Indie brand DS & Durga has launched Roman Ruin Cypress, a new limited edition fragrance in the brand’s Studio Reserves series…
Thursday scent of the day 12/21
Happy Almost-Friday and happy Winter Solstice! 10 more days to go for 2023. Birthdays: Rebecca West, Frank Zappa, Samuel L Jackson. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m wearing my favorite fragrance buy of 2018, Aftelier Candide.
Reminder: 12/22 will be Best Buy Friday…
The lucrative Chinese market
Beauty giants are making sure that the brands in their portfolio are entering the lucrative Chinese market and investing in up-and-coming domestic brands specializing in specific sectors.
This trend showcases global beauty firms’ optimism about the long-term development of China’s beauty market. But instead of seeing the Chinese market simply as a sales growth engine like in the past, they are now paying more attention to the emerging brands that can tap into segmented needs as the market matures.
— Read more in Why is Estée Lauder investing in Chinese perfumer Melt Season? at Jing Daily.
The daily lemming
Add to my pile of "want, never going to pay for" lemmings (although as these things go, the price could be much, much worse): the limited edition La Figue candle from L'Artisan. "Handcrafted in France at a renowned French manufacture, this exquisite porcelain candle is adorned with a beautiful hand-painted design. Its captivating fig fragrance encompasses the essence of the tree in its entirety – from its luscious fruit to its leaf and wood. This candle is encased in a limited edition sleeve inspired by the winter herbarium, evoking the essence of the festive season." $280 for 400g at L'Artisan Parfumeur, where you'll also find the candle in L'Ambre, or in a boxed set of both for $560.
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau & La Belle Paradise Garden ~ new fragrances
Jean Paul Gaultier will launch Le Beau Paradise Garden (a flanker to 2019’s Le Beau, which was a flanker to 1995’s Le Mâle) and La Belle Paradise Garden (a flanker to 2019’s La Belle, which was a flanker to 1993’s Classique)…