Welcome to a January Monday. It’s also National Hot Sauce Day. Birthdays: John Donne, Lord Byron, August Strindberg, Beatrice Webb, George Balanchine, Sam Cooke. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Chanel Bois des Iles, and taking a partial point for the island theme.
Reminder: on 1/26, we’re off to The Caribbean…
In humans, the sense of smell is similarly developed in men and women, although women have slightly more olfactory neurons and therefore a slightly more sensitive nose. On the whole, however, they perceive the same odors. Male moths, on the other hand, live in a completely different olfactory world to their female counterparts.
— Read more in The differing olfactory worlds of female and male silk moths at Phys.org.
Saturday is Penguin Awareness Day and Sunday is International Sweatpants Day.
We’re celebrating all of it with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite “fight the chill” perfume, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Nina Ricci will launch Nina Illusion, a new flanker to 2006’s Nina. The last in the series was Nina Le Parfum…
Peptalk Flower Lip Oils from The Body Shop are in shades and scents to match the Full Flowers collection: "The perfect mix between lip care and lip colour, our limited edition Flower Lip Oil is the best of both. Pair with the matching Full Flowers fragrance for the full sensorial experience!" In Full Ylang Ylang, Full Rose and Full Iris, $10 each at The Body Shop.