Happy Halloween! It’s also World Savings Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m starting off my fougère week with Sarah Jessica Parker Covet.
Reminder: 11/3 will be Fougère Friday…wear a fougère, if you have one…
A greater physiological response to the odors
But what happens to your sense of smell if you have trouble with emotions?
The researchers found that individuals with medium-to-high levels of alexithymia* showed a greater physiological response to the odors— their heart rates sped up and skin conductance increased — compared with individuals with low levels of alexithymia.
— Read more at What Your Nose Can Reveal About Your Emotions at LiveScience…
5 Perfumes: Fruity Chypres for Fall
Autumn is the perfect time to wear a chypre perfume. Something in a chypre’s mossy, musty base echoes leaf mold and feels right at home on days with cold mornings and sunny afternoons. Among chypres, fruity chypres are especially nice. The fruit adds sweetness and color — so nice on a rainy day — without going all pumpkin spice.
Here are five fruity chypres to sample:
Guerlain Mitsouko: I’ll kick off the list with the queen of fruity chypres…
Online fragrance shopping
New at bloomingdales: By Kilian line.
New at luckyscent: 4160Tuesdays Eau My Soul.
New at saksfifthavenue: Guerlain Lui.
New at twistedlily: Andrea Maack Coven & Birch, Nomenclature Shi_so, Comme des Garcons Andy Warhol You're In.
The Art of Shaving Bourbon Amber ~ new fragrance
The Art of Shaving has launched Bourbon Amber, a new addition to the Cologne Intense collection…