From Scandles, the Red Heirloom Tomato Candle: "Beautifully molded from a real tomato, this soy-wax candle smells deliciously of tomato leaves and looks yummy enough to eat (but please don't). You'd be a fool to pass-ta up on this garden-fresh cutie". $28 at Nordstrom, where you'll also find the Purple Heirloom Tomato Candle, as well as Avocado, Navel Orange and a six pack of Eggs.
Monday scent of the day 3/25
It’s Monday, International Waffle Day, and the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Birthdays today: Flannery O’Connor, Sarah Jessica Parker, Aretha Franklin. What fragrance are you wearing?
I am out of town, and commando to take a family member to a medical appointment. I’ll be heading back home later today or tomorrow.
Reminder: 3/29 is Astrud Gilberto’s birthday…
The scents landed on the wrong part of my brain
Maybe it was just me, but the scents landed on the wrong part of my brain, knocking on reason’s door. Scriabin leaves you with enough questions as it is, and here were more. Salonen’s and Thibaudet’s sensational performance of “Prometheus” — transparent, nuanced and colorful — had no need for further tickling the senses.
— From a review of the San Francisco Symphony's production of Scriabin’s “Prometheus, The Poem of Fire,” scented by perfumer Mathilde Laurent. Read more in Symphony, scents in San Francisco: Does adding smells to performance make sense? at The Los Angeles Times.
Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, late March 2024
Saturday is World Meteorological Day, and we’re marking the occasion with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite fragrance for a rainy spring (or fall) day, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
John Varvatos XX Intense ~ new fragrance
John Varvatos has launched XX Intense, a new fragrance for men. XX Intense is a flanker to 2020’s XX…