French niche line Pierre Guillaume has introduced 17.1 Dilshad, a new tuberose fragrance. Dilshad is the second fragrance in the series that started with 17 Tubéreuse Couture…
The daily lemming
From Loewe, limited edition collector bottles of Loewe 001 Woman, Earth and Agua Drop with handmade porcelain flower caps by Lladró. $1050 each for 100 ml at Loewe.
Parfums de Marly Palatine ~ new fragrance
French niche line Parfums de Marly has launched Palatine, a new gourmand fruity floral fragrance…
Tuesday scent of the day 9/10
It’s Tuesday and the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance nope, I’ve got my days wrong! Birthdays today: Elsa Schiaparelli, Karl Lagerfeld, José Feliciano, Colin Firth. RIP James Earl Jones. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m (mentally) extending a long weekend at the beach with Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum. Tea at the moment is Ahmad Cardamom.
Reminder: on 9/13, wear the fragrance from the oldest bottle in your collection that you bought new…
Flowers that would otherwise go to waste
At Bridge Farm Group in England’s Lincolnshire County, rows and rows of roses, petunias, and marigolds fill the company’s 60-acre glasshouse. About 90 million such plants will make their way to retailers across the UK—but not all of them will be sold. Now, researchers are figuring out how to turn the flowers that would otherwise go to waste into product fragrances, through a partnership between the grower, Unilever, and the University of Nottingham.
— Read more in The floral scent of your body wash is likely made from petrochemicals. This pilot is trying it with flowers instead at Fast Company.