Anya Taylor Joy for Dior Holiday 2023.
Monday scent of the day 11/13
It’s Monday and World Kindness Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I am grateful for Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue. 10+ years later, it seems a miracle it was made by a designer brand (it’s better than many niche iris fragrances) and sold at such a reasonable price (adjusted for inflation, the bottle would be $157 for 100 ml today). It’s also one of those fragrances that has deepened, rather than spoiled, with age.
Reminder: 11/17 will be Gratitude Friday…
A worse sense of smell after COVID-19
More than a quarter of the COVID-19 group still experienced olfactory dysfunction two years after infection, but after three years, the condition wasn’t significantly more common than in controls, the researchers found.
That’s reassuring for the 28 million Americans estimated to have endured a worse sense of smell after COVID-19.
— Read more in Loss of smell from COVID-19 takes up to three years to return, study finds at The Seattle Times.
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-November 2023
We’re marking Veteran’s Day on Saturday and Diwali on Sunday with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your last great fragrance bargain, the veteran you want to honor today, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Parfum d’Empire Ruade ~ new fragrance
French niche line Parfum d’Empire will launch Ruade, a new unisex oud fragrance, later this month…