Monthly Archives: December 2025

The daily lemming

A limited edition collector bottle of Comme des Garçons Zero, called Zero Than Pink (“From Pink noise, also known as 1/F noise, which in audio engineering is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency”), done for Australian beauty retailer Mecca. […]

Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ open thread, early December 2025 :: Now Smell This

I’m in “Aoud Cuir d’Arabie,” my favorite from Montale. The listed notes are oud, birch, leather, and tobacco. On paper, that doesn’t seem too intimidating, but the perfume’s got a reputation for smelling of death. I don’t think that’s accurate. I will say that its immediate opening is its most challenging stage, evoking a barnyard, […]

The daily lemming

From Wonder Valley, Sandalwood Yuzu shampoo: “Is it time for a new shampoo? Are you frequently washing your hair only to find it oily the next day? Maybe you’ve tried to find a cleaner formula but felt like it didn’t entirely wash out. Meet the Sandalwood Yuzu Shampoo; it is everything you’ve been looking for: […]