Holiday Events, Cilantro Soap, & Fried Chicken Candles

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Hi friends! Nadia here 🙂 Today’s newsletter is short n’ sweet—it covers upcoming events, and why in the world there are fried chicken candles and cilantro soap.

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Bergdorf Goodman: exclusive in-person launch of Veronique Gabai's latest collection. (11/21, 4-7pm updated to 3-5pm)

• Frassai at Stéle (11/21, 6-8pm)

• MUSE Experiences, Harlem: kicking off “The Salon Series” with fragrance, art, and connections (11/22)

• Lladro x Sniffapalooza (11/23)

• Pop-Up at Art Gallery, LES: featuring Mother’s Milk candles (11/23)

• A free, one-day art fair at Hotel Chelsea (11/23)

• Roan Fragrances popping up at Chelsea Market (11/20-11/24)

• Free Holiday Soap Making Class in Brooklyn (11/26)

• El Souq Pop-up featuring local SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) brands (11/30)

• Hester Street Fair Holiday Pop-Up at Essex Market (starting 11/30)

DECEMBER EVENTS (REGISTER EARLY!)

• Amphora Parfum launch party at Stéle (12/4)

• ScentXplore, Chelsea (12/5-12/7)

• Holiday Fragrance Swap Party in Brooklyn: Hosted by Smell Ya Later and Arabelle Sicardi. (12/5)

• Mizensir’s Holiday Evening with Josh Young, Prince St: Tiny venue, big vibes—RSVP ASAP! (12/5)

• Blend your own functional fragrance with botanicals (12/6)

• Nordstrom Decanting Event hosted by Travaulya Wallace, RSVP HERE.(12/7)

• Olivier Rousteing Meet & Greet @ Bergdorfs: Insider tip! (12/10)

• Parfums Obim Holiday Soiree, Brooklyn (12/13) — details to come!

NEWS & ‘FUME TALKS:

• I heard Granado might be opening a store in Soho!

• Fischersund’s Discovery Set is now available at Witch Hazel in Hudson Valley.

• D.S. & Durga launched the most festive cologne of all time—literally.

• Stora Skuggan drops a new soliflore—single floral aroma—scent inspired by ancient pine trees.

• Marissa Zappas Advent Calendar ($100)

• Maison Millais has landed at Anthropologie

• Henry Jacques launches a second edition to their In All Intimacy collection, dedicated to the story of New York-based artist, art director and DJ Heron Preston and his partner Sabrina Albarello.

• Lovely write-up about Olfactory Art Keller

• Why is everyone obsessed with us fragheads?!
  KFC collabs with Homesick for a candle collection which includes: Bucket Of Chicken, Buttery Biscuit, and a Car Freshener—all include notes of baked or browned flour.

• Chipotle ALSO launched a Holiday Collection—which includes a water cup candle that smells like lemonade and cilantro soap that is “a 100% real soap bar that smells like cilantro (for cilantro lovers and haters alike).”

• Travertine Spa Atelier is one of the firsts to announce a collaboration with Osmo AI and their master perfumer Christophe Laudamiel.

• Is K-Fragrance next big thing?

• Comme des Garçons Parfums Turns 30

• Apparently, Martha Stewart doesn’t own scented candles. You’re doing a lot, Martha.

• Vogue wrote about the Room Spray Renaissance
  Vogue explores the rise of room sprays as chic, intentional home fragrance rituals. Featuring brands like Aesop, Malin+Goetz, Trudon, and Abel, room sprays are praised for instantly transforming spaces and elevating home ambiance.

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That’s all, friends!
x
Nadia

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