Aha. Why is this never on the mark down shelf at Ross? Lait Virginal Orange Blossom Body Milk from Buly 1803: "Bathing in milk was loved by Cleopatra, who was known for having beautiful skin, and you too can reap similar benefits with Buly 1803's 'Lait Virginal'. This scented lotion leaves your skin hydrated and radiant, ensuring that all skin types are gently nourished. The 'Orange Blossom' fragrance is fruity and floral, with Neroli notes. The bottle itself is intricately designed - perfect for placing beside the bathtub, next to one of the brand's scented candles." $56 for 220 ml at Net-a-Porter.
Tuesday scent of the day 5/14
Tuesday and Sidney Bechet’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
No community project points for me today in Cartier Baiser Volé. I am drinking a cup of Cacao Kisses black Colombian tea from Upton.
Reminder: on 5/17, it’s the cheap thrills special…
The perfect sensory expression of a generation
It was the ultimate anti-1980s, anti-Boomer scent, a riposte to the showy perfumes of the “Dynasty” and Wall Street years, including Calvin Klein’s own best-selling Obsession.
With a bright, citrusy beginning that segued into sweetness and then faded into muskier clarity, it smelled like teen spirit. It was the perfect sensory expression of a generation that grew up at the tail-end of the illusion that was the American dream, without the self-satisfied ambitions of their striving parents, alienated from gold chains, shoulder pads and “Miami Vice” pastels, ambivalent about the concept of … well, pretty much everything.
— Read more about CK One at It Smelled Like Gen X Spirit at The New York Times.
Carrington Perfumes Forever Krystle ~ fragrance review
Last week, a good friend set a bottle of Carrington Perfumes Forever Krystle Eau de Toilette on my table. “I put it in the box to bring to you. Took it out, then put it back again. Here. Maybe you can find it a home.”
Years ago, I’d found the bottle of Forever Krystle at Goodwill and passed it to her when we were both deep into Dynasty reruns, even sometimes giving episodes our own Mystery Science Theater treatment.1 I couldn’t remember the fragrance at all, but I did remember that Krystle wore Bal à Versailles…
Maison Francis Kurkdjian L’eau A la Rose ~ new fragrance
Maison Francis Kurkdjian has launched L’eau À la Rose, a new fragrance for women. L’eau À la Rose is a flanker to 2015’s À la Rose, and is currently exclusive to the Asia Pacific region…