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3 teas from Kusmi ~ (not a perfume) review

Posted by Robin on 20 April 2015 62 Comments

Kusmi Anastasia, Jean Paul Gaultier tin

It’s been a good long while since we’ve talked about tea other than as an aside in the scent of the day polls. I used to post on the subject more frequently (even though I am no more an expert on tea than I am about perfume), and especially about green teas, which were my staple drink during the day. Those cups (not telling how many, let’s just say quite a few) were interspersed with heavier bursts of caffeine from the occasional latte. I’ve since had to give up coffee entirely, and not surprisingly, my collection of black teas has increased accordingly. I hope to do a post on Earl Grey teas soon, but today I’m concentrating on three black teas from the Russian-inspired French brand Kusmi, which as it happens was the subject of my last tea post…

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Anastasia

Posted by Robin on 20 April 2015 7 Comments

A short 'underwater ballet' for Kusmi's Anastasia tea.

We are becoming more sensitive to anything we smell

Posted by Robin on 20 April 2015 2 Comments

“We have so reduced the level of background odor pollution, we are becoming more sensitive to anything we smell,” said Pamela Dalton, an olfactory researcher at Monell Chemical Senses Center, a nonprofit group in Philadelphia that studies smell and taste.

Just 20 years ago, you might not have noticed someone smoking in the same restaurant where you were dining, whereas today you’d likely detect the residual odor of cigarette smoke on the clothes of someone simply walking past your table.

— From Would You Want to Smell BBQ All the Time? at The New York Times. The article discusses local government efforts to regulate public odors.

Monday scent of the day 4/20

Posted by Robin on 20 April 2015 132 Comments

Mandragora officinarum

Monday 4/20. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Annick Goutal Mandragore.

Reminder: this Friday, 24 April, wear something from Annick Goutal or perfumer Isabelle Doyen…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 20 April 2015 Leave a Comment

New at colette (FR): Byredo + Oliver Peoples.

New at escentual (UK): Prada Candy Kiss editions.

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