I’m starting vintage week in Vol de Nuit parfum. No real idea of the exact vintage, but it’s from a small decant labeled as being from The Perfumed Court, and since I’ve searched both email and paper records and can’t find that I ordered it, it must have been sent to me by one of […]
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Nov
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Niche line Régime des Fleurs has launched Black Spruce, a new limited edition holiday fragrance. A portrait of winter: evergreen fresh outside, warmth inside. Cooling and glowing all at once, like winter itself…with a delicious, unexpected spike of rich spice. “I grew up with the deep snow of long winters, dark spruce […]
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Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Patchouli Noir, a new natural fragrance in solid perfume format. A limited edition liquid version will be offered through Valentine’s Day. A sumptuous perfume radiating a dark sensuality, Patchouli Noir is the perfect ménage à trois of boozy, woody and musky facets, draped in smoke. This rich […]
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Nov
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Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit (🐇🐇🐇)! Welcome to November, plus, happy Day of the Dead, plus, a little reminder: if you live in a daylight savings zone, don’t forget to change your clocks this weekend! That means it’s time for our ninth annual Fall Back poll. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, […]
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From Kobo, the Holiday Highball Candle. “Holiday Highball transports you to the heart of a swank and sumptuous holiday affair with creamy notes of boozy eggnog and spice. Flirtatious and witty banter abounds as the live band begins to play. Enjoy one midnight toast or go ahead post up by the punch bowl. Cheers!” $32.50 […]
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Welcome to our 7th annual fall reading poll! Please recommend a great book to add to our fall reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it. (Or, do what I do and record here everything you have read since the last quarterly reading poll. And if you want more recommendations, […]
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Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also World Food Day. Birthdays: Lucy Stanton, Oscar Wilde, Eugene O’Neill, Günter Grass. What fragrance are you wearing? For Oscar Wilde, who was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris — where today’s photo of the monument of Dominique Vivant Denon was taken — I’d be in Floris Malmaison if I could, […]
Dua Lipa for Yves Saint Laurent Libre Vanille Couture. Source link
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Limited edition shimmering body oils from Chanel for Holiday 2025: No. 5 in White Gold, No. 5 in Beige Gold, and not shown, Coco Mademoiselle in “Pearly”. $145 each for 250 ml. Source link
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Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also John Lennon’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing? I’m taking community project points in a dab of Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle. Reminder: on 10/10, wear a fragrance with nutmeg, if you have one. And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday […]