Monthly Archives: May 2026

Providence Perfume Co Melia Lei ~ new fragrance :: Now Smell This

Indie natural line Providence Perfume Co has launched Melia Lei, a new floral fragrance. Melia is the Hawaiian word for plumeria. Plumeria (often called frangipani) is a beautiful fragrant flower associated with Hawaiian leis. Our creamy frangipani fragrance Melia Lei is meant to encircle your neck with the aroma of these tropical flowers. Created […]

Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ open thread, Memorial Day 2026 :: Now Smell This

It’s Memorial Day weekend — summer at last! maybe! my furnace turned on this morning! — and we’re celebrating the holiday with our same old open thread poll.  Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you’re thinking will be your most-worn this coming summer (or winter), whatever. And if […]

Floris Celest ~ new fragrance :: Now Smell This

British niche line Floris has introduced Celest, a new unisex fragrance. Rooted in the sacred origins of perfumery, where the most precious resins and incense were burned in ceremony, their perfumed smoke carrying quiet, fragrant messages. Celest honours these timeless rituals that shaped perfumery as we know it. It is a composition defined by […]

L’Entropiste White Blood ~ new fragrance :: Now Smell This

Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour’s L’Entropiste brand has launched White Blood, a new unisex fruity floral fragrance.  Within every flower lies a secret fluid. A pale, dense, almost silent sap: a white blood flowing beyond sight. White Blood is born from an imaginary flower with opalescent petals. Here, the flower ceases to be a […]

Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey Eau Essentielle ~ new fragrances :: Now Smell This

Issey Miyake will introduce L’Eau d’Issey Eau Essentielle and L’Eau d’Issey pour Homme Eau Essentielle, new flankers to 1993′s L’Eau d’Issey and 1994′s L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme respectively.  L’Eau d’Issey Eau Essentielle ~ “Floral, musky, and luminous: an invigorating fragrance celebrating water in its purest state, where essential freshness becomes a tribute to nature. When […]

The daily lemming

From Vacation: “The Orange Gelée 100th Anniversary Fragrance Collection pays homage to one of the world’s most iconic sunscreens with five exquisite fragrances created by five celebrated perfumers. It features the original in fine fragrance form for the first time, plus four personalized interpretations…” (GELÉE ORIGINALE: Gelée with Bergamot, Clove, Saffron, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Zeste Mediterranean […]