Rochas will launch Mademoiselle Rochas In Paris, a new flanker to 2017’s Mademoiselle Rochas, in April…
Tuesday scent of the day 3/19
It’s Tuesday, and the Vernal Equinox is upon us (tonight at 11:06 if you’re on the East Coast of the US, early tomorrow if you’re in London, tomorrow afternoon if you’re in Sydney).
I am commando for a morning exercise class; my plan when I return is L’Artisan Parfumeur Jacinthe des Bois (although the weather certainly does not call for it). Tea at the moment is Cascadia Breakfast from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co brewed with some cacao husk & crumbled cinnamon bark.
Reminder: on 3/22, it’s spring…
I believe it to be a masterpiece
In Miss Tranchant, I found my fragrance. At first spray, it smells like a stick of Land O’ Lakes marooned on a beach at low tide. Over 10 minutes it mellows into a mesmerizing cloak of spicy vanilla with just a hint of sex-under-a-pier. I’ve received zero compliments on it and two pieces of forceful negative feedback. Miss Tranchant is perfume as not only a personal aesthetic experience but also apparently an indefensible one. The scent is diaphanous, nasty, transformative. I believe it to be a masterpiece.
— Molly Young on the Hilde Soliani fragrance. Read more in The Mad Perfumer of Parma at The New York Times.
Each scent tells a story, revealing the many layers of a woman
A spot for the Donna Karan Cashmere Collection: Cashmere & Palo Santo, Cashmere & Tiare Flower, Cashmere & Tunisian Neroli and Cashmere & Wild Fig.
The daily lemming
A limited edition bottle of Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps (you can see last year's model here) decorated by gilder Anne Brun ("Applying her vision to the emblematic L’Air du Temps bottle, she translates delicate petal details into a finely crafted gilded cage that encloses the matte white bottle, creating a golden piece of art") with a new juice developed by perfumer Sonia Constant ("Inspired by Anne Brun’s delicate gilded creations, I wanted to create a jewel-like perfume. Blending tuberose flowers dipped in gold with sophisticated woods and creamy coconut, I imagined a fragrance for a radiant woman whose inner light shines on those around her"). In 50 ml Eau de Parfum, €113 at Nina Ricci.