Escada has launched Celebrate Life, a new fragrance for women. Celebrate Life follows 2017’s Celebrate N.O.W.…
Wednesday scent of the day 9/19
Ahoy! ’tis Hump Day, and International Talk Like a Pirate Day! What fragrance be ye wearin?
Me: running late, again, but staying peaceful in my old friend Comme des Garçons Ouarzazate.
Reminder: 9/21 is the International Day of Peace *and* World Gratitude Day…
The daily lemming
From an Ortigia sale at ShopLondons, Scented Crystals for $14.97. Shown, Sandalo: "Glittery nuggets of natural Gum Arabica infused with spicy perfume of sandalwood, jasmine and rose. A contemporary take on traditional potpourri. Fragrance Notes: The sandalwood essential oil of this exotic tree with narcissus, cedar, teak, vetiver rose and jasmine. Rich, complex and sophisticated." Also available in Zagara, Sicilian Lime, Jasmine and Neroli. (Ortigia sells scent refills, too, and crystals in other scents, including Pomegranate, Ambra Nera, Fico d'India.)
The woody, floral “odorant”
But scientists investigating a chemical that smells like sandalwood have discovered the woody, floral “odorant” can stimulate hair growth. They published their findings in the journal Nature Communications.
“This is actually a rather amazing finding,” Ralf Paus, research leader and a scientist at the University of Manchester, told The Independent. “This is the first time ever that it has been shown that the remodeling of a normal human mini-organ [a hair] can be regulated by a simple, cosmetically widely-used odorant.”
— Read more at Battling Baldness With Sandalwood: Synthetic Scent Stimulates Hair Growth at Newsweek.
