If I could find this in the US, I'd buy it for myself for Mother's Day right now: the Nesti Dante Dolce far Niente Trio. "Enjoy this stunning tribute to natural beauty and the Italian way of life. The Dolce far Niente trio of Florentine soaps is made using the traditional Italian saponification process to obtain a softer, richer, highly natural bar soap. The decorated set contains three magnificent 150g perfumed soaps... Tuberose, Narcissus and Pink Jasmine. Each delicate soap is wrapped in fine textured paper. Made with love and care in Italy." $45 (AUD, I assume?) at Saison in Australia.
Friday scent of the day 5/10
Happy Friday and happy International Day of Argania! (Also, National Shrimp Day, plus some birthdays: Tonita Peña, Fred Astaire, David O. Selznick, Maybelle Carter, Arthur Alexander, Donovan, Miuccia Prada, Sid Vicious, Bono.) Our community project for today: we’re off to Morocco! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Morocco, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Morocco, or that features a local ingredient, or ?
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.
Me: Parfum d’Empire Azemour Les Orangers, the answer to a goodly percentage of community projects…
They didn’t want anyone to feel assaulted
Apparently the smells made the museum very nervous! They didn’t want anyone to feel assaulted by having to endure the scent of human hair from a hat, and so on. Personally, I very much enjoyed the pat-’n-sniff wall in the “Specter of the Rose” gallery, which allows a visitor to release the smells that have been lifted from a Paul Poiret dress and pair of House of Drecoll gowns and embedded in the paint.
— The New York Times reviews The Costume Institute’s spring 2024 exhibition, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion (for which Sissel Tolaas did the interactive fragrances). Read more in At the Met, Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up in the Chemistry Lab.
The daily lemming
More from the Lush Bridgerton collection: See and Be Seen Body Wash. "Freshen up for high tea with this lovely lathering wash made with the bestselling scent of Rose Jam. Apply onto a pouf or dip straight in and inhale the heady blend of rose, geranium and Sicilian lemon oils, as well as Pakistani rose absolute. Then wash your cares away with brightening fresh strawberry juice and calming fresh rose petal infusion. All that's left to do is step into your spotlight, smelling utterly sumptuous." $23 for 270g at Lush USA.
Maison Diptyque
The new Maison Diptyque store (remember?) at 7 rue Duphot in Paris.