UK-based toiletries line Berkeley Square has launched Bergamot Noir, a new deeper version of their White Bergamot fragrance…
On all fours in a London park
Jess Porter and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley, have also been trying to train people's noses. They persuaded 32 students to wear blindfolds and ear defenders, and get down on all fours to see whether they could sniff out a trail of chocolate oil. Intrigued, I wanted to try it for myself, which is how I ended up on all fours in a London park.
— From The unsung sense: How smell rules your life in the New Scientist. Hat tip to Abyss!
Perfume and Texture
Lately, more and more I’ve noticed the texture of fragrance. Not just how perfume smells, or the colors or moods it evokes, but the sense of thickness, slipperiness, or warmth it evokes. How can liquid smell furry or smooth, cool or scratchy?
Sure, some fragrances smell like particular materials, so it’s natural they’d remind you of that material’s texture. For instance, an oily leather fragrance might bring to mind the rough texture of a motorcycle boot including its rubber tread. Other perfumes, though, don’t smell like any one particular thing, yet they have definite texture. They can be expansive or tight, fluffy or slick, pebbled or icy smooth.
As I unpacked my fall clothes this weekend and laid the wool skirts, cashmere sweaters, velvet jackets, and mohair cardigans on the bed, I thought of perfume and texture again. Here are some of my matches with cool weather textures. I’d love to know about yours.
Wool. Wool can be fluffy like mohair, thick like a sweater, or tightly woven like gabardine…
The Monday Mail ~ help Micha find a new perfume
Today we are helping Micha, who lives in Egypt and is looking for a new everyday casual fragrance. She’d like to pay no more than $100-120 for a 100 ml bottle. She has access to mainstream prestige fragrances but not niche lines, and she can’t shop online. She does travel a couple times a year, so might be able to look for other brands then. Here is what we know about Micha:
She’s in her early 40s and has olive skin and long curly brown hair.
She’s married and has a young son. She says she exercises regularly, has a slim athletic build and loves being active, healthy and busy.
Her wardrobe leans towards smart casual and simple, but she’s recently started to buy some items “with a twist”, and she says she is an early adopter of fashion trends. She loves leather, cotton and linen, dislikes silk and lace; favorite brands include Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors and Calvin Klein.
Micha likes green, fruity and fresh perfumes…
Aroma jockeys
A vibrating dance floor and "aroma jockeys" spreading scents are set to bring a new kind of disco experience to London that can be enjoyed by deaf as well as hearing clubbers. [...] The vibrating dance floor responds to the bass frequency of the music. Sign dancers visually interpret the tracks and Signmark, a deaf Finnish rapper, will perform. Video jockeys and DJs will be joined by the aroma jockeys who will aim to convert the emotion of the music into smells.
— "Sencity" debuts in London on October 8 at indigO2; read more at Bet it smells good on the dance floor: Aroma jockeys, sign dancers and vibrating floors at disco for deaf. Hat tip to Bela!