It was 13 degrees in New York City a few weeks ago, and we had a dusting of snow yesterday, so I finally feel like winter has arrived!  Now I want to immerse myself in total winterness, and that starts with building a fragrance wardrobe that will create a mood of cold, metallic, powdery, frozen, crystalline iciness for me to waft around in like the scent-happy snow bunny that I am.

I was inspired to research fragrances with the word winter (hiver in French) in the title… and was amazed at how many there are! I’ve cleared a shelf in my perfume armoire, and have commenced with adding the following frosty scents to evoke some seasonal sillage….

CB I Hate Perfume Winter 1972 – Perfumer Christopher Brosius’ portrait of a memory in time boasts notes of a field of untouched new fallen snow, hand-knit woolen mittens coated with frost, a hint of frozen forest and sleeping earth.