From Claus Porto, Chypre liquid soap: "This liquid soap enriched with aloe leaf extract gently cleanses skin leaving it lightly scented with notes of tangerine, grapefruit, orange leaves and a hint of blackcurrant, crushed roses and cedar wood. Soothes and moisturizes skin due to the presence of glycerin in its formula. Leaves it feeling clean, soft and refreshed." 300 ml for $30 at Eisler Chemist.
Robert Piguet Fracas Eau Fraiche ~ new fragrance
Robert Piguet will introduce Fracas Eau Fraîche, a new flanker to 1948’s Fracas…
Friday scent of the day 5/3
Happy Chypre Friday! (Also, World Press Freedom Day and International Sun Day.) Our community project for today: wear a chypre fragrance of any sort — classic or modern or post-modern. (This is a repeat from 2016.)
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.
When we did this project in 2016 I wore Parfum d’Empire Azemour Les Orangers, and I suppose I ought to have come up with something else for this year, but it’s hard to beat Azemour Les Orangers…
You have to create a fantasy
“Once you find an idea that you feel is meaningful—and this is the part I like—you have to create a fantasy, and in the case of Comète it was quite visual,” [Olivier Polge] says. The perfumer began thinking about stardust, equating the light traced by cosmic particles across the night sky to the olfactory trail left hanging in the air by a fragrance. That gave him the idea to create a perfume that was simultaneously powdery and luminous—two types of scent often considered mutually exclusive in the world of fragrance.
— Read more in Chanel Looks to the Cosmos With Its New Perfume, Comète at Harper's Bazaar.
The daily lemming
If you love the smell of Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse, you might need the matching Hair Prodigieux products: Le Shampooing High Shine Shampoo, Le Démêlant High Shine Conditioner, La Crème Intense Nourishing Leave-in Cream and (not shown) Pre-Shampoo Nourishing Mask. I don't think these are in the US as of yet, but you might come across them in duty free or at your favorite mail order French Pharmacy.