Aftelier has launched two new fragrances:
Tango is a liquid perfume, “inspired by the dance of love, sexy and smoky with roasted seashells and champaca; a heady floral with spice and honey notes.”
Orchid is a solid perfume described as “the fresh and spicy floral fragrance of orchids in bloom featuring the mysterious aroma of orange flower absolute…”
Eau D'New York in The Summer (link to audio broadcast and transcript) is a radio piece by Beth Fertig, in which she and fragrance designer Ann Gottlieb check out the smells of the big city in August, very much like the recent Washington Post article Eau Dear: Sniffing Out the Big Apple's Smelliest Spots. Many thanks to Stanzi for the link!
Eau Dear: Sniffing Out the Big Apple's Smelliest Spots in today's Washington Post looks at some of New York City's more aromatic attractions, and no, they don't mean perfume stores. Columnist David Segal takes Laurice Rahme of Bond no. 9 on a "hunt for stupefying aromas -- a stink safari, if you will". Many thanks to Ruth for the link!
Lancome opened its first boutique and spa in Manhattan yesterday, on Columbus Avenue in the Upper West Side:
Traffic literally stopped thanks to 10 beautiful New York men, donning traditional French berets, who lured neighborhood residents into the new boutique with dashing smiles, pink roses and deluxe samples of Lancome’s hottest products…
A writer in the San Francisco Chronicle professes some dismay over the fact that there are now two Hummer fragrances:
All of which begs the obvious, painful question: Who, pray, is buying this stuff? And perhaps more importantly, what woman is attracted to it? Who in their right mind looks at Hummer cologne and says, “Whoa, dude, a scent based on a hulking, low-grade, environmentally devastating, gas-sucking, oil-belching, horribly designed vehicle that just screams, ‘I don’t give a damn about anything or anyone, and, by the way, screw the baby seals too.’ That is exactly how I want to smell.” (via San Francisco Chronicle)
Priprioca is a fragrant plant…