Trussardi will launch My Land, a new woody fougère fragrance for men, in September. My Land celebrates Italian elegance, and is for the man who travels the world but feels at home in his own city…
Using flower scents created in a lab
Using flower scents created in a lab, a team of researchers at Ohio State University plans to lure mosquitoes into traps. The objective: Kill the pests that carry life-threatening diseases, including West Nile Virus and malaria. “Think of the perfume industry. It’s the same approach, but we’re using it to trap mosquitoes for public-health purposes,” said Philip E. Otienoburu, an OSU entomologist.
— Read more at OSU researchers create fragrance mosquitoes can’t resist at The Columbus Dispatch.
Thymes Lotus Santal ~ new fragrance
Thymes has launched Lotus Santal:
Lotus Santal is a lulling hush that smoothes the rhythms of the day…
Guerlain Coriolan ~ fragrance review
A spray of Guerlain Coriolan, and right away I smell the high desert on a summer’s evening, the time when the ground still holds the hot scent of the earth while the wind is cool and fresh. The earth smells of hot rock, pinyon pine, immortelle, dry wood, and the piney sage that grows gnarled on the ground. The breeze delivers the bite of mint, citrus and fennel. Somehow the cool air and hot landscape meld into a singular fragrance. Coriolan reminds me of eastern Montana in August.
Jean-Paul Guerlain created Coriolan, and it was released in 1998. It’s a woody chypre with notes including lemon tree leaves, bergamot, juniper, absinthe, coriander, nutmeg, oakmoss, patchouli and everlasting flower. I also smell dry wood, amber, musk, and what I swear is mint.
Coriolan bombed. Despite its gorgeous bottle, caged in pink-gold metal with a flip-top lid, sales were weak enough for Guerlain to pull Coriolan before too long…
A public information film from Penhaligon’s of London
A short film for the new Penhaligon's Peoneve.