Bowie’s Birthday, Bubble Bath Day, and my Osmanthus Mood

If your Thursday scent wouldn’t hold its own at a Bowie afterparty, why bother. Today I wanted something with poise and a sly grin, so I’m in Ormonde Jayne Osmanthus. It opens with that luminous, tea-toned breeze I crave in winter, then slides into the apricot-skin leather hum that makes osmanthus addictive. It’s clean enough for daylight, but it moves like silk. There’s a whisper of fruit, never sticky, and a soft suede nuance that keeps me smirking between sips of black tea.

Fitting, since it’s David Bowie’s birthday. His shapeshifting spirit is a good reminder that perfume doesn’t have to sit in one genre. Osmanthus is a rebel in florals, half orchard, half glove box, all attitude.

It’s also National Bubble Bath Day, which gives full permission to go plush and soapy. If you’re in the mood for towel-fresh calm, try:

• Maison Margiela Replica Bubble Bath for airy suds and musks that feel like warm foam, not laundry.
• Byredo Blanche for crisp linen with a heartbeat, sheer but not boring.
• Philosophy Amazing Grace for the classic soft-focus shampoo aura.
• Prada Infusion d'Iris for that powder-clean iris that smells like good taste.

Tomorrow is National Apricot Day, so line up something with a sunlit pit. Apricot in perfume can mean fleshy fruit, suede-like osmanthus, or a velvety floral wink:

• Hermès Osmanthe Yunnan if you want a gossamer tea veil with apricot-light osmanthus.
• The Different Company Osmanthus for a delicate, transparent take that still reads polished.
• Auphorie Miyako when you crave apricot jam meeting inky leather, vivid and haunting.
• Serge Lutens Daim Blond for apricot suede draped over iris, minimal yet hypnotic.
• Lancôme Trésor if you want the romantic classic, a rose-peach-apricot halo that still turns heads.

Today I’m toggling between clean foam and sly fruit-leather, and that duality feels right. Bowie taught us to embrace contradictions. Osmanthus gets it. Bubble bath gets it. And tomorrow, apricot gets its day in the sun.