Our ?Recommend Me a Perfume? thread is open this week. You can use this space to find perfume recommendations, to share your discoveries and favorite scents, and to ask any questions about scents, aromas and flavors. Or you can just tell us what... -
Dolce & Gabbana has launched Light Blue Summer Vibes, new limited edition flankers to 2001\'s Light Blue and 2007?s Light Blue Pour Homme. Last year\'s model: Light Blue Italian Love... -
Our Ukraine fundraiser is now closed. Thought Group Chile and I are grateful for your generous contributions that allowed us to raise almost $5000. Cristián Wittig, the director of the group, will explain how these funds will be used to rebuild... -
It?s the weekend! (And coming soon: the next damage poll, on 3 April, followed by the swapmeet on 15 April and the spring reading poll on 6 May.)
We?ve got 5 questions. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something... -
Jo Malone has launched the brand\'s annual Brit collection, with four fragrances: Highland Heather, Mallow On The Moor, Melancholy Thistle and Wild Achillea. I do not know the name of the collection but the subject matter appears to be the... -
Salvatore Ferragamo has launched Foreste di Seta and Cieli di Seta, two new additions to the Storie di Seta collection of unisex fragrances inspired by the brand\'s designs in silk... -
I look forward to the Passa Porta Festival that takes place in Brussels from Thursday, March 23rd to Sunday, March 26th. On Sunday, I will join the Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko for a conversation with Peter Vermeersch, writer and professor of... -
I wish you a Happy Persian New Year. May the new year bring all of us peace, joy and many good beginnings. I recently moved to a new apartment and this is the first I’m setting up my haft seen here. Haft seen, or Nowruz sofreh, is a... -
Tom Ford has launched Soleil de Feu, a new unisex fragrance in the Tom Ford Private Blend collection. Soleil de Feu is the fourth in the series that includes 2015\'s Soleil Blanc, 2019\'s Soleil Neige and 2021\'s Soleil Brûlant... -
Hillwood, the Washington, DC estate and museum of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), has launched Cocktails at Eight, a new fragrance for women... -
Saturday is National Corn Dog Day and Sunday is National Poultry Day. If you\'re in the UK, Sunday is also Mother\'s Day.
We?re marking all of it, plus getting ready for the equinox on Monday, with our usual old open thread poll. Talk about... -