It’s Renegades Friday (and the last day of November). Our community project for today: wear a perfume by one of the Project Renegades perfumers (Mark Buxton, Bertrand Duchaufour or Geza Schoen), if you have one.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I’m off-season, in the lovely warm weather floral Neela Vermeire Créations Pichola from Bertrand Duchaufour…
Soon, Seattle will have its one week of spring followed by a long, hot, dry summer (such is the new ‘normal’ in the climate-changing world). As I gear up for warm weather, I start to test citrus-y Eaux de Cologne, looking for refreshing, sparkling, natural-smelling perfumes to wear when the going gets sultry. These fragrances need not last longer than 10 minutes: I use them most right out of the shower (before putting on a stronger perfume) or at bedtime (when long-lasting fragrances are verboten).
Comme des Garçons has reissued its 1994 1996 Eau de Cologne as part of the Olfactory Library series…
This accord I scribbled down, and when we got a second chance I showed it to our evaluation team and marketing and press team, they all said, “It’s bullshit, it’s not a perfume it’s an accord,” and I said, “So what? They’re not looking for a perfume if you ask me. I mean we had great fragrances but they said ‘no, it’s commercial’” so I convinced them to show him that, and when she came back she had like a banana [smile] on her face like “wow”.
— Perfumer Mark Buxton talks about developing Comme des Garcons Eau de Parfum (1994; the one that "works like a medicine and behaves like a drug"), and other things; read more at A Sensory Journey: Mark Buxton at Wonderland.
German niche line Linari has launched Capelli d’Oro (golden hair or angel hair), a new fragrance for women…
I’m tired of on-trend design. Especially if it’s bossy and difficult to navigate. Extra especially if it reads like an avant garde take on an American Apparel ad. “Get some imagination!” I want to scream. I’m so done with tiny font, nude tweens and vacant looks. Give me emotion, be honest, surprise me.
Plus, this kind of design makes me suspicious. I see a lot of sizzle, and instead of steak, I’m expecting a meat patty too small to make the cut at Barbie and Ken’s barbecue. It’s enough to drive me to comic sans and baskets of kittens.
So, to get to the point, I didn’t last ten seconds at the Folie à Plusieurs website before I jumped ship to Facebook to look for information on the brand…