English speakers, don’t click away! Although this book’s full title is Sentir, ressentir. Parfumeurs, odeurs et émotions, every article is in both French and English. If fragrance interests you — if you want to know more about how perfumers work, what inspires them, how fragrance intersects with emotion, and a lot more — you’ll want to read this book…
Tommy Bahama has launched Maritime Journey, a new flanker to 2016’s Maritime fragrance for men…
From Korean beauty brand Mamonde, Rose Water Gel Cream: "Mamonde Rose Water Gel Cream is a refreshing, watery gel cream infused with 68.7% Damask Rose Water. Envelop skin in refreshing rose-infused hydration. Their water gel-cream contains 68.7% Damask Rose Water to bathe skin in intense, lasting moisture. The roses for our formula are hand-picked at their peak in the morning dew for the most soothing, hydrating benefit. Leaves complexion soft, fresh and dewy." $26 for 80 ml at Ulta.
Happy Monday, and welcome to National Introverts Week! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m doing Saint Patrick’s Day a day late, and spring a few days early, in my old beloved Gobin Daudé Sève Exquise.
Reminder: on 3/22, celebrate the arrival of spring by wearing your favorite spring fragrance…
Scientists have discovered that repellent odors suppress the perception of pleasant smells. This happens because certain brain structures that respond to attractive odors are inhibited by a repellent one.
— In vinegar flies, anyway. Read more at A repellent odor inhibits the perception of a pleasant odor in vinegar flies at Science Daily.