Our 2014 series of holiday gift posts continues with home fragrance items.
For more gift ideas, check out The Scented Hound’s Holiday Gift Guide.
From Acqua di Parma, the limited edition hand-blown Murano glass candle collection…
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…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 26
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector items from Jo Malone, Estee Lauder, Victoria’s Secret, Yves Rocher and The Body Shop.
From Jo Malone, a holiday edition of Pomegranate Noir: “The bottle celebrates the frosted fantasy of the season. Swirling patterns of winter frost embellish the glass, juxtaposed with an opulent cherry-red cap and ribbon.” £86 at Selfridges in the UK…
Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt ~ fragrance review
Wood Sage & Sea Salt, the latest release from Jo Malone, has just begun to appear in stores. It’s a fragrance inspired by the salt air, sea grasses and rocky cliffs of the English coast, developed by perfumer Christine Nagel; its official notes include ambrette seeds, sea salt, sage, grapefruit and red algae. In a recent interview about this fragrance, Nagel also mentioned buchu leaves, plum, dried fruits, driftwood and musk as compositional elements.
Jo Malone has been hit-or-miss for me over the past year or two; I liked Peony & Blush Suede, but I wasn’t crazy about Silk Blossom, and I found the London Rain trio too dull even to think much about, much less review. Still, Wood Sage & Sea Salt sounded appealing, so I gratefully took the sample that was offered to me at a Malone counter in a department store. It turns out to be one of the recent releases that I enjoy, and it feels just right for the final weeks of summer…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (and some other stuff) 2014, part 11
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector bottles from Jo Malone, Tous, Salvatore Ferragamo and Donna Karan, plus a new concentration for Balmain Extatic.
From Jo Malone, a limited edition bottle of the new Tuberose Angelica, with a design inspired by the fretwork of Jali screens. In 100 ml, £115…