If you like your big human brain, you can thank your nose — or at least the noses of your earliest mammal cousins.
That’s because 200 million years ago, a keen sense of smell drove an explosive growth in brain size that pushed mammals out from under the shadow of dinosaurs, a new study concludes.
— Read more at Mammals win by a nose: Sense of smell drove evolution of big brains at the Washington Post. Many thanks to nozknoz for the link!
Justin Bieber will launch his first prestige perfume (as you might remember, he has already gotten his toes wet with scented dogtags), Someday, in June. The fruity gourmand scent is geared towards teenagers…
Update: Pure Virgin has been renamed Pure eVe.
It seems like just yesterday that perfumistas were adjusting to the idea of L’Eau Serge Lutens — a resolutely clean, “fresh from the laundry” fragrance from the master of the heady floral and the spicy oriental. Sure, everybody else is making them, but people didn’t expect it from Serge Lutens. Pure Virgin, the latest from The Different Company, has similar inspirations — “a simple and comfortable perfume” is how they put it — but it’s perhaps not such a leap from some of the brand’s relatively light fragrances…
French niche house The Different Company has launched Oud Shamash:
A spiritual journey to the heart of the Far East…
New at escentual (UK): Roger & Gallet Fleur d'Osmanthus.
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