Thanks, Birgit, for your beautifully written review of Jour Ensoleille on Olfactoria’s Travels! Glad you like it!
When I sent out the parfum bottle for the Nostalgie drawing winner today, I was wishing I was an expert at baudruchage (a traditional method of securing the stopper with thread or cord). Here’s a fun little video that shows how Chanel hand ties and wax seals each parfum bottle. I need lessons! 🙂
There’s a half oz bottle of Fig Tree up for grabs on Cafleurebon’s 11/11 post of predictions for next year. Not too many entrants yet, so you may want to toss your name in the hat if you like fig. I don’t plan to sponsor another give-away until holiday season, when I’ll host something here…
I want to thank everyone for continued support of SSS and indie brands in general, and I want to wish everyone the happiest of holidays. I hope you get plenty of time to spend with friends and family. I realized a few days ago that we usually do a holiday drawing on the blog, and…
I’ve had a lot of requests for the body cream for the holiday season so I’ll get it back on the site next week. I’ll just offer it for the holidays and the lotion will stay on the site all year. The cream is thicker and heavier than the lotion, which is still moisturizing but…
I have yet to buy a bottle unsniffed; I find a sample is all I need for most scents, and a decant does me for most others, especially because I don’t have much “skin time” left after working on my own scents. But here’s my latest lemming for something to sample: Now Smell This El Attarine…
I had a large shipment of my empty 34 ml bottles coming on a pallet by boat from Europe, and they landed in New York the day before Sandy hit. They sat in a New York port for two weeks before finally making the last leg of the journey to me. We just picked them…
There’s a review of Vintage Rose along with reviews of fourteen other rose scents in the most recent On the Scent column, titled A-Dozen + Roses, by Elisa Gabbert. Thanks Elisa! Blog readers know I have a soft spot for rose scents. There’s also a review of Champagne de Bois on the Il Mondo de…
Laurie
I loved the video on the Chanel bottle. I like little FYI things like that! By the way, I’m loving Nostslgie and know ill need a big bottle soon! Someone was sitting next to me in a work project a few days ago from Wash state (i’m in CT) and asked me what I was wearing so I brought her in one of the samples you sent me….she was thrilled!
Hi Charlene,
I watched that video several times and still can’t quite figure out how she did that cord! Glad you’re enjoying Nostalgie and thanks for sharing it! 🙂
You did a pretty darned good job, Laurie! It looked nice and felt secure.
I’m glad it made a safe trip! 🙂 Thanks for letting me know!