Yesterday, I spent some time revisiting Roja Parfum’s Lost In Paris and Dior’s Bois Talisman. Between the two, Bois Talisman left the weakest impression — the mid and dry-down stages have a peculiar plastic-like quality. Lost In Paris performed slightly better, though it felt somewhat linear, and I couldn’t detect the butter accord. For a fragrance in their prestige collection, it is something of a disappointment. Some are saying this is the best gourmand ever. I cannot say I agree.
2t2
June 14, 2025
In 2019, Cosey Fanni Tutti reignited her solo career with her first album TUTTI in almost four decades, and she has kept the flame diligently burning ever since. Returning with 2t2, she charges all sounds at her disposal into an arsenal of constantly morphing musical landscapes. In the album’s first half, all elements fluctuate around a driving, rhythmic core, with thrumming, pulsating synth lines slowly electrifying as vocals become abstract digital chants, while the second half is dressed in more obsidian tones, drifting from the electropop structures into something more formless and immersive.
Debating Bois Talisman
June 11, 2025
Dior released this fragrance at the end of January. I’m still debating whether to add it to my collection — would it be redundant? I’m not sure. I’ll have to revisit my sample and see.
03 Price Reductions
June 10, 2025
OpenAI drop the price of o3 by 80%. That's good news for people using the API. At this point, it really is very competitive with everyone trying to beat everyone else.
OpenAI o3 is the company's most powerful reasoning model that pushes the frontier across coding, math, science, visual perception, and more. It sets a new SOTA on benchmarks including Codeforces, SWE-bench (without building a custom model-specific scaffold), and MMMU. It’s ideal for complex queries requiring multi-faceted analysis and whose answers may not be immediately obvious. It performs especially strongly at visual tasks like analyzing images, charts, and graphics. In evaluations by external experts, o3 makes 20 percent fewer major errors than OpenAI o1 on difficult, real-world tasks — especially excelling in areas like programming, business/consulting, and creative ideation. Early testers highlighted its analytical rigor as a thought partner and emphasized its ability to generate and critically evaluate novel hypotheses — particularly within biology, math, and engineering contexts.
Updated: OpenAI have now added o3 Pro for users that are willing to pay $200 a month.