Another Chanel Maisons d’art coffret, in case you missed the last one. 50 ml of Beige, in Extrait, in a Baccarat bottle which you can keep safe in the fancy box done up by feather and floral specialists Maison Lemarié. 25 were made, €10,000. (via luxepackaginginsight)
Lenny Kravitz for Yves Saint Laurent Y.
Monday Monday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Flower by Kenzo L’Elixir, because I came across it while looking for something else. Plus, it’s fun.
Reminder: on 9/18 the topic is Soft spot…
She has found, for instance, that the malaria parasite seems to alter the mosquitoes’ sense of smell so that they are even more attracted to smellier feet, swarming to worn socks like bees to a flower bed. “There is some evidence that some proteins in the head of the mosquito change somehow, and they have a role in the olfactory response of mosquitoes,” says Smallegange. It’s a devious mechanism that leads the malaria’s host to home in on potential victims, so that it can continue its life cycle in a human body.
— Dr Renate Smallegange, a medical and veterinary entomologist at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, quoted in The disgusting secrets of smelly feet at BBC.
An update of a poll we did in late March and then again in May. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else.
1. Rate the virus-related restrictions in your area from 1 to 5, with 1 being complete freedom of movement and 5 being complete lock down.*
2. If your area is back to normal (or opening up), are you continuing to restrict your own movements / exposure? What number would you assign to your own freedom of movement?
3. Are there any fragrances (or related items) you bought, or didn’t buy, just because of the pandemic? How else has the pandemic changed your fragrance shopping?
4. How has the pandemic changed your fragrance habits and usage?
5. What’s blooming in your local area at the moment?
6. Now that we’re months into the pandemic, with potentially months yet to go, tell us about your best coping strategies! Or, feel free to share something — anything! — wonderful with us. (And of course, if you’re struggling, do feel free to share that too. We’ve all been there…)