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2020 / Browsing by date: June 2020

Dior in Bloom

Posted by Robin on 29 June 2020 2 Comments

Dior in Bloom is episode 1 of the podcast Dior Untold, which will cover the fragrance history of the house. "In the opening episode, Dior in Bloom, journey through Christian Dior’s life and discover the colorful places that shaped the vision of this exceptional couturier and perfumer. One of these extraordinary places, where this story begins, is Grasse – Christian Dior’s favorite region in France. It is here where he truly cultivated his love of flowers by planting acres of Centifolia Roses fulfilling the ultimate dream of this garden and flower enthusiast." No visuals, 23 minutes.

Monday scent of the day 6/29

Posted by Robin on 29 June 2020 182 Comments

It’s Monday and World Industrial Design Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m trying to wake up in Annick Goutal Mandragore. It’s a struggle today.

Reminder: on 7/3, wear a perfume with ylang ylang, if you have one…

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Eau de Space

Posted by Robin on 29 June 2020 7 Comments

If you've ever wondered what space smells like, a new perfume may answer that for you. A kickstarter was recently launched for a new fragrance called Eau de Space to bring the smell of outer space back down to Earth.

— Read more in This is what space smells like at CNN.

Lazy weekend poll ~ summer reading list, edition 10

Posted by Robin on 27 June 2020 303 Comments

Welcome to our annual summer reading poll! (And we’ve done lots of extra reading polls in the last year, so if you want more recommendations, see fall, winter and spring.) Author birthdays this weekend: Paul Dunbar, Helen Keller and Alice McDermott on Saturday; Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Eric Ambler on Sunday.

The poll: please recommend a great book to add to our summer reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it.

My recent reading…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 26 June 2020 Leave a Comment

More luxury home fragrance, sorry. But, caprese! From Mizensir, Le Jardin du Parfumeur candles (the perfumer being Alberto Morillas), in Feuille de Basilic and Feuille de Tomate, $85 each at Aedes.

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