Ford, Toyota, General Motors and others have trained teams of sniffers who evaluate smells and then reject or reformulate any unpleasant materials. It's a daunting task: Car interiors are made of dozens of different odorous materials - plastics, foams, rubbers, carpet, fabric, leather.
— From Love the new-car smell? Automakers don't. at The Washington Post. The article includes some interesting details about cultural differences in smell preference. Many thanks to March for the link!
Now that fall is on the way, I’m ready to return to perfumes and body products with stronger and sweeter fragrances, including a few gourmand scents. In my recent review of Wiggle Perfume’s Bee perfume oil, I mentioned my occasional honey craving. So, when I found out about One Bath and Body, its honey-oriented products were the first ones that piqued my interest.
This new company has a “green” agenda: according to their website, “ONE is committed to promoting natural beauty without compromising the beauty of the earth, providing eco-friendly products in recyclable, plastic-free packaging to rejuvenate the spirit and save the planet.” Sweet Honey Soap and Honey Please Bath Fizzer both have relatively straightforward ingredients lists and simple, paper-based containers: the soap is tucked into a little hinged cardboard box, and the spherical Bath Fizzer is housed in a sturdy cardboard cylinder…
Project D, the fashion house of Australian singer & actress Dannii Minogue and designer Tabitha Somerset-Webb, has launched their first fragrances, an eponymous signature scent and three variations packaged in purse sprays…
...Claire! Congrats on winning our latest contest.
Bath & Body Works has launched Twilight Woods For Men, the masculine counterpart to last year’s Twilight Woods For Women:
An unforgettable, masculine blend of cedar, white pepper and musk…