Carolina Herrera's Lunar Lover, introduced last year, is back for 2025 — the Year of the Snake. Same scent, same bottle, new charm. "This vibrant scent contains mesmerizing notes of red hibiscus at its heart. Top notes of red tea awaken the fire within, while cedarwood grounds the scent with its warm and woody facets." At Macy's, $185 for 100 ml Eau de Parfum. (And they still have the 2024 Dragon in stock should you need one.)
Happy Almost-Friday and happy World Philosophy Day! It’s also World Hello Day and World Television Day. Birthdays: Voltaire, René Magritte, Coleman Hawkins, Elizabeth George Speare, Marilyn French. What fragrance are you wearing?
Nepal exports honey and I’m fairly sure my sister brought me some when she lived there. Either way, I’m in Serge Lutens Féminité du Bois.
Reminder: on 11/22, we’re off to Nepal…
Sending people to check out disaster zones is always a risk, so what if a robot equipped with an electronic nose, or e-nose, could track down a hazard by “smelling” for it?
This concept motivated a recent study in Science Advances, in which researchers built an e-nose that can not only detect odors at the same speed as a mouse’s olfactory system, but also distinguish between odors by the specific patterns they produce over time when interacting with the e-nose’s sensor.
— Read more in New "E-nose" Samples Odors 60 Times Per Second at IEEE Spectrum.
French niche line Parle Moi de Parfum will launch Blossoms Smoke, a new unisex smoky woody amber fragrance…
From Homesick + KFC, the KFC Bucket of Chicken candle ("A blend of herbs and spices excite the senses in a familiar way. Perfectly fried chicken fuses with garlic for an addictive scent explosion"), on markdown for Black Friday at $24.46 for 390g and also available in Buttery Biscuit. Unfortunately currently out of stock but expected to be back in early December, the Bucket of Chicken car freshener, which will probably be back to $12 when it is restocked. At Homesick, where that Dunkin car freshener is now $6.29. Other collaborations in stock: Seinfeld, Harry Potter, Friends, Barbie and etc.