There's something else that begins to happen to the tree in the yellowbelly phase. Stick your nose into a crevice of the bark and take a big sniff. It may smell like butterscotch or vanilla. The next person who smells it may insist it's more like cinnamon, or even coconut.
— From Ponderosa Pines: Rugged Trees With A Sweet Smell at NPR.
Watch brand Omega will launch Aqua Terra, a new aromatic wood fragrance for men, this month. The scent is named after Omega’s Seamaster Aqua Terra watch range, and is intended to be both sporty and elegant.
Aqua Terra was developed by perfumer Alberto Morillas, and the notes include bergamot, grapefruit, mandarin, bitter orange, clary sage…
New at harrods (UK): Aramis Gentlemen's collection.
New at kohls: Tim McGraw Southern Blend, Avril Lavigne Black Star.
New at saksfifthavenue: Issey Miyake A Scent by Issey Miyake.
New at sephora: Stella McCartney Stella Nude.
New at theperfumeshoppe (Canada): Etro Pegaso.
Strange Invisible Perfumes will launch Fire and Cream, their latest fragrance, next month:
Debuting this fall, Fire and Cream is a complex and elegant composition with many prismatic transitions from rooted notes of vetiver, sandalwood, and Indonesian patchouli to the twinkling essences of hydro-distilled oranges and their blossoms…
Avoiding gruesome odors is my first line of defense. There’s a coffee shop nearby that I simply won’t enter. It’s jam-packed with wooden barrels of reeking coffee beans; locals complain they can smell the roasting blocks away. I send my husband to buy coffee while I wait in the car with the windows up.
I’ve tried the opposite tactic, going out of my way to imprint favorite perfumes, fresh flowers, that wonderful bakery smell. Alas, my phantosmia specializes in the disagreeable.
— Columnist Jane G Andrews in A Pungent Life: The Smells in My Head at The New York Times. Many thanks to contrabassa for the link!