Bath & Body Works has launched Gingham Love, a new fragrance for women. Gingham Love is a flanker to 2019’s Gingham…
Friday scent of the day 1/28
It’s Friday, International Lego Day, Data Privacy Day, and Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette’s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance to mark Colette’s birthday. (You could wear a fragrance inspired by Colette or one of her characters? scent a character? scent Leslie Caron in the movie Gigi? Or wear Guerlain Jicky, which Colette is said to have worn.)
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 vintage Robert Piguet Fracas…
The next wave
Perfume for the longest time was really the attainable luxury end of a luxury brand. And now I really think that that ideology for a certain group of people has faded, and the idea that the fragrance is made from better materials and it also, by the way, can help you relax, I think this is really the next wave of what we're seeing in personal wellness.
— Perfumer Douglas Little of Heretic, quoted in Inside the Murky World of "Functional Fragrance" at Allure.
The daily lemming
Cire Trudon + Balmain, again, in case you did not cave the first time. "Created for Maison Balmain, the unique Ernesto scent is given a twist with floral notes of black rose. Elegant and mysterious, the floral scent enhances the leathery, Atlas cedarwood notes with a feminine appeal." And yes, the price has gone up, in case it wasn't bad enough already: $180 for the 270g, $880 for the massive 2.8 kg. Ouch.
Repetto Cristal d’Eau, Musc Satin & Neroli Solaire ~ new fragrances
French dance shoe & leather goods company Repetto has launched a new trio of modern floral fragrances for women: Cristal d’Eau, Musc Satin and Néroli Solaire…