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In the jasmine fields of the Nile Delta, flower picking happens before dawn, when the flowers are still closed and their oil is most concentrated. Just a few years ago, a picker could gather around six kilograms of blossoms in a single night. Now, the same hands bring in two or three, and it can take more than eight hours to fill a single basket. The heat that has settled over Egypt is thinning the harvest and, with it, the scent itself, weakening the oil that makes the flower worth bending over in the dark to collect. — Read more in Climate Change Is Coming for Your Signature Scent at Ethos.

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Perfume PossePost B-Day Whining Thanks to you all for the birthday wishes- you made turning 39 as comforting as always. I’d like to tell you that I did all sort of spectacular and interesting things. I didn’t. I didn’t even have the heat as... Continue Reading → Perfume PossePost B-Day Whining

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Navitus Parfums Eclat Pistache by perfumer Bérengère Bourgarel is a gourmand, but a cold one, equivalent to a Sicilian pistachio semifreddo. The post Navitus Parfums Eclat Pistache (Berengere Bourgarel) 2026 + a Sicilian pistachio semifreddo giveaway appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

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Blue Tea by Euphorium Brooklyn composed by Stephen Dirkes was inspired by the ritual of afternoon tea at the Historic Tower Estate in Grenada The post Blue Tea by Euphorium Brooklyn Winner appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

Launches

Jo Malone will launch Sea Salt & Bergamot, a new unisex fresh citrus fragrance, in July. Sea Salt & Bergamot follows 2014’s Wood Sage & Sea Salt... Read the rest of this article »

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Jo Malone has launched Rose & Oud Leather, and reissued Iris & White Musk. Both fragrances are in the brand’s Cologne Intense series... Read the rest of this article »

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Juicy Couture has launched Just Moi Intense, a new amber vanilla fragrance for women. Just Moi Intense is a flanker to last year’s Just Moi... Read the rest of this article »

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It’s Tuesday and the last day of June. Also, Asteroid Day and Lena Horne’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing? I am on the road today, heading off on vacation. Posting, which is usually pretty random and haphazard, will be even more random and haphazard for the rest of the week. I’m in a light spritz of Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré; with luck it will carry me up the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway and straight over the Tappan Zee with no backups. It’s been known to happen! Reminder: 7/3 is Independence Day weekend in the US... Read the rest of this article »

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Perfume PossePretty. Forgettable My Posse Darlings! Like so much of the world right now, my little corner (in Central Midwest) is under an Extreme Heat Advisory. Unlike Europe, which usually doesn’t have to deal with these extremes, we’re pretty used to it and... Continue Reading → Perfume PossePretty. Forgettable

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Darren Alan Perfumes Vrai Violette demonstrates the intemporal beauty of violet 's charm- ephemeral, a touch animalic, an earthly unearthly. The post Darren Alan Perfumes Vrai Violette (Darren Alan) 2026 + Neo-Vintage Violet Giveaway appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

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In Bijou Zafran by Ormonde Jayne an undercurrent of saffron has been exquisitely wrought to work in tandem with the opening crisp pear note. The post Bijou Zafran by Ormonde Jayne Winner appeared first on ÇaFleureBon Perfume Blog.

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Perfume PosseAC UK I have a friend whose name is Ann Caroline but everyone calls her AC. Every time I hear the abbreviation AC I think of her. Not the machine that makes the air cooler. I mentioned in last week’s post that... Continue Reading → Perfume PosseAC UK