Paradise does not come cheap. Jamaica ("Inspired by a trip to Jamaica, this balm smells just like bananas. It has a smooth gel texture and is infused with hydrating Shea Butter and Olive Oil.") and Mykonos ("This 'Mykonos' lip balm smells like watermelon, and it’s infused with Shea Butter and Olive Oil to keep your pout moisturized.") lip balms from Le Paradis are $24 for 12 ml at Net-A-Porter.
Tuesday and Inventor’s Day! (Plus, if you live in New Mexico, Extraterrestrial Culture Day.) What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: still on vacation, (still behind on reading comments), still in Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess. Tea at the moment is Numi Chinese Breakfast.
Reminder: 2/14 we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day…
Today it would be impossible to launch a perfume like Poison de Dior, for example. Brand interlocutors now mostly have a marketing approach. Furthermore, to alleviate the burden and responsibility of a launch, we now work with ten teammates on the development of a fragrance before it is tested. We are not looking for the best fragrance, but for one that will not displease anyone. We work for two years on finding an audacious accord for which we spend two years more smoothing. It’s very frustrating.
Perfumer Nathalie Feisthauer on why she left the big fragrance houses to become independent. Read more in “Independence restores the meaning to the art of perfumer,” Nathalie Feisthauer at Premium Beauty News.
A spot for Tom Ford Rose Prick.
Has anyone tried Palmolive's dish liquid in Coconut Water and Jasmine? "Experience the delightful scent of refreshing coconut water and comforting jasmine in your kitchen and enjoy radiant and fresh clean dishes! Palmolive Ultra Coconut Water & Jasmine Dishwashing Detergent's concentrated liquid dish soap formula is tough on grease, yet soft on hands." $1.99 for 591 ml at Target, where you'll also find the same product in Lavender & Lime. (And Target doesn't seem to have it, but there is also a Passion Fruit & Mandarin.)