I’ve never met perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena, but from what I’ve seen, heard and read (interviews, his own books) I like him. I enjoy (and own) many of his perfumes and, like Georgia O’Keeffe, Ellena shows that wrinkles do not tarnish sex appeal or good looks. Best of all, Ellena comes across as unpretentious, sensible, fun.
Enter stage left: Mr. Serious (aka Frédéric Malle).
In Frédéric Malle’s video of the making of Rose & Cuir,* Malle talks of Ellena’s “periods” as a perfumer…
The travel version of the Thymes' Simmered Cider Candle ("A simmering blend of freshly-pressed apples mulled with crushed clove and cardamom, with hints of bourbon") which was already a lemming a couple years ago. $8 at Thymes.
Artist Anicka Yi will launch Biography, a trio of fragrances, in November. Shigenobu Twilight, Radical Hopelessness and Beyond Skin were inspired by radical female figures and developed in collaboration with perfumer Barnabé Fillion…
Hump Day and John Lennon’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Imaginary Authors Yesterday Haze because Ringthing reminded me on Monday.
Reminder: on 10/11, celebrate National Apple Month by wearing a perfume with an apple note…
Actor John Boyega (recently hired as the first male face of Jo Malone) thinking about stuff, including Jo Malone fragrance and candles.