If I were to select one scent to represent this year for me, it would be iris. Its dove-grey leitmotif ran through 2021 for me, whether it was the majestic Serge Lutens’s Iris Silver Mist or the baroque iris twist in Guerlain’s...
We recently marked the winter solstice in my part of the world, and I\'m so relieved that we\'re now slowly edging towards the "longer" days and milder temperatures of spring. I\'m already extracting as much sensory value as... -
Happy New Year\'s Eve! It\'s also Friday, the seventh day of Christmas (swans a-swimming) and the sixth day of Kwanzaa (Kuumba: creativity). Our community project for today: do what you were going to do anyway...wear the perfect fragrance to... -
It\'s Almost-Friday, National Bacon Day, the sixth day of Christmas (geese a-laying) and the fifth day of Kwanzaa (Nia: purpose). Birthdays: Rudyard Kipling, Paul Bowles, Bo Diddley and Patti Smith. RIP Keri Hulme. What fragrance are you... -
Happy Hump Day! It\'s also the fifth day of Christmas (five golden rings) and the fourth day of Kwanzaa (Ujamaa: cooperative economics). What fragrance are you wearing"
Thanks to a kind reader, I\'m channeling spring, in D\'Orsay... -
Dolce & Gabbana will introduce Dolce Lily, a new fragrance for women. Dolce Lily is a flanker to 2014\'s Dolce by Dolce & Gabbana, and follows 2021\'s Dolce Rose... -
Virginia-based niche boutique Arielle Shoshana will launch their third fragrance, Friday. Friday follows 2017\'s Saturday (originally Arielle Shoshana Eau de Parfum) and 2019\'s Sunday... -
It\'s Tuesday, plus the third day of Kwanzaa (Ujima: collective work and responsibility) and the fourth day of Christmas (4 calling birds). Birthdays: Earl Hines, Pops Staples, Maggie Smith. What fragrance are you wearing" What fragrance... -
It\'s Monday, National Fruitcake Day, the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, plus the third day of Christmas and the second day of Kwanzaa. RIP Joan Didion and Desmond Tutu. What fragrance are you wearing"
After 3 straight days of... -
Nothing about my masala dabba, an Indian-style spice box, looks exotic. It’s a round tin, with a double lid and several compartments, that after being moved across continents has enough dents and scratches to form a geography of its own. But... -
I like when I wake up in the morning expecting another grey winter day and find everything touched with ice. Belgian skies are grey, fog has a grey tint, but seen through the arabesques of ice on the window, the world looks enchanted–and the... -
Happy Hump Day! There are 9 days left in 2021. Birthdays: Lady Bird Johnson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ralph Fiennes. What fragrance are you wearing"
I\'m in Aftelier Candide. After it fades I might be back in Theorema, we\'ll see.... -
French niche line Pierre Guillaume has launched the Contemplation Collection, with eight fragrances: Au-Delà Du Noir, Au Royaume des Femmes, Bagatelle Roma, Femme en Smoking, Habanera, Irizia Pearl, Les Racines du Mâle and Lumière Fauve... -
It\'s Tuesday and the Winter Solstice. Birthdays: Rebecca West, Frank Zappa, Samuel L Jackson. What fragrance are you wearing"
I?m thinking of going with Serge Lutens Rousse. Tea at the moment is a blend of Upton Christmas Tea + Upton Old... -