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Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2009

Erin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:05 +0000

As it is for many people, fall is my favorite time of year. Perhaps this is because around here it is the most fragrant season: the cool, damp leaves send up a sweet, cidery rot, I could swear there is always a tinge of woodsmoke in the air, and the evergreens seem sharper and straighter as the deciduous competition flames out. Early every morning, after bumping around and out of my pitch-dark apartment, I take a deep draw of cool air and wonder if this smell is a regular olfactory hallucination, since I live in an urban neighborhood with bylaws against bonfires and no apple orchards for miles. Whether I am susceptible to seasonal scent suggestion disorder or not, I love the colors and skies of autumn, and the weather is often invigorating enough for me to look fondly upon the hooting, rowdy herds of schoolkids that suddenly appear on every sidewalk. Even if fall doesn’t make you feel this disgustingly cheerful, you can still spend your season of mists and mellow fruitfulness in gorgeous perfumes. Please comment with your own fall favorites and let me know if you’ve sampled the new Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles. I haven’t tried it yet, and am wondering whether it will be added to my current autumn Lutens rotation of Chêne, Santal Blanc and El Attarine.

Etro Shaal Nur: Rather like a more contemplative, citrus-tinged Habanita, this is an airy, incense-smoke version of Molinard’s classic vetiver-vanilla. While not being particularly strong — it’s better sprayed than dabbed — Shaal Nur has impressive projection…

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B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful, Covent Garden ~ perfume shopping in London

Guest Shopper — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:41:00 +0000

B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful (the staff call it ‘B’, a habit which I’ll gratefully adopt here), is the sister company to Lush, and takes the same stringent no-animal-testing approach to the goods it sells.

Where Lush concentrates on soap and bath products, B is mainly about makeup and scent. There’s the same whimsical quality to the names of the products, but the experience is much more glittery and girly.

There are currently two ‘B’ shops in London — one in Oxford Street and the one I visited, which is in Covent Garden…

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Time to draw breath and be at one with nature…

Robin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:50:18 +0000

Simon Constantine of Lush's sister company, B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful, talks about his new fragrances, Breath of God, Inhale & Exhale. Includes some interesting footage of the harvesting of raw materials, including sandalwood, neroli and rose.

Update: this video has been removed from YouTube, sorry!

B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful Breath of God, Inhale and Exhale ~ new fragrances

Robin — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:51:11 +0000

Breath of God is the latest fragrance release from Lush’s sister company, B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful:

B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful’s BRAND NEW fragrance BREATH OF GOD is a perfume that is unique…

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Fragrance review: 1000 Kisses Deep by B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful

Robin — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:03:33 +0000

B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful is a “sister company” to Lush. They have 3 shops in the UK, with a focus on makeup and fragrance; the fragrances were developed by Lush co-founder Mark Constantine. 1000 Kisses Deep (presumably named after the Leonard Cohen song) has notes of mandarin, osmanthus, labdanum, myrrh, and musk.

1000 Kisses Deep starts with smoky-sweet citrus notes. The smoke calms to a faint whisper as it settles into a fruity osmanthus with spicy and resinous undertones. The base is warm, sweet, musky woods. It has been compared to Laura Tonatto’s Plaisir…

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