a beautiful bayadère (temple dancer) and a warrior.
La Bayadère‘s passion-fueled plot and its Indian location help to set the scene for this rose-centered perfume…
A lemming for fans of scrub soaps: three limited edition bars from Kiehls. "Gently cleanse and exfoliate skin with our Limited-Edition Body Scrub Soap. This botanical-based exfoliating bar soap helps prepare skin for moisturizing and is formulated with Glycerin and Ground Jojoba Seeds." In Grapefruit, Coriander or Lavender. $12 each.
Atelier Cologne has launched Love Osmanthus, a new fruity floral fragrance…
