A 100g bar of Roger & Gallet's Jean Marie Farina ("The original Eau de Cologne, the legendary perfect balance between the dazzling freshness of citrusy notes and the elegance of aromatics") soap is $5 at Amazon.
Jovoy Paris Aqua Memorabilis ~ new fragrance
French niche line Jovoy Paris has launched Aqua Memorabilis, a new citrus fragrance…
Friday scent of the day 7/5
Happy Friday! It’s also National Graham Cracker Day — s’mores, anyone? Birthdays: Jean Cocteau, Bill Watterson. Our community project for today is Cologne part 1: wear a classic citrus-based cologne. (If it helps start you off, see 5 perfumes: (great) old school summer colognes.)
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I’m doing day 2 of Eau de Guerlain, just the thing for the hot and sticky weather we’re having at the moment…
A dominant upscale department store in the U.S.
A luxury retailer is making its own high-end purchase: Saks Fifth Avenue's parent company is buying Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion, in a merger that would create a dominant upscale department store in the U.S.
HBC, the owner of Saks and the Canadian chain Hudson's Bay, has agreed to buy Neiman Marcus, which also owns Bergdorf Goodman. Amazon will take a stake in the new combined company, slated to provide technology and logistics as part of the deal.
— Read more in Luxury department store Saks buys Neiman Marcus, and Amazon gets a stake at NPR.
The daily lemming
From Apotheke, the Sea Salt Grapefruit 2-Wick candle: "Summer by the sea is always in the air with the bright and citrusy scent of Sea Salt Grapefruit...[it] balances tangy sea salt, black pepper, and ripe grapefruit with sweet tarragon and a fresh dewdrop accord for a bright and citrusy fragrance". $62 for 368g at Apotheke.