Hugo Boss will launch Boss Bottled Striking Lavender, a new fragrance for men. Boss Bottled Striking Lavender is a limited edition flanker to 1998’s Boss Bottled and follows 2025’s Boss Bottled Beyond and Boss Bottled Bold Citrus. With oversized yet refined surges of lavender, this limited-edition fragrance sets the day in motion with a bold new […]
From Nippon Kodo, a Year of the Horse gift set: “…includes 6 sticks of precious aloeswood incense and a lovely ceramic holder, made by the “224 Porcelain” workshop of Hizen Yoshida in Ureshino, Saga prefecture. It has been produced following Arita Yaki ceramic techniques which are more than 400 years old”, €24 at Tierra Zen […]
January can’t last forever! (Let’s not even talk about February.) While we’re waiting for it to be over, our usual lazy weekend open thread. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the perfume that says “I don’t mind being stuck inside because the weather is too awful to leave the house”, […]
A candle discovery set from Imaginary Authors, exclusive to Anthropologie, with three votive-ish (20 hour burn time) candles in Cherry Groove (“twist on a classic cherry cola”), Shake Shake Shake (“vanilla and heavy cream mingles with the sweet nuttiness of malt”) and Spin Me Round (“grapefruit, buttery magnolia, and the delicate sweetness of Lily of […]
Quick PSA: the damage poll is coming up on Tuesday. Meanwhile, are you making any perfume-related resolutions for the New Year? Fragrances you’d like to buy, fragrances you’d like to not buy, perfume projects you’d like to complete, anything? Tell us! Or feel free to share anything you’d like to accomplish this year. Or, as […]
Happy Friday! It’s also World Introvert Day and National Science Fiction Day, plus the 9th day of Christmas (ladies dancing). Our community project for today: wear a fragrance to match Cloud Dancer, Pantone’s color of the year for 2026 (or, wear something that matches the description: “A Whisper of Tranquility and Peace in a Noisy […]
Christian Dior has launched Cuir Saddle, the latest addition to their upscale La Collection Privée Christian Dior fragrance series. Imagined by Francis Kurkdjian as a soft and sensual leather, Cuir Saddle disrupts the codes of the leather accord in perfumery, echoing the Dior It bag that reinterpreted leather in the 2000s. This fragrance for women […]
Escada has introduced Yum Me, Sunny!, a new limited edition resort/summer fragrance in the Escaping with Escada* series. Escada Yum Me Sunny Eau de Parfum is a vibrant and seductive fragrance that invites you into a tropical fantasy. A solar gourmand composition bursting with energy and sensuality – created to be your ultimate summer perfume. […]
It’s Friday, plus Boxing Day aka the second day of Christmas, Candy Cane Day and the first day of Kwanzaa. Happy Birthday to David Sedaris! Our community project for today is Best of 2025…wear your favorite new release of the year, or your favorite purchase of the year, or the fragrance you wore the most […]
There’s a certain pleasure to be had in following a favorite artisanal perfume brand over an extended period of time, just like following a musician or visual artist or film director whose work means a lot to you. You can see their work evolve, recognize certain recurring themes or motifs, watch them trace new paths. […]