Voluspa has introduced the Opulence collection, including five new Eaux de Parfum:
Lemon Lily (shown) ~ “…combines crisp white casablanca lily and California citrus fruits that create a very fresh and clean scent. SO perfect for summer!”…
More ideas for fragrance layering ~ Space NK “Soulful” Bathtime Minis
I’ve come to think of Space NK as a “post-Sephora” shopping experience. At first, Sephora was exciting: the aisles and aisles of fragrance and beauty products, often accompanied by a pulsing dance-music soundtrack, induced a feverish high of trying and buying. After a while, however, too much choice can feel exhausting, particularly when so many products start to seem alike. Nowadays, Sephora gives me the feeling of a crowded party, while a visit to Space NK is more like brunch with one or two friends. It’s selective and it’s simplified, and I can trust its suggestions.
In keeping with its streamlined, user-friendly style, Space NK offers its own line of fragranced products, which are sold both as individual items and as sets. I sniffed a few scents before making my choice…
Online fragrance shopping
New at harrods (UK): Vera Wang Flower Princess.
New at luckyscent: Amouage Jubilation 25 & Jubilation XXV.
Deal at yvesrocherusa: take $10 off a purchase of $30 or more, no coupon code needed, offer good through 3/10.
Clean Wellness Harmony & Purity ~ new fragrances
Coming soon from Clean, a new “Wellness by Clean” line with two fragrances, Wellness by Clean Harmony and Wellness by Clean Purity. The promise:
…when this fragrance is applied to the body’s key pressure points, it brings the tranquility and calm of a spa atmosphere to every moment of the day…
And all this science I don’t understand…
A Nobel laureate and her co-authors on a 2001 paper on the sense of smell have retracted the study, saying they had discovered problems in the data and were unable to duplicate their findings.
Linda Buck shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in medicine for her work on smell. It was not immediately clear how important the retracted research, done in mice, was to the body of work that led to her Nobel.
— Read more at Nobel laureate recants key paper on smell, at SFGate. Thanks to Clare for the link!