Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, welcome to November! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with dried fruits, if you have one.
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.
I am copying everyone else who wore Ormonde Jayne Ta’if this week…
The earthy scent typical of autumn is the work of fungi and bacteria that decomposes plant matter in the soil. But a different chemical reaction in katsura leaves conjures fall spice, caramel and burned sugar. As the tree’s heart-shaped leaves ignite, changing from plum purple or green to buttered-rum yellow, they abandon the grassy, hay-like smell of leftover chlorophyll and adopt a scent more appropriate for a bakery.
— Read more in It’s One of Autumn’s Best Scents, but Not Everyone Smells It: Foliage is lovely, but so is the odor of the katsura, also known as the “caramel tree” at The New York Times. Hat tip to Quarry and Kathryn!
Want: Kerzon's quartet of votive candles ("Make a wish! Our magically fragranced votives will make those long winter nights feel like a dream"). Shown are Tour d'Argile ("...a powdery note of iris talc with a green heart note coated with linseed oil"), Dame de Myrrh ("A tribute to Cleopatra, Dame de Myrrh evokes the mystical scent between sacred rituals and femininity, with a citrussy head of mandarin and hints of lavender") and Fou d'Incense ("A nod to the Asian origins of the Chess game. A slight hint of camphor evokes the famous tiger ointment with an aromatic top note of eucalyptus, lavender and mint"). Not shown is Roi de Cuir ("Comfortably seated in a club chair, a cigar in one hand, a novel in the other, its scent envelopes with a sweet top note and a floral heart of geranium on a background of vetiver, vanilla and leather"). 220g each for $42 at Aedes.
Niche line Mona di Orio has introduced the Alinea Collection, with 8 new luxury fragrances…
Happy Almost-Friday and happy Halloween! What fragrance are you wearing?
I am happily wafting Vetiver Tonka. Hermès says there is dried fruit, so there must be.
Reminder: on 11/1, wear a fragrance with dried fruits, if you have one…