French niche line Parfums de Nicolaï has launched Néroli Intense, a new floral fragrance…
The daily lemming
More summer, in a bar soap: Mistral's Island Palm. "A warm blend of orange blossom, magnolia and citrus evoking tropical sunshine, shimmering sea water, and the scent of sunscreen on the ocean breeze." $8 for 150g.
All in the timing
If you can tell the difference between a merlot and a cabernet franc just by smell, it’s probably all in the timing.
That’s because the odor-decoding centers of the brain will pay more attention to the first smell signals to reach them, regardless of how long or strong the remainder of the sniff may be, according to a pair of Duke University neurobiologists who have teased apart the neural circuitry of smell in mice.
— Read more at Fine-tuned Sense Of Smell Relies On Timing at Duke Today.
Salvatore Ferragamo Rinascimento ~ new fragrance
Salvatore Ferragamo has launched Tuscan Creations, a collection of eleven fragrances. Of the eleven, only one, Rinascimento, is new; the other ten (Bianco di Carrara, Calimala, La Commedia, La Corte, Convivio, Punta Ala, Testa di Moro, Terra Rossa, Vendemmia and Viola Essenziale) were previously released under the Tuscan Scent and Tuscan Soul collections. (It appears that two of them, Calimala and Testa di Moro, have new names: Calimala is possibly Leather Rose and Testa di Moro is possibly Incense Suede.)…
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Birgit Kos and Jamie Dornan for The Scent Private Accord by Hugo Boss.