Our usual open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the perfume you’re waiting to find at discount, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
A couple pieces of business: the damage poll for the third quarter of 2012 is coming up on Tuesday, and we’ll have a followup poll for the swapmeet on October 21…
I tend to go through L’Occitane cycles: I’ll shop there repeatedly for a year, then take some sort of unconscious break, then fall into the habit again. The motivating factor behind my latest return to L’Occitane was the release of some new honey-scented body products. I’ve always liked L’Occitane’s chunky, pastel-tinted Bonne Mère soaps, both for myself and as little gifts for new mothers, so I was curious when I learned that a Bonne Mère bath and body collection had been introduced in two fragrances, Milk and Honey.
I’ve tried the three Honey products by now and I’m enjoying all of them. A pump or two of Gentle Body Wash produces generous amounts of foam when used with a mesh pouf. The Creamy Hand Wash cleans thoroughly without making my hands feel dried-out and stripped afterwards, and I end up almost looking for excuses to use it. The Gentle Cream for Face, Body, and Hands is a medium-weight lotion that smoothes quickly and easily into the skin. (I’m using it on my hands and body, but I wouldn’t apply it to my face, no matter what the label says.) I wish the lotion were sold in a larger tube or bottle, but maybe I’m just being greedy.
It’s easy to want more of the Bonne Mère Honey scent…
Niche line By Kilian has launched In The Garden of Good and Evil, a new series of fragrances. The collection starts with three fragrances: In the City of Sin, Forbidden Games and Good Girl Gone Bad…
New at b-glowing: Ineke Hothouse Flower.
New at houseoffraser (UK): Aramis Gentleman.
New at selfridges (UK): Prada Luna Rossa.
New at ulta: Dolce & Gabbana Pour Femme, Philosophy Living Grace, Armani Code Ultimate.
