It's fruity, it's woody, it's David the Gnome & his wife at a rave
26 June 2024 at 13:49
Sarah Brown on scented candles and perfume descriptions. One of the all-time greats [of fever dream copy] was Byredo announcing their Palermo perfume back in 2010 with this: "With clacking oars the Phoenicians arrived millennia ago to found their center of ancient exchange. Under golden Roman yoke the port gained gleaming palaces and mosaics. Ostrogoths, Vandals, and Byzantines alternately wrecked and rebuilt." Take Jessica DeFino's quiz on whether you can distinguish actual perfumes from fake: "Picture a Barbie melting in a hot car: vanilla, candy floss, white summer florals, hedione, cashmeran, ambroxan, musk, strawberry, ginger. The artificial epitome of sex."