Happy Almost-Friday, and Édith Piaf’s birthday. (If you haven’t entered the Arielle Shoshana Weekend giveaway, there’s still time!) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m pretty relaxed in The Different Company Le 15.
Reminder: 12/20 will be De-stress Friday (a repeat from 2014)…
Three decades, 500 bottles and almost half a million Australian dollars later, Tamara has curated what amounts to a personal perfume museum in her own home. ‘I always wore perfume, but the collection really got going in my forties when I had the money to commit to it. Back then I had a rule – you don’t buy it if you can’t afford the rent! Now, there’s a glass cabinet in every room. My husband is very patient.’
— Read more in Beauty Sleuths - Meet The Women Spending Thousands On The World's Most Covetable Make-Up at Elle UK.
I have a complicated relationship with tuberose (Agave amica). I love the flowers, and summer is not summer without tuberose blossoming in my garden. My husband loves tuberose, too — in the garden and on his person (he wears Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower). If I had my druthers, a vase full of fresh tuberose flowers would scent my house at all times. Tuberose soap? Yes, please! The “complicated” part of my tuberose relationship is: I don’t like to wear tuberose-rich fragrances! Most tuberose-centered perfumes turn dainty on me or the tuberose element is combined with glaring white florals to produce a shrill glamazon vibe. Tuberose scents I’ve worn with pleasure include original-formula Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle, Naomi Goodsir Nuit de Bakélite and Olfactive Studio Ombre Indigo. I’ll now add Flos Mortis* to this list…
French niche line The Different Company has launched Into The White, a new limited edition floral fragrance…
The Holiday 2019 collector bottle of Yves Rocher Comme Une Evidence. Full price is €40 for 50 ml Eau de Parfum, but currently €25 in France or €23 in Belgium.