4160Tuesdays has launched Paradox, a “perfume for a parosmic”. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Fifth Sense…
4160Tuesdays Pillow Talk ~ new fragrance
4160Tuesdays has launched Pillow Talk, a new white floral fragrance…
Scented advent calendars 2014
We won’t start our “official” series of holiday gift posts until Black Friday, but for early birds here is a collection of advent calendars. I’ve mostly included calendars with at least one fragrance-related item, be it perfume, scented body products or home fragrance, but I’ve thrown in one tea calendar and two chocolate calendars for good measure. (Please note that some of these calendars are not available in the US, and a few have already sold out — I will start earlier next year! — and are included here in case you’d like to plan ahead for 2015).
Warning: if you’re thinking of buying one for yourself, there are spoilers below.
From Liberty of London, the Liberty Print Beauty Advent calendar — do note that Diptyque candle! £149…
Indie special ~ Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi & 4160Tuesdays Urura’s Tokyo Cafe
Quick reviews of two (happy!) indie fragrances for spring: Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi and 4160Tuesdays Urura’s Tokyo Cafe.
Do comment if you have a favorite indie perfume we should all know about!
Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi
Malabi is a milk-based pudding topped with sweet syrup (I posted an image and link to a recipe yesterday) popular in the Middle East. Variations appear to be endless, but it is sometimes flavored with rosewater or orange blossom, and indie natural perfumer Ayala Moriel has used both flowers in her Musk Malabi perfume…
The spritz queens
Sarah was a copywriter at cosmetics company Lush when she decided she wanted to make a scent for her sister (as a gift from her nephew). When Lush founder Mark Constantine handed her some raw ingredients, he couldn’t have imagined the journey he was sending her on. ‘We created a simple cologne, with citrus and lavender, but also a very special, exotic boronia oil,’ she says.
As she played around some more, Sarah began to imagine turning a hobby into a business.
— Sarah McCartney of 4160Tuesdays, one of five female perfumers featured in YOU fragrance special: Meet the spritz queens at the Daily Mail.