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2016 / Browsing by date: November 2016

An unearthly, disgusting smell

Posted by Robin on 24 November 2016 Leave a Comment

After a few months of training, odors began to come into focus for [Christine] Kelly. At first, they were terrible. “Everything had an unearthly, disgusting smell that would vacillate between burning Teflon frying pans [and] spoiling ham sandwiches that had been left inside a camper van in the rain for three months,” she recalls. Then, with continued training, Kelly was able to get a fix on lemon. More and more smells followed.

— Olfactory training can help people with anosmia recover their sense of smell. Read more at Regularly Whiffing Essential Oils Can Retrain Lost Sense of Smell at The Scientist. Hat tip to Janice!

Byredo Super Cedar ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 23 November 2016 32 Comments

Byredo Super Cedar

I spent my Sunday afternoon this week perusing the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) website. IFRA prohibits and restricts the use of many beloved perfume ingredients. Some of these ingredients cause sensitization, phototoxicity, are carcinogenic or have the “critical effect” of genotoxicity (they mess with your genetic info). These are serious issues and IFRA also advises on the use of such ingredients to flavor products that come into contact with our mouths and digestive systems: tobacco, toothpaste, pastilles, syrups and the like. What got me on an IFRA kick in the first place? I’ve been testing LOTS of perfumes recently that are full of Iso E Super and I was wondering what IFRA had to say about it.

Iso E Super is on IFRA’s restricted list (as flavoring) due to its critical effect of sensitization; it can cause an allergic response (one that may worsen with repeated use). You can smell Iso E Super in hundreds of perfumes and in toiletries, home fragrance sprays and candles, and household cleaning products, like laundry detergents and dryer sheets…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2016 Leave a Comment

New at neimanmarcus: Guerlain Neroli Outrenoir.

New at ulta: Michael Kors Turquoise & Sexy Blossom.

L’Occitane au Bresil Abraco ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2016 6 Comments

L'Occitane Abraço

L’Occitane has launched Abraço (Hug), a new woody floral fragrance for women in the brand’s L’Occitane au Brésil range (made in Brazil and celebrating Brazilian biodiversity)…

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Wednesday scent of the day 11/23

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2016 237 Comments

tap pant

It’s Hump Day, and it’s Thanksgiving Eve! What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m wearing Lush Silky Underwear. It was $1 per ml when I bought it. I keep hoping they’ll bring it back, along with Flying Fox.

Reminder: on 11/25 we’re doing Black Friday cheap thrills, edition 3…

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