There is only one reason Abigail Burt goes to the mall anymore: to smell the candles at Bath & Body Works.
The 21-year-old college student stops in each month, whether she has spending money or not, then makes a beeline for the exit, bypassing every other store.
— Read more at Just about every store at the mall is struggling. Then there’s Bath & Body Works. at The Washington Post.
Considered by the Chinese as one of the three holy fruits with peach and lemon, the grapefruit was a symbol of prosperity and fertility. Also highly prized by the Greeks and the Romans, the hesperide has a crisp freshness: known for its rich terroir and unique soil, the Salta region enhances the citrus’ intensity. Blended with verbena and hyacinth, the grapefruit fragrance is aromatic. ~ Cire Trudon
In those three sentences, Cire Trudon references Italy, Greece, China and…Argentina (its beautiful Salta region does produce citrus…but is more well known for its lemons)…
Alas, it’s another Monday. (And a quick PSA: the freebiemeet is coming up on Saturday!) What fragrance are you wearing?
I am commando except for some Weleda Sea Buckthorn body lotion.
Reminder: on 1/17, wear a fragrance with immortelle, if you have one…
Other countries have also made efforts to recognise the value of their odours. In 2001, Japan’s environment minister classified the country’s top 100 best-smelling spots, which included both natural and cultural sites. Later, in 2016, the Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations in Istanbul opened the exhibition “Scents and the City” to explore 4,000 years of civilisation through its smells.
— Read more at The people trying to save scents from extinction at BBC. Hat tip to Jalapeno!
It’s Heritage Treasures Day in the UK, and we’re marking the occasion with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you consider to be an important part of our collective cultural heritage, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…