Blame it on summer fever, but we can't get enough of golden, orange tones everywhere. They're the perfect colors for just about everything this season: clothes, fresh-squeezed juices, swoon-worthy sunsets -- and, of course, perfumes. Our selections this month all feature inspiration from this vibrant part of the color spectrum, so how could we resist?
Sometimes it’s hard to choose your scent of the day. So how about three scents of the day?
We spoke with perfumer Maria McElroy about her fascinating life and career. She tells us what it was like to be an expat in Japan, what she's working on next, and what she saw that inspired her to create the sultry, mysterious Geisha Noire.
What does it mean to fall? It implies something we can’t help. I fell down. Something that just happened. I fell in love. Sometimes it’s a thing we regret— I can’t believe I fell for it —and sometimes it’s a thing we would do a thousand times over— I fell for you —if only time would let us.