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New at luckyscent: Comme des Garcons Play.
Top 10 Summer Fragrances 2007
I didn’t do a Top 10 of Summer last year, but in looking back over my list of summer favorites for 2005, I realized how little things have changed in terms of my fragrance preferences. I’d be perfectly happy wearing nothing but those 10 all summer long, although most unfortunately my Divine Bergamote has turned so now I haven’t got any.
So here are 10 I’d take in addition to those earlier choices:
Parfums de Nicolaï Eau Exotique: I really liked this when I first tried it, so last year I had a friend who was visiting Paris pick me up a bottle. I’d be ashamed to admit how long it sat unopened and forgotten in my cupboard, but earlier this year March mentioned it on Perfume Posse and I finally tore off the wrapper. This stuff is marvelous. I’ve worn it more than anything else so far this summer…
Les Parfums de Rosine Rose Kashmirie ~ new fragrance
Les Parfums de Rosine will launch Rose Kashmirie in September.
The new fragrance is an oriental, and features of rose, saffron, green notes and musk.
Les Parfums de Rosine Rose Kashmirie will be available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum…
Online fragrance shopping
New at bloomingdales: Marc Jacobs Daisy.
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): the Etat Libre d'Orange line.
New at macys: Sarah Jessica Parker Covet.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): Serge Lutens Louve.
The scent we all need…
Honeybee queens produce a chemical cocktail that politicians would swarm to get their hands on: the scent of a queen keeps her drones and workers loyal to the throne, dutifully feeding and grooming their ruler.
Now it seems that this chemical perfume also prevents worker bees from developing aversions. This means that undergoing a negative experience around a queen won't lead a worker bee to learn to hate her.
— From a fascinating article in Nature about a study conducted by entomologist Alison Mercer of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.