No. 40
By Rosie Jane WHITE TEE body + hair perfume mist with rose 3.9 oz/115 ml
$Cotton blossom, lily water, soft rose: the smell of a freshly pressed oxford shirt at nine.
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Beauty & Scent Editor
No. 48
SEPHORA COLLECTION Bamboo + Rose Hydrating Hand Cream 1.01 oz/30 ml
$Green bamboo and eucalyptus in a small tube, kept beside the stapler for dry-handed afternoons.
No. 45
Salt & Stone Santal & Vetiver Nourishing Hand Cream with Niacinamide + Seaweed Extract 2 oz / fillsizesequence:1
$Santal and vetiver on the hands, so the pen you pass over smells faintly of sandalwood.
No. 43
Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Woody Oak Rare Fragrance Layering Balm .67 oz/20 mL solid perfume
$Patchouli, oakmoss and dry woods in a solid balm. Smells like a coat left on a radiator.
No. 47
Hugo Boss BOSS Bottled Eau de Toilette for Men 10ml 0.33 oz/10 mL eau de toilette spray
$Apple, geranium and woody notes, ten millilitres. The sensible desk-drawer scent, with a flicker of something else.
No. 46
Glossier You Solid Perfume 0.11 oz / 3 g perfume solid perfume
$Pink pepper and iris in a wax that sits close to the skin. Meant for whispering distance.
No. 49
L'Occitane Nourishing and Protective Shea Butter Hand Cream 5.1 oz/150 mL
$A generous tube of shea, for hands that have typed all day and want to be forgiven.
No. 39
SIDIA Braless Solid Perfume with Vanilla & Leather 0.13 oz/3.6 g
$$Leather, vanilla and black pepper in a solid. Smells like a folio, warmed by a hand.
No. 41
SIDIA Midas Solid Perfume with Fig Leaf & Suede 0.13 oz/3.6 g perfume
$$Fig leaf and suede, rubbed on the wrist before the four o'clock meeting nobody wanted.
No. 42
DIOR Homme Eau de Toilette 1.7 oz/ 50 mL
$$Atlas cedar and vetiver: pencil shavings, a wool lapel, someone standing just a little too near.
No. 38
BYREDO Bibliotheque Scented Candle 8.4 oz/240 g 1 wick candle
$$Plum, leather accord and birch woods. Smells like the archive room, door closed, lamp left on.
Jack disagrees: “The brief already has a brass lamp. A candle is its nervous understudy.”
No. 44
BYREDO La Sélection Boisée Eau de Parfum Set
$$$Three woody vials, Super Cedar among them, to carry in a tote and decide on later.