Friday scent of the day 12/20

Posted by Robin on 20 December 2024 134 Comments

Happy Friday and happy National Sangria Day! It’s also International Human Solidarity Day, and there are 11 more days to go for 2024. Meantime, welcome to the Holiday Special! Our community project for today: wear a perfume inspired by or based on a holiday — any holiday! — or wear a perfume that seems perfectly suited to the holiday of your choice. Thanks to therabbitsflower for the suggestion.

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’m in Fendi Theorema, a perfume that makes any day feel like a holiday. It is nearly always what I wear on Christmas…

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Coriander is a common but profoundly divisive herb

Posted by Robin on 20 December 2024 Leave a Comment

Coriander is a common but profoundly divisive herb. Depending on how your palate reads it – a response determined by the OR6A2 gene – it either elevates a taco or tastes like soap. That divide exists within fragrances too. But before you take a side, you have to know what’s in the mix: is it the leaf, which smells herbaceous and a little metallic; or seed, more akin to light spice and rosewood?

— Read more in Controversial coriander is having a fragrance renaissance at Financial Times.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 19 December 2024 4 Comments

From Floraïku, the Forbidden Incense candle trio: "...with a Mimosa scented candle that is intriguingly floral, alongside a Lily of the Valley candle for the 'light' shadow and a Smoked Wood for the 'dark' shadow. These candles are made with japanese tea cups, a white porcelain as fine as air, gilded with fine gold. Packaged in a box indigo and gold. Ideal for gifting or treating yourself", Three x 130g for $309 at Floraïku.

Calvin Klein Eternity Amber Essence ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 19 December 2024 2 Comments

Calvin Klein will launch a new limited edition Eternity duo, with Eternity Amber Essence For Women, a flanker to 1988’s Eternity, and Eternity Amber Essence For Men, a flanker to 1989’s Eternity for Men. Last year’s model: Eternity Aromatic Essence…

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