WHY CAN’T WE HAVE NICE THINGS. That’s what every Aussie Glossier fan is screaming from their rooftops today, because the cult brand headed up by the possible white witch of beauty (seriously, how does she always know exactly what we all want), Emily Weiss, just dropped their very first fragrance – and it sounds like it’ll overtake Le Labo Santal 33 as the perfume to own.
Why are we all crying into our porridge this morning? Well, Glossier still doesn’t ship to Australia. Fair enough – it’s a small brand and they juuust managed to sort shipping to the UK. But we are WHINGEY BABIES. We are DEMANDING SELFISH DICKHEADS. Give us what we waaaaaaant!!!
So basically – unless you fly to America or call your mate who’s on their gap year over there and force them to return early with a bottle for you, you’ve got Buckley’s of owning one for the time being.
The fragrance is called Glossier You, because the entire point of it is to work differently on everyone.
“Each note was chosen and balanced to allow the juice to be both long-lasting and true to how it smells at the beginning, without changing as it dries down. In other words, it’s heavy on the base notes,” the site description explains.
Those notes? A base of ambrette, ambrox, and musk – all known to be popular base notes for sexy, lived-in feeling fragrances. There’s no middle notes which is really interesting, and only two top notes – the earthy, woody iris root, and spicy pink pepper.
“Mostly it smells like you: that familiar human-y note that makes up the body of what you’re smelling. Creamy, sparkling, clean, warm. That’s You.”
Emily Weiss took to her beauty site Into The Gloss to further explain the thought behind Glossier’s first fragrance.
When we first dove into this project, I was fascinated with one thing: the smell of skin. Pheromones, pH, your own personal scent… We kept coming back to the idea that the first fragrance from Glossier would be a skin-smell enhancer first and foremost. Something that was so alchemic it would melt into your skin—not disappear. You know how the neck of your sweater feels after you’ve worn it all day? Nuzzly and warm, sort of sexy, but still comfy. I wanted that, bottled.
“This is the first fragrance I’ve worn that feels open ended, that it’ll grow with you no matter where you are in your personal evolution. It’s not a closed loop. This is not a finished product. It needs you. It’s the ultimate personal fragrance,” she writes.
Goddamn. Can we start a petition for Glossier to make Australia it’s next delivery stop? You can actually hit up their site to let them know how much you want their shit sent here, so let’s all do that collectively NOW.
Emily, if you’re reading this – pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease/DON’T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE.
