Dr. Dalton and her team found that with repeated exposure, the women’s ability to detect the odors improved 100,000-fold: the women were able to detect the odor at a concentration 1/100,000th of the concentration they needed at the beginning of the study.
But the male subjects, on average, showed no improvement at all in their ability to detect the odor.
— Read more at Why Stinky Socks May Bother Women More Than Men at The New York Times.
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The royal reportedly walked down the aisle of St. Paul’s Cathedral wearing one of her favorite scents: Quelques Fleurs. But according to her makeup artist, it almost wore her.
Barbara Daly, who scored the job of a lifetime when she was chosen as Diana’s wedding day makeup artist, famously revealed that the young princess, then 20 years old, accidentally spilled some perfume on her dress as she tried to put some on her wrists after she put her dress on.
— Read more at All About Princess Diana’s Wedding Day Perfume — and How She Accidentally Spilled It on Her Dress! at People.
UK-based perfumer Ruth Mastenbroek has introduced new packaging, and will launch Firedance, her fourth fragrance, in September…
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