It’s Hump Day, plus National Tea Day in the UK. Happy 95th to Queen Elizabeth (and more birthdays: Charlotte Brontë, Iggy Pop). What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m wearing Chopard Néroli à la Cardamome du Guatemala, thanks to a kind reader. (And I nominate it for inclusion in Erin’s 5 perfumes: Great Moments in Top Notes.)
Reminder: on 4/23, wear one of your “top 10 of spring” fragrances…
A lemming for fans of Aveda Shampure: a new limited edition shampoo bar. "94% naturally derived shampoo bar gently cleanses and provides weightless, long-lasting nourishment while infusing hair with our signature calming shampure aroma." $19 for 100g, and if you buy by April 30, $5 of that goes to charity: water to provide clean water to countries in need.
Bvlgari has launched Omnia by Mary Katrantzou, a flanker to 2003’s Omnia. The new fragrance for women is part of designer Mary Katrantzou’s capsule collection with Bvlgari for 2021…*
It’s Tuesday, Banana Day and Weed Day. (A quick reminder that the swapmeet is coming up on Saturday.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m drinking a cup of Numi Aged Earl Grey with a pinch of Harney French Super Blue Lavender. Scent: Etro Shaal Nur.
Reminder: on 4/23, wear one of your “top 10 of spring” fragrances…
In response, some researchers are revisiting the concept of physical therapy for the nose in order to help restore what Covid-19 and other ailments have taken away. The only problem: nasal physiology is incredibly difficult to study, and the experimental therapy — while helpful to some — doesn’t provide the kind of evidence doctors normally need to adopt a new treatment widely.
— Read more in Post-Covid, Many Patients Try Smell Therapy. But Does it Work? at Undark.