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Friday scent of the day 12/31

Posted by Robin on 31 December 2021 301 Comments

Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s also Friday, the seventh day of Christmas (swans a-swimming) and the sixth day of Kwanzaa (Kuumba: creativity). Our community project for today: do what you were going to do anyway…wear the perfect fragrance to celebrate, share joy and look forward to 2022.

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 don’t know that I’ll stick with it through tonight, but this morning I tried to come up with a good luck charm for the coming year, and the first thing that came to mind was Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré.

Reminder: on 1/7, wear a fragrance to match Very Peri, Pantone’s color of the year for 2022…

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Aftelier Joie de Vert ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 30 December 2021 8 Comments

We recently marked the winter solstice in my part of the world, and I’m so relieved that we’re now slowly edging towards the “longer” days and milder temperatures of spring. I’m already extracting as much sensory value as possible from every brief outdoor errand, despite the grayness, the wind, and the ongoing threat of Covid-19: sniffing the air in local parks when I’m alone and can remove my mask, turning my face to catch a ray of winter sun, taking close visual note of evergreen trees and any lingering greenery in my neighborhood.

I’ve reread a few favorite works of children’s literature over the past year, including two that employ secluded, leafy spaces as symbols of renewal and transformation. One is Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden (1911), in which a pair of lonely children observe the arrival of springtime in a long-forgotten garden…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2021 2 Comments

From Free Soul Expressions, a small moon face incense holder. "This moon face incense burner is created with concrete for a minimal & modern boho look." About 3.5" diameter, $15 at Beautyhabit.

I’m your man

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2021 10 Comments

Leonard Cohen sings, Robert Pattinson does his thing, for the latest iteration of Dior Homme Sport. Below the jump, the boxing version.

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Tom Ford Rose D’Amalfi, Rose de Chine & Rose de Russie ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2021 12 Comments

Tom Ford will launch three rose fragrances in the Private Blend collection: Rose D’Amalfi, Rose de Chine and Rose de Russie…

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