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2019 / Browsing by date: July 2019

Alternative ingredients

Posted by Robin on 29 July 2019 Leave a Comment

One of the most significant proposed benefits of AI for fragrance creation is the ability for it to rapidly suggest alternative ingredients or formulas. The fragrance industry is currently responding to several cultural forces, like the rise of natural or “clean” fragrances limiting the use of synthetic ingredients, as well as the impact of raw ingredients from natural disasters or deforestation.

— Read more at Artificial intelligence is quietly disrupting the fragrance development process at Glossy.

Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, late July 2019

Posted by Robin on 27 July 2019 205 Comments

Another weekend, another heatwave. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the last perfume sample you thunked, your favorite “too hot to cook” summer dinner, whatever.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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Toothpaste jellies

Posted by Robin on 27 July 2019 8 Comments

Lush Toothpaste jellies are currently available only at the Liverpool and Shinjuku stores; I hope they're going to become more widely available. Flavors: White Fang (mint), Megawatt Smile (bergamot, sea salt and "electric daisies"), Purple Bananas (fruity with chamomile, cardamom and calendula), Blue Tooth (lemongrass and eucalyptus), Tornado (pine cinnamon), Plaque Sabbath (activated charcoal and clove), Tang-o (tea tree oil and aloe vera), Tooth Fairy (bubblegum), Strawberries & Clean and Spearmint Bubblegum.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 27 July 2019 5 Comments

This sounds like a pre-heat-wave sort of summer: "Universal Supreme is the absolute freedom of summer. Inescapable heat, cherry ice pops, absolutely nothing to do (yet so much to do), laying in warm grass watching the stars, hot asphalt, riding bikes, scraped up knees and elbows, screaming without a care in the world and having no idea what time it is." $96 for 30 ml at Blackbird.

Repetto Pop ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 27 July 2019 Leave a Comment

French dance shoe & leather goods company Repetto has launched Pop Repetto, a new fragrance for women. Pop Repetto was inspired by the ‘colorful and lively world’ of Pop Art…

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