Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also Free Slurpee from 7-Eleven day and World Population Day (that would be 7.58 billion). What fragrance are you wearing?
What could be simpler than wearing the perfume that happens to be sitting right next to the perfume you wore yesterday? So I’m in L’Artisan Parfumeur L’Eau de L’Artisan, which, as it happens, also fits neatly with nearly any pond, anywhere.
Reminder: 7/12 will be Henry David Thoreau’s birthday, aka Simplicity Day…
During my stay for the South by Southwest festival, the same olfactory occurrence would repeat itself frequently: a whiff of perfume on an escalator. A floral moment in a conference hall. And not only Austin. Visits to other countries over the past year, from Israel to Britain, had enveloped me in clouds of perfume. It bothered me, ever so slightly, and the fact that it bothered me came as a surprise. That’s because, I came to realize, six years in the Bay Area completely neutralized this portion of human existence. San Franciscans, you see, simply don’t smell like anything.
— Read more at Why does San Francisco turn up its nose at perfume? at the San Francisco Chronicle.
L’Artisan Parfumeur is an old friend. I’ve owned bottles of Ananas Fizz (discontinued), Mûre et Musc (original version), L’Eau de L’Artisan, Passage d’Enfer, L’Eau d’Ambre, Dzongkha, Séville à l’Aube, Traversée du Bosphore, Dzing!, Timbuktu, Méchant Loup and Bois Farine, not to mention amber balls and candles. When I saw the ads for the new Bana Banana,* with their antique botanical illustrations of banana plants, I was primed to BUY…
Just in case last weekend's poll made your bathroom stockpile feel woefully inadequate, here's Molton Brown's Discovery Bathing Set, with ten 30 ml shower gels in Vetiver & Grapefruit, Jasmine & Sun Rose, Delicious Rhubarb & Rose, Fiery Pink Pepper, Suede Orris, Orange & Bergamot, Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel, Geranium Nefertum, Re-charge Black Pepper and Tobacco Absolute. $30 at Molton Brown. (There are also $35 sets with eight 50 ml bottles, and $40 sets with five 100 ml bottles.)
Actor John Boyega, the first male face of Jo Malone, talks about smells, and England, and stuff.