Olivier Durbano has launched Quartz Quantic 17:8, a new limited edition fragrance. Last year, the brand introduced Aram, also a limited edition…
The daily lemming
Another chance for a limited edition bottle from Jo Malone for Holiday 2021: Pomegranate Noir, with the same silver finish as the Rose & Magnolia I posted last month, here done up with a red cap. At Selfridges in the UK, £105 for 100 ml.
Tuesday scent of the day 11/16
It’s Tuesday and the International Day for Tolerance. Birthdays: WC Handy, Chinua Achebe, Diana Krall, Lisa Bonet. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Sonoma Scent Studio Vintage Rose. Tea at the moment is Colombian Tippy Black organic with a splash of milk and a little shave of nutmeg.
Reminder: Early on 11/19 (some of us will be sleeping) we’ll see a Partial Lunar Eclipse of the Micro Beaver Moon…
Vetiver, the zesty scent
Vetiver, the zesty scent that [David Bowie] wore the day they met and every day after, is balanced with hints of bergamot and blackberry, which bring to mind the Italian countryside where they were married. “Florence was on my mind so much throughout the process of formulating the fragrance because the sunset upstate reminded me of the times we spent in Tuscany,” says Iman... “All the memories came flooding back,” she continues, noting that the packaging is printed with a distinctive sunset scene she painted herself. There’s a trace of rose as well, a tribute to Bowie’s British heritage. “You know, he always wanted to go back to England,” she says.
— Iman launches Love Memoir at HSN. Read more (and see pictures of her house in the Catskills) in Iman Launches Her First Fragrance Inspired By Her Love Story With David Bowie at Vogue via Yahoo Life.
I’m free to do what I want
Singer / songwriter Dua Lipa in a quick holiday spot for Yves Saint Laurent Libre and the new collector bottle.