Polish construction firm Budimex and refiner Lotos have created a floral-scented asphalt in a bid to improve working conditions for road builders, Budimex said on Monday.
— Read more in Construction company in Poland creates flower-scented asphalt at New York Post.
It’s Tuesday and National Peach Pie Day. (A quick PSA: I am at the beach this week, and so the blog will be even lazier than usual, and I am already quite behind on comments.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m commando, again, and planning to spend most of the day by the water, reading and chatting under a beach umbrella. (I am just starting book 3 of the Blandings Castle series, Summer Lightning. It has been so long since I read this series that it’s almost like reading it for the first time.)
Reminder: on 8/27 we’re doing People change…
I like the smell of fish markets. I spent a lot of time in Croatia years ago, and every morning we would get up, and we would go to the fish market because the fishermen would literally bring the fish they just caught to the market at five in the morning, and something just drew me to the smell. They had clams, and branzino, and it was all straight from the Adriatic Sea, so it was that fresh smell of the sea as well.
— Chris Collins of the perfume brand World of Chris Collins, on a smell he likes that most people don't. Read more in The Model Turned Perfumer Who Smells Like Hustle at The Cut.
It’s Monday and the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. (A quick PSA: I am at the beach this week, and so the blog will be even lazier than usual.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m commando, other than the lingering remains of last night’s Cutter Lemon Eucalyptus.
Reminder: on 8/27 we’re doing People change…
The heady aromas wafting from the fields were a daily part of my childhood; it's amazing to think that I was constantly surrounded by jasmine, rose and honeysuckle, to name a few. I miss those chilly days when we went picking branches of mimosa in the forest of Tanneron, filling the house with them—the absolute best, most intoxicating, gorgeous, fluffy scent. It was pure happiness.
— Perfumer Caroline Sabas on her childhood in Grasse. Read more in Profiles: Caroline Sabas at Perfumer & Flavorist.