Happy Almost-Friday! Birthdays: Alice Paul, Clarence Clemons and Naomi Judd. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m commando and about to go to the gym for the first time since early 2020. I’ll weigh in with a fragrance choice later today.
Reminder: 1/12 is National Marzipan Day. Wear a fragrance with honey, almond or both…
“Usually, the available palette [the ingredients that perfumers work from to formulate a fragrance] of a perfumer is between 1,000 to 2,000,” explains [Calice] Becker. With the ability to “think” of nearly 5,000 ingredients from around the world — from Haitian vetiver to Laotian benzoin — Carto’s knowledge is five times more than what a human perfumer could even fathom. Using Carto’s visual “Odour Value Map,” perfumers can blueprint innovative combinations and instantly transform them into fragrance samples with the help of a robot.
— Read more in The ChatGPT of Fragrance Has Arrived at Allure.
From Nest, a 3 wick candle in Indian Jasmine: "Immerse yourself in the lush jasmine fields of India with this scented candle featuring an intense jasmine absolute surrounded by bright red berries, sparkling bergamot, and spicy pink pepper." (And yes, there are clearly 4 wicks in the image, so who knows.) 600g for $89 at Nordstrom.
A bottle porn promo for the new Armani Privé Noir Kogane and Blanc Kogane.
It’s Hump Day and National Bittersweet Chocolate Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m taking double points for the almond and chocolate in Bvlgari Omnia.
Reminder: 1/12 is National Marzipan Day. Wear a fragrance with honey, almond or both…