<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Thousandth Bottle]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Thousandth Bottle]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/the-review</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:32:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Man Who Broke a Bottle and Changed Everything: COTY then and now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[François Coty (1874–1934) was a French perfumer, businessman, and newspaper publisher who founded Coty, Inc., one of the world's largest fragrance companies. Known as the "father of modern perfumery," he revolutionized the industry by mass-producing luxury fragrances and utilizing elegant packaging by master glassmakers like Lalique. Born Joseph Marie François Spoturno in Ajaccio, Corsica, he moved to Paris and adopted the name François Coty, a variation of his mother's maiden name. He...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/the-man-who-broke-a-bottle-and-changed-everything-coty-then-and-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20c6cc800e2e1c2bb5df84</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:56:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_4a6fcee861e3465ba6c868f7ea1bef4d~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DSCVR ME! by l'Éveilleur: The Weight of Salt on Warm Skin]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Firmenich miracle, a fragrance that completely alters the traditional marine genre." The house said it, and after wearing it, I believe them. Aquatic Sea Salt Marine perfume at it finest. DSCVR ME by l"eveilleur, Nez Olivier Cresp]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/dscvr-me-by-l-%C3%A9veilleur-the-weight-of-salt-on-warm-skin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f67dab63f5fb828ea1558</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:08:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_f97afdb0dbb5404bbe0138fc18bf6ce1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serenity Blend by Roja Dove: Change Starts With a Whisper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Serenity Blend by Roja Dove: Change Starts With a Whisper]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/serenity-blend-by-roja-dove-change-starts-with-a-whisper</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a18d05b69f69d4475ad69e7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:18:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_5349fead39a64a17a1ff959a544bc82a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci: A Bottle of Peace, This Memorial Day]]></title><description><![CDATA["It is a fragrance of liberation in its own right. A manifesto of liquid liberty." Robert Ricci knew exactly what he was making in 1948. So did the world that received it. This Memorial Day weekend, I pulled two miniatures from my collection. L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci was launched in 1948, three years after the end of a war that had taken everything from an entire generation: the men, the lightness, the right to be frivolous, and the right to smell beautiful. Robert Ricci created this...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/l-air-du-temps-by-nina-ricci-a-bottle-of-peace-this-memorial-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a11c6588fa816dacc813637</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 15:58:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_142ea6d07e214648af2f8dfb4323f5e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_968,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ritual of the Steep: Infuse by Akro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sitting in the shade of a tea garden of a destination and sipping on an earl-grey. The Story There is a specific stillness found only in the shade of a walled tea garden. While the vacation sun beats against the flowered wall, you are tucked away in a cool pocket of green, watching steam curl from a porcelain cup. This is the setting Olivier Cresp builds with Infuse. For those following my Instagram stories this week, you know I have been immersed in a "Tea Week" to bridge the gap between...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/the-ritual-of-the-steep-infuse-by-akro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04a99ce5f825d008b2957f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:54:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_5961cbb6f9be4b83a40fede3c6ac5366~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_792,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Dakota by DedCool: The Scent You Wear for Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[It doesn't walk into the room before you do, as the scent stays close, discreet, a question mark only you can smell. Golden hour on your skin. The Encounter I did smell Aura first as Aura is my nickname (short for Aurelie), and it's richer, sweeter, and more immediate. Then I picked up Red Dakota and something shifted. After the somewhat density of Aura, this felt like stepping outside in Ojai California, by the mandarine trees. I didn't expect to love it as much as I do and it has become is...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/red-dakota-by-dedcool-the-scent-you-wear-for-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fe5fa257c1b4d98767fec0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 22:40:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_09afe30306e94283855b83c83b9d9185~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dopamine Rose by L'Époque Parfums: The Indie Version of a Feeling I Already Knew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dopamine Rose by L'Époque Parfums a red pink perfume that brings you joy, energy and optimism.]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/dopamine-rose-by-l-%C3%A9poque-parfums-the-indie-version-of-a-feeling-i-already-knew</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fd1b2c4f7ebdc9f6a7d035</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 23:48:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_76aba6d637ea419b857b7d3436c86154~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[1978 Les Bains Douches by Les Bains Guerbois: Paris Never Left]]></title><description><![CDATA["Deep, tawny, warm." Bertrand Duchaufour, when asked to describe it in three words. The Encounter I stepped outside Baroque &#38; Bloom (Houston, TX) with a mouillette in my hand and the Houston humidity hit the scents immediately, almost making them even better. That particular combination of warm, heavy air and what was on that strip of paper stopped me on the sidewalk. It transported me... not to Paris specifically, not yet. Somewhere between a memory and an imagination. I went back inside and...