A light dusting of snow on the ground this morning reminded me that yes, we’re deep in mid-winter. If you love iris, this is when you can wear the richest and darkest irises in your collection. I’ve picked my five favorites for cold weather, and do add your own in the comments! And if you missed them, do see my list of iris picks for summer and iris picks for fall. The spring post is coming up in April, and then I’ll move on to a year of vetiver…
The sole vehicle for my rage
A message from Serge Lutens on the Section d'Or fragrances.
Serge Lutens L’Eau de Paille ~ new fragrance
French niche house Serge Lutens will launch L’Eau de Paille in February. L’Eau de Paille (straw water) is the fourth fragrance in the Eau series that includes 2010’s L’Eau Serge Lutens, 2012’s L’Eau Froide and 2014’s Laine de Verre…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles (& some other stuff) 2015, part 29
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 editions from Nina Ricci, Serge Lutens and Jean Patou, plus a new version of Baccarat Rouge 540 at Maison Francis Kurkdjian.
Nina Ricci’s Nina in the Nina Pop 10th Birthday Collector’s Edition, in a “psychedelic polka dot pattern” by French artist Coco. Due to launch in February, in 50 ml Eau de Toilette…
Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2015, part 28
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 editions from Serge Lutens, Acqua di Parma, Givenchy and Yves Rocher.
From Serge Lutens, L’Eau Froide in the numbered Cold War edition, now available in Paris…