Happy Almost-Friday, and don’t forget Donatella will be stopping by later this morning! Birthdays: Eleonora Duse, Pierre Bonnard, Thomas Wolfe, James Herriot, Chubby Checker. What fragrance are you wearing?
Cinnamon of the day: Tauer Perfumes Phi — Une Rose de Kandahar.
Reminder: on 10/4, for National Cinnamon Roll Day, wear a fragrance with a cinnamon note…
Valentino has launched Bianco 1968 and Rockstud Noir, the two unisex fragrance ‘enhancers’ meant to wear alone or layer with scents in the Anatomy of Dreams collection…
Women stop Jacob Jiang, a fashion-design student, on the streets of London all the time. Not to inquire about his Rick Owens jeans, but about his scent—Do Son, by Diptyque—which they want for themselves and the men in their lives. “I think they like it because it’s not a scent used by most dudes,” Jiang, 25, said of the unisex fragrance he picked up three years ago. Featuring tuberose, a white bloom with an intense aroma, it reminds him of “a bamboo forest.”
— Read more in The Sexiest Men’s Fragrance in 2024 Is…Floral? at The Wall Street Journal. Hat tip to VanMorrisonFan!
Holiday 2024 limited editions from Chanel: first, No. 5 “…cloaked in a soft dusting of snow: a delicate veil of silk, applied by hand, drapes over the bottle’s shoulders and cabochon, giving it a unique character. The product of a highly skilled craft, the sheer fabric lends the fragrance a sculptural effect. An exceptional gift that inspires a sense of wonder. The limited-edition N°5 Eau de Parfum is presented in a sleeve embellished with an image of the iconic bottle, created by a Maître d’Art using the time-honoured technique of embossing.” £175 at Harrods. Next, purse sprays…
Alessio Pozzi for Trussardi Primo.