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/1978-les-bains-douches-by-les-bains-guerbois-paris-never-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb725af97c520375651be3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 17:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_acb35d76e9ec484d9ec34ca5161f6d43~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un Jardin à Cythère by Hermès: The Fragrance That Smells Like My Olive Tree in Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[I close my eyes, smell my clothes, and I am in Greece, every single time. Un Jardin à Cythere, photo by The Thousandth Bottle, A.B. The Encounter I have a young olive tree. Right now it is bearing about sixteen olives. I check on it more than I should. I love everything about olive trees, the shape, the delicacy of the leaves, the silver-green colour, the way they move in the wind. There is something ancient and unhurried about them that I find genuinely calming. When I first smelled Un...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/un-jardin-%C3%A0-cyth%C3%A8re-by-herm%C3%A8s-the-fragrance-that-smells-like-my-olive-tree-in-summer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f8f9786774f9d9f8d42bcc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:14:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_53b04d6011f24047bb02a5e42d7283a8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile by Akro: The Bottle I Should Have Bought a Long Time Ago]]></title><description><![CDATA[I sprayed it on a shirt before the office. Nine hours later, it was still there. Diffuse, clean, happy. Still smiling. The Encounter I am picky about fruity perfumes. Very picky. The line between fresh-fruity and synthetic-candy is a narrow one, and most fragrances trip over it without noticing. So when I tell you I bought Smile on the spot, at Lucky Scent in Los Angeles, on the evening I finally met with Olivier Cresp in person, you should understand the weight of that sentence. I had gone...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/smile-by-akro-the-bottle-i-should-have-bought-a-long-time-ago</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f55b4f7b1c42fb24f42262</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 02:20:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_894c8a7210f44a378d1f74be27a0b423~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_744,h_904,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nice Bergamote by Essential Parfums: Some Fragrances Just Do Not Need to Be Complicated]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunshine, a soft-focus of florals you feel more than identify, cedar and tonka quietly arrive at the end. That is the whole story, and it is enough. The Encounter Not every review needs a ten-year arc or a moment of revelation. Some fragrances simply do what they say, do it beautifully, and ask nothing more of you than to enjoy them. Nice Bergamote is that kind of fragrance. Antoine Maisondieu is a perfumer from the south of France who loves citrus, loves Italy, loves the light and ephemeral...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/nice-bergamote-by-essential-parfums-some-fragrances-just-do-not-need-to-be-complicated</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2721c7cb0726b2dae287c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:24:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_7c3ef918b102496983c342d634259699~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_600,h_863,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingenious Ginger by Goldfield &#38; Banks Australia: A Very Good Moscow Mule]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love ginger. Fresh ginger, ginger teas, ginger candies, ginger perfumes. Just... not quite this one. Ingenious Ginger photo by Goldfield &#38; Banks The Encounter Let me be honest from the first sentence: at some point in the drydown of Ingenious Ginger, I smelled a Moscow mule. Not metaphorically, not as a loose impression. The specific, effervescent, ginger-beer-and-lime-wedge smell of the cocktail you order when you want something that feels both refreshing and slightly sophisticated. I...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/ingenious-ginger-by-goldfield-banks-australia-a-very-good-moscow-mule</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0e9d789aa25024ee03bd0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:22:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_716ed634ff8f428baa64c38ff30744d9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wulóng Chá by Nishane: Ten Years, Three Tries, One Hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took the mouillette home. I went back to my olfactory journal. And then I finally understood. Cеrtain frаgranсеs captivate yоu frоm the vеry first mоment, whilе оthers tаke time tо apprеciаte. Therе arе alsо thоsе thаt yоu find yоursеlf rеvisiting оver the years, соntemplаting whеther yоu truly соnneсt with them оr nоt, until a mоment оf clarity arrivеs, rеvеaling that perhaps yоu had already encоuntеred that еssencе in a diffеrent cоntехt. My rеlatiоnship with Wulóng Chá has been lоng,...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/wul%C3%B3ng-ch%C3%A1-by-nishane-ten-years-three-tries-one-hotel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ef8ce7d3f2ae6dd91166f9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:39:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_456c9be367a24dc1abeedca7af451687~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_750,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laguna by Salvador Dalí: The 1991 Bottle That 2026 Just Rediscovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recognised the bottle immediately. Of course I did. I've had the miniature for thirty years. The Encounter It appeared in my Instagram feed, announced among a gallery of new niche launches for 2026, presented as a discovery, something fresh and seasonal and of the moment. A frosted aquatic-green bottle in the unmistakable shape of a nose and lips. The colour of shallow tropical water. The bottle of a surrealist. I smiled. Then I went to find my miniature. Laguna by Salvador Dalí is not new....]