From Paper Mate, Sunday Brunch Scented Flair Felt Tip Pens: "Since the 1960s, Paper Mate Flair pens have been a favorite way to add a splash of color to your work, whether you're color-coding lists, decorating scrapbooks, or sketching out your latest art project. This limited edition Sunday Brunch set features delightfully sweet scented ink, inspired by the sights and smells of a brunch table... This set includes 6 delectable colors with matching scents: Floral Blossoms, Hazelnut Latte, Homemade Raspberry Jam, Honeydew Melon, Sugared Grapefruit, and Vanilla Blueberry Tart." $10.50 at Jet Pens.
Fantasm
Hunter Schafer for Angel Fantasm.
Tuesday scent of the day 6/25
It’s Tuesday and Global Beatles Day. Birthdays: George Orwell, James Meredith, Carly Simon, Anthony Bourdain. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Arielle Shoshana Sunday, and my tea at the moment is Mariage Frères Chandernagor.
Reminder: 6/28 is Henry VIII‘s birthday, and we’re off to England…
If I were to manufacture a perfume
If I were to manufacture a perfume, it would smell the way that grass being ripped from the ground by elephants sounds—simultaneously soothing and astonishing—and simply everyone would have to have it. The problem is that it wouldn’t go with any of the perfume names I’ve come up with over the years, the best being Obsequious.
— David Sedaris on safari in Kenya. Read more in Notes on a Last-Minute Safari at The New Yorker.
Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ four questions for mid-June 2024
This is a repeat of half-year poll we’ve done for the past few years. As always, answer as many or as few of the questions as you like, or just talk about something else.
1. What’s the best new scented thing you discovered in the first half of 2024? It can be anything, from a flower to a fragrance to a body product.
2. What new scented thing do you hope to discover in July?
3. Now that the year is about half over, what do you think is the best new fragrance release of 2024 so far?
4. Share something wonderful with us! It can be anything — good news you received recently, something delicious you ate, the latest TV series you binged — really, anything…