Thé Matcha lip balm, with green tea, citrus and white flowers, on mark down at Urban Outfitters for $4.
Jimmy Choo Fever ~ new perfume
Jimmy Choo will launch Jimmy Choo Fever, a new fragrance for women, in August. Jimmy Choo Fever is a flanker to the 2011 eponymous Jimmy Choo fragrance…
Olfactory enrichment worked
The researchers discovered that olfactory enrichment worked. Dogs often are stressed when they are held in rescue shelters, and they discovered that vanilla, valerian, coconut, and ginger reduced activity and vocalizations (barking and whining) and coconut and ginger increased sleep. Dr. Todd notes that these odors have been found to be beneficial for wombats, sea-lions, Javan gibbons, cats, and rats.
— Read more at Dogs' Noses in the News: Scents Reduce Stress in Shelters at Psychology Today.
Olympic Orchids Tropic of Capricorn ~ fragrance review
Occasionally reviews describe a fragrance as smelling “vintage.” To me, it signals that the fragrance follows the conventions of a classic perfume style, like a floral aldehyde with a musk-sandalwood-vetiver base, or a mossy chypre. Besides that, it often means that a perfume simply isn’t fashionable.
Olympic Orchids Tropic of Capricorn smells vintage, in the animalic, leathery way of Caron Narcisse Noir Extrait. It’s definitely not fashionable, but it has a lot of style. This is a perfume for Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard…
Lacoste Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Eau Fraiche ~ new fragrances
Lacoste will launch Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Eau Fraîche, a new fragrance duo…