From Kerzon, Fleur D'Oranger dishwashing liquid: "The natural formulation of Kerzon's dishwashing liquid brings special care to your daily dishes thanks to its strong degreasing power, and leaves a pleasant aromatic veil on the skin. Inspired by the freshness of a citrus eau de cologne, Fleur d'Oranger is a refreshing and sunny fragrance all year round. The citrus and aromatic top notes reveal a floral and fruity heart on a musk base, tinted with Bergamot." $24 for 500 ml at Beautyhabit.
Wednesday scent of the day 5/15
It’s Wednesday, National Chocolate Chip Day, International Day of Families and Peace Officers Memorial Day. Birthdays: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, L. Frank Baum, Katherine Anne Porter, Richard Avedon, Jasper Johns. RIP Alice Munro. What fragrance are you wearing?
The only thing I bake with any regularity these days is granola, so I’m doing ingredients from my granola recipe this week. Today: nutmeg, in Le Labo Bergamote 22.
Reminder: 5/17 is World Baking Day…
Delicate floral motifs
Flowers are present in medicines, rituals, and daily prayers. They are everywhere depicted in religious imagery. They are etched or inlaid in the stones of great monuments, like the Taj Mahal, whose postcard views deprive you of what anyone who has seen it firsthand knows. That is, how abundantly the marble tomb is inlaid with delicate floral motifs, stone images depicting a minimum of 23 different flower species symbolizing, among other things, the four cardinal directions, the five senses, and the six divine attributes of God.
— Read more in The Private Life of Perfume: An epic pilgrimage along India’s jasmine trail at Town & Country.
The daily lemming
From the Louis Vuitton collaboration with Beijing-based contemporary artist Sun Yitian (you can see images of the fashion items at Harper's Bazaar), a limited edition bottle of Imagination with a yellow duck motif. It can be pre-ordered now for $515 at Louis Vuitton USA, where you'll also find special bottles of Spell on You and Heures d'Absence).
You can feel it in the air
Tom Hardy, the new face of Jo Malone Cypress & Grapevine.