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A Lab on Fire Rose Rebelle Respawn ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 3 January 2014 17 Comments

A Lab on Fire Rose Rebelle Respawn

Last summer, A Lab On Fire launched Rose Rebelle Respawn, a “modern, feminine” fragrance developed by perfumer Sophia Grojsman. Like everything about A Lab on Fire, it’s a bit mysterious: it’s the third or fourth permutation of Grojsman’s 100% Love, originally released in 2003 by S-Perfume (the parent brand of A Lab on Fire). The original 100% Love was followed by S-Perfume 100% Love {More} in 2006, and more recently, by A Lab on Fire Rose Rebelle in 2011, which I never had the chance to try. (I think it was available only in Paris, and it may or may not have been identical to 100% Love.)

Rose Rebelle Respawn has a composition of ivy, mint leaves, carnation, rose, musks, incense and cacao…

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Lungs have odor receptors

Posted by Robin on 3 January 2014 2 Comments

Like the nose, lungs have odor receptors. But instead of sending nerve impulses to the brain that conjure up a burning cigarette or a cup of coffee, these receptors send a signal that may make you cough. Unlike the receptors in your nose, which are located in the membranes of nerve cells, the ones in the lungs are in the membranes of the flask-shaped neuroendocrine cells that at times are triggered to dump hormones that make airways constrict.

— Futurity, reporting on new research from Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa. Read more at Odor 'Guards' in Lungs Can Make Us Cough.

Bringing women Joy

Posted by Robin on 3 January 2014 3 Comments

The history of Jean Patou Joy.

Bruce Willis Personal Edition ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 3 January 2014 25 Comments

Bruce Willis Personal Edition

Bruce Willis has launched Bruce Willis Personal Edition, the star’s second fragrance for men (the first was Bruce Willis Eau de Parfum)…

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Roberto Cavalli Exotica ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 3 January 2014 8 Comments

Roberto Cavalli Exotica

Roberto Cavalli has launched Exotica, a new fragrance for women. Exotica is styled as the “glamourous, sassy sister” of 2012’s Roberto Cavalli for Her. Other recent follow-ups to that fragrance include Roberto Cavalli Acqua, Roberto Cavalli Oud Edition, Nero Assoluto and Tiger Oud…

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