From Aedes de Venustas, the Cellarius candle: "Perfumer Olivia Giacobetti created the scent of an old-world astronomical observatory inspired by Andreas Cellarius, a Dutch–German cartographer and cosmographer best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica, a major star atlas from the year 1660." With spices, papyrus, rosewood and cedar, $79.50 at Aedes.
Niche perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas has launched Café Tabac, a new fragrance….
It might just be my imagination, and a feeling of tentative hope that my city has come through the worst of the pandemic, but the roses in my neighbors’ front yards and the local parks seem lusher than ever this year. I’ve also been wearing some new-ish and new-to-me rose fragrances to mark the May/June transition, so here are my thoughts on five of them.
Back in the early spring, I finally got myself over to the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship to sniff my way though Dries van Noten’s year-old fragrance collection. I admired a few of them, but my personal favorite of the group was Raving Rose…
Niche perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas has launched Amnesia Rose,* a new fragrance…
A few fragrance-friends and I were recently chatting in a group text about our favorite perfumes for very hot days. I’m pretty predictable — as usual, I mentioned Diptyque L’Ombre dans L’Eau and 4711 and last year’s Jo Malone Tangy Rhubarb Cologne. Then I remembered that I have a new summer-favorite scent to add to this list: Aedes de Venustas Corfu Kumquat.
Aedes launched Corfu Kumquat back in March 2022 as a fresh addition to its revamped in-house fragrance line, describing it as “a Grecian sun-drenched citrus marked by complexity and longevity.” This Eau de Parfum is named for the island of Corfu and for the small oval-shaped fruit sometimes known as “the golden orange”…