Designer Wonchan Lee answers the burning question: what would perfumes from Coca Cola look like? They're concept designs, but hey, I bet I am not the only perfumista who would buy one. Find more images at Concept: Coca-Cola Le Parfum at The Dieline. Hat tip to Pyramus!
NPR's Richard Harris talks about new research finding that the human nose can (theoretically) distinguish more than a trillion different smells. The segment is a little less than 4 minutes long.
If you'd rather read than listen, check out Take a whiff! You can smell 1 trillion scents, study finds at the LA Times. Hat tip to Joe!
Sacred Wood, along with Imperial Tea, finishes off the Asian Tales fragrance collection from niche line By Kilian (we’re still expecting at least one more scent for In The Garden of Good and Evil, and the next series is reportedly to be called Addictive State of Mind). Sacred Wood was inspired by the Indian tale of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahabharata, and promises “the olfactory impression of an authentic Sandalwood from Mysore”.1 As most perfumistas know, real Mysore sandalwood is no longer used in perfumery due to its scarcity.
Like Imperial Tea, Sacred Wood was developed by perfumer Calice Becker. Sacred Wood opens on citrus-y, spicy wood; it’s not a dead ringer for my long-time love, Diptyque Tam Dao, but it reminded me of Tam Dao right away…
The new ad for Cacharel Anaïs Anaïs Premier Délice. Artistic direction by Olivia Bee. The song is Myth by Beach House.
Below the jump, an ad for Anaïs Anaïs from the mid-2000s, featuring Kate Moss. Below that, an earlier ad (probably around 2000) with model Lonneke Engel.
Italian niche line Profumi del Forte will launch Prima Rugiada, a new fragrance inspired by the ‘floral atmospheres of Mediterranean gardens’ and developed by perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour…