Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Pomegranate Rouge, the brand’s limited edition fragrance for Holiday 2024. Among the other 2024 launches from the brand: Soho Boheme, Soho Cuir, Aurum Incense, Breath, E´clipse, and three more from the Sherbet Collection…
Once in a while I do an online search for a particular fragrance or other scented product and stumble across one of my old Now Smell this reviews. I recently took a look at a post titled A Summer of Violets (2016!) and laughed because I’m still purchasing and enjoying several of the items I listed in that review — my tastes have remained consistent. I’ve also been trying some new or new-to-me violet perfumes this summer, so this must be a favorite warm-weather note for me, despite its springtime connotations. Here are three violet-focused scents I’ve tried lately.
A couple of months ago, a visit to a well-stocked perfume boutique gave me a chance to browse some of 4160 Tuesday’s extensive catalogue; I left with a bottle of Hush Hush…
I’ve been wearing rose-centered perfumes since I was in grade school, and rose will always be a true love for me; along the way, however, I’ve also learned to appreciate iris fragrances. Tucked amongst the roses in my perfume cupboard, there’s a smaller stash of iris-themed samples and bottles for various moods and occasions: Naomi Goodsir Iris Cendré for a tailored, modern iris; Frédéric Malle Iris Poudre for a dressed-up, makeup-and-jewelry iris; Comme des Garçons Sticky Cake for a sweet, quirky fleurmand iris. Meanwhile, my mother has been wearing Le Labo Iris 39 for years and it smells great on her, and my friend N. is a longtime devotée of Chanel No. 19, so I’ve had many opportunities to admire iris on other perfume-lovers.
I think iris has been on my mind (and nose) lately because I received a sample of Les Indémodables Iris Perlé…
Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Butterbeer, the brand’s limited edition fragrance for Holiday 2023. Also new-ish from the brand: Golden Poinsettia, Bacchanal, Saku, Urban Beekeeper and the Sherbet Collection…
Indie perfume house Dawn Spencer Hurwitz has launched Tenderness, a new fragrance for Valentine’s Day 2023…