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/laguna-by-salvador-dal%C3%AD-the-1991-bottle-that-2026-just-rediscovered</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee40b9a376fc1e0ec995e1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:11:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_f4a767351e744d44a76ceabbc287fb57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delulu by .Oddity: My Grandmother's Kitchen, Bottled in Hong Kong]]></title><description><![CDATA[So photorealistic I could see the colors: deep ruby red to light pink, speckled, with that pale green you find on the stems. The Encounter There are fragrances that transport you somewhere imagined, a fantasy, a mood, an abstraction. And then there are the rare ones that transport you somewhere specific. A room you haven't thought about in years, a smell you didn't know you'd stored. The first spritz of Delulu took me directly to my grandmother's kitchen. She was preparing her rhubarb jam,...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/delulu-by-oddity-my-grandmother-s-kitchen-bottled-in-hong-kong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ed071381e17196bd284aee</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:43:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_20823fbd626b41ee8e4ad922333cd0f4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_986,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caden by Omanluxury &#38; The Scarf on the Chair the Morning After]]></title><description><![CDATA[ sprayed it on a scarf. Hours later, coming back to it, it gave me the hints of an espresso into which someone had dropped two petals of saffron. Like a whisper.]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/caden-by-omanluxury-the-scarf-on-the-chair-the-morning-after</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ebb80181e17196bd253349</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:06:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_702eb7412ec2425ebd1a7dacddfdfc1e~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_700,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ormonde Woman by Ormonde Jayne: The Garden at the Edge of Dark]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Encounter There is a specific moment at dusk when a garden stops being decorative and becomes something else entirely. The flowers are still there... jasmine, violet... but the light has changed, and with it the hierarchy. What was background has moved forward. The grass smells sharper. The earth underneath asserts itself. Something you couldn't name in daylight is suddenly the whole atmosphere. That is the world Ormonde Woman opens into. Not a dark fragrance, exactly. Not a dangerous...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/ormonde-woman-by-ormonde-jayne-the-garden-at-the-edge-of-dark</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ead059b17cf497ceb54aa3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:17:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_2c423f1bf9f94a14bc08bfda40d03f29~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonderwood by Comme des Garçons: The Forest After the Fire, Rebuilt in Concrete and Cedar]]></title><description><![CDATA["Wood gone mad." They meant it as a warning, but I took it as an invitation. THE ENCOUNTER There are fragrances that seduce you slowly, and there are fragrances that simply state their case and wait for you to catch up. Wonderwood is the latter. I first encountered it the way you encounter a modernist interior. You walk in, and before you've registered a single detail, the atmosphere has already claimed you. No threshold, no introduction, just the quiet, absolute presence of wood. Not a...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/wonderwood-by-comme-des-gar%C3%A7ons-the-forest-after-the-fire-rebuilt-in-concrete-and-cedar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea8036b17cf497ceb4992b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:49:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_05d341da980945d5a43da5dcecaa41dc~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ginger, Tea, and the Musty Grace of an Old Library | Five O'Clock Au Gingembre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five O'Clock Au Gingembre by Serge Lutens Ginger, Tea, and the Musty Grace of an Old Library For two years, this was my ritual for comfortable dynamism. Some days require a sparkling, spicy note to freshen the mind, but still crave the grounding safety of a warm cup of tea and a well-worn book. While Serge Lutens is one my favorite house with Féminité du Bois remaining my ultimate signature from SL, Five O'Clock Au Gingembre is the most approachable bridge into his minimalist world. This is...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/ginger-tea-and-the-musty-grace-of-an-old-library-five-o-clock-au-gingembre</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea5e24b17cf497ceb4539f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:18:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_f1cf5c507dbf44be9a682c17771db6f7~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_560,h_560,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Almond Blossom Mizzle of the Algarve ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chemin d’Amande - Une Nuit Nomade | Review For a nose that often finds vanilla a cloying enemy, finding a gourmand that heals rather than haunts is a rare victory. I am notoriously defensive when it comes to vanilla. Too often, the note leans into a saccharine, heavy sweetness that triggers a physical shutdown for me: headaches, nausea, and a total sensory rejection. However, after the kaleidoscope of roses I found in Jardins de Misfah, I felt a pull toward the rest of the Une Nuit...]]></description><link>https://aureliebenchetrat.wixsite.com/thethousandthbottle/post/the-almond-blossom-mizzle-of-the-algarve</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e94589d06bed7d1a9f0575</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:11:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9f2482_7e133cec6e7f485ab5acb785cc4aa5de~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aurélie Benchetrat</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>