Sisley will launch Izia La Nuit, a new flanker to 2017’s Izia for women…
Friday scent of the day 1/8
It’s Friday, and David Bowie’s birthday (he would have been 74 today). Our community project for today: if you like, pick a favorite Bowie song and wear a perfume to match. Or, just wear a fragrance that you think fits with the occasion for whatever reason.
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 Diorissimo for the song Changes, from the 1971 album Hunky Dory…
We’re one of the lucky ones
Grasse’s fragrance makers, however, tell a different story. Robertet, which produces raw materials, only saw a 4% drop in turnover by June 2020. “Not all the sectors we supply have been impacted in the same way by the pandemic, which obviously helps us limit the damage.” While the fine perfumery sector has been hit hard, fragrance producers can tell a different story because they also supply hygiene and household products and food flavourings. [...] Robertet’s 900 employees, half of whom work in production, were able to continue working. “Globally, it is a resilient industry,” says Julien Maubert. “We’ve obviously lost some of our turnover but we’re not complaining. We’re one of the lucky ones..."
— Read more in When Covid-19 came to land of French fragrance, flowers bloomed only for some at Monaco Tribune.
Serge Lutens Des Clous pour une Pelure ~ fragrance review
Last February, Serge Lutens launched Des Clous pour une Pelure, a new fragrance in the brand’s Les Eaux de Politesse collection. (You may remember that Les Eaux are designed to be “light, fresh, devoid of the heady, sticky, overly masculine notes of colognes.” I didn’t, and had to check.) Lutens himself says, “I use the word ‘clous’ — meaning nails, or things that are practically worthless — metaphorically, because this Eau is dear to me! The orange peel pricks your eyes, and by nails I mean cloves, of course.” Of course.
We also learn that “[t]his invigorating and spicy fragrance traces its roots back to the medieval tradition of clove-studded pomanders” — now, there’s some information I can work with…
The daily lemming
Another lemmable collector bottle: Guerlain's Cherry Blossom Millésime 2021, decorated by French paper and textile designer Lucie Touré. (If you want to drool over past editions, here is 2020, 2019, and 2018). "...Touré crafted individual white and pink paper flowers with touches of gold to create cherry blossoms. Linked together using jewelry assembly techniques, the cherry blossoms, with their meticulous color work, feature glass beads and crystals at the center of each flower. Fine gold chains were also added to the decoration." €550 for 125 ml plus a 30 ml travel bottle and funnel. (via luxepackaginginsight)