From NCLA Beauty, lip balm in Candy Roses: "This all natural of lip balm luxuriously hydrates, leaving lips sweetly scented with the fresh, sweet scent of candy roses. A clean, natural and vegan lip balm that intensely soothes and nourishes lips. Formulated with agave nectar, olive fruit oil, and sweet almond oil, Balm Babe leaves lips smooth and hydrated." $16 for 10 ml at Petal + Hive.
The wild river carves its path
Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian on the new Dior Sauvage Eau Forte. Below the jump, the ad spot.
Les Essences de Diptyque ~ new fragrances
Diptyque will launch Les Essences de Diptyque, a new collection of five fragrances inspired by ‘nature’s overlooked wonders’: Bois Corsé, Corail Oscuro, Lilyphéa, Lunamaris and Rose Roche…
Tuesday scent of the day 8/27
It’s Tuesday and National Pots de Creme Day. Birthdays today: Man Ray, Lester Young, Ira Levin, William Least Heat-Moon. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Hermès Eau Claire des Merveilles. Tea the moment is Mariage Frères Chandernagor.
Reminder: on 8/30, for the start of Labor Day Weekend in the US, wear the fragrance you think you probably wore the most — or wish you’d worn the most — for summer 2024…
It doesn’t really create a collaborative spirit
“They still make perfumers compete against each other, even within the same house,” says Dawn Goldworm, an olfactive expert who has been friends with Kurkdjian for over 20 years. “So at Firmenich, you have a lot of perfumers competing against each other on projects,” she explains, referring to the leading French firm, “but they’re also competing against perfumers at Givaudan, International Flavors & Fragrances, and Takasago. It doesn’t really create a collaborative spirit.”
— Read more in How Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian Learned to Bottle the Zeitgeist at Robb Report.