It’s Hump Day, National Pulled Pork Day (we celebrated last night) and Freethought Day. Birthdays: Ann Petry and Sam Moore. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in the early burnt sugar phase of Kerosene Sweetly Known.
Reminder: 10/14 will be Indie / Nouveau Niche Friday….
Singer songwriter Ciinderella Balthazar for Miller Harris Myrica Muse.
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It’s Tuesday and International Day of the Girl. Birthdays: Eleanor Roosevelt, Thich Nhat Hanh. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Grandiflora Madagascan Jasmine…no bonus points but I do smell gorgeous. Tea at the moment is Keemun Mao Feng Organic from Upton.
Reminder: 10/14 will be Indie / Nouveau Niche Friday….
A Scottish woman named Joy Milne made headlines in 2015 for an unusual talent: her ability to sniff out people afflicted with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative illness that is estimated to affect nearly a million people in the U.S. alone. Since then a group of scientists in the U.K. has been working with Milne to pinpoint the molecules that give Parkinson’s its distinct olfactory signature. The team has now zeroed in on a set of molecules specific to the disease—and has created a simple skin-swab-based test to detect them.
— Read more in A Supersmeller Can Detect the Scent of Parkinson’s, Leading to an Experimental Test for the Illness at Scientific American.