Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 9th. Get cracking on that shopping!
From Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, the Les Rouges collection, with miniatures of Piment et Chocolat, Poivre, Fleurs d’Oranger and Oeillets Rouges. $50 at Beautyhabit…
Soap, lotion and bugs
Flavor chemists have found that cilantro aroma is created by a half-dozen or so substances, and most of these are modified fragments of fat molecules called aldehydes. The same or similar aldehydes are also found in soaps and lotions and the bug family of insects.
— From The Curious Cook: Cilantro Haters, It’s Not Your Fault at the New York Times. Many thanks to Fleur for the link!
Prix Eau Faux 2010 ~ help us select the winner
Here they are, the finalists for the 2010 Prix Eau Faux, our contest to honor creative fragrance writing or “faux ad copy” (you can read about the contest here). Huge thanks to everyone who entered!
The judges (me, Angela, Christine, Kevin, Erin and Jessica from Now Smell This, and Tania Sanchez of Perfumes: The Guide) have whittled the field of 65 entries down to 5 finalists…
Online fragrance shopping
Joop! Homme Hot Contact & Go Hot Contact ~ new fragrances
Joop! has launched their limited edition fragrances for summer 2010, Joop! Homme Hot Contact and Joop! Go Hot Contact.*
Joop! Homme Hot Contact ~ “All about sexual energy and teasing sensations!” With notes of grapefruit, bergamot, cyclamen…