Atelier Cologne's holiday 2021 collection features the work of artist Daria Hlazatova. Shown is the limited edition of Clémentine California (100 ml, $142), and there's also a candle in the same design, in Bois Montmartre ("the distinct and inspiring atmosphere of Paris with effervescent notes of petitgrain and pink pepper to brighten the cedarwood base"; 180g for $62), both at Sephora. On the Atelier Cologne website you'll find more goodies, including a candle carousel ($42).
It’s Tuesday, National Deviled Egg Day (in November? why?) and the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. In parts of the United States, it’s Election Day. Shah Rukh Khan is 56, and k.d. lang is 60. (More birthdays: Daniel Boone, Marie Antoinette, Richard Serra.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in A Lab On Fire Freckled and Beautiful. Tea at the moment is an a latte from Starbucks.
Reminder: 11/5 is SWINTON’s birthday…
The rap mogul recalled the moment he learned his cologne, Gold Jay Z, hit the shelves of a Superdrug, a UK-based drugstore. “It’s crappy, lazy work,” the “99 Problems” rapper testified during his second day on the witness stand in perfume company Parlux’s lawsuit against him. [...]
In an email shown to the jury, the rapper also ripped a commercial that Parlux made for the fragrance, which depicted liquid gold being dripped on a woman’s body, as “B rate.” “Pretty much like all of their ideas — lazy,” he testified of the commercial.
— Jay-Z testified for a second day in Parlux vs Shawn Carter. Read more in Jay-Z calls perfume company’s work ‘lazy,’ ‘crappy’ at contract trial at New York Post.
First, cowboy + cowgirl, for Tom Ford Ombré Leather Eau de Parfum and the newer Parfum. Below the jump, the Tom Ford voiceover version.
Essencias De Portugal says their violet soaps have "relaxing powers"; they also have apricot kernel (as an exfoliant), glycerin and olive oil. Two 50g bars in a cork jar are $13.50 at Smallflower, where you'll also find the brand's soaps in too many other fragrances to name here (although the cherry, with "a finishing touch of bitter almond and chocolate", sounds particularly lemmable.