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Friday scent of the day 11/27

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Happy Black Friday / Buy Nothing Day! (It’s also Native American Heritage Day, and here are 3 birthdays for you: James Agee, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Nye.) Our community project for today: pick your Black Friday poison…wear the last fragrance you bought, wear a cheap thrill, or wear a fragrance you love but refuse to buy in a full size because it’s too expensive.

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I’m wearing the last fragrance I bought, Maya Njie Vanilj…

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The smell of a helpful rat

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Test rats increased their own helping behavior when they were presented with the smell of a helpful rat. Remarkably, this holds true even though they did not experience this helpful behavior themselves. Furthermore, such a 'smell of cooperation' depends on the actual activity of helping and is not connected to an individual rat.

— Dr. Nina Gerber of the University of Göttingen on the results of her research on rat behavior; read more in Research team finds effect of odor on helpfulness in rats at Phys.org.

The daily lemming

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A lemming for Teapot Tuesday: the Beautiful Belle Together compact, from Estée Lauder's collaboration with Disney. "Belle discovered what she was looking for was right in front of her. Relive beloved fairytales. Each compact in this whimsical collaboration with Disney evokes sweet memories from our childhood with iconic stories about strength, love and friendship. Intricately designed by luxury jewelry designer and storyteller Monica Rich Kosann. You'll especially love the charming details, such as how Chip, the teacup jiggles." $250 at Estée Lauder. 

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