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Friday scent of the day 11/22

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It’s Friday and National Cranberry Relish Day. Birthdays: Abigail Adams, André Gide, Hoagy Carmichael and Billie Jean King. Our community project for today: we’re off to Nepal! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Nepal, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Nepal, or that features a local ingredient, or ?

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I did some reading this week about traditional Nepalese rope incense (short starting point here if you are interested), and decided on Chanel Bois des Iles for the sandalwood note…

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Upwards of half a billion dollars

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For Gen Z, the point of perfume isn’t to make others swoon with desire. Spraying yourself with fragrance is a form of self-care, an opportunity to boost your mood. At least that’s Sol de Janeiro’s thesis.

And it appears to be the right one, given the brand’s explosive growth. This year, Sol de Janeiro became the top-selling brand at Sephora, displacing Rare Beauty, Selena Gomez’s viral makeup startup. It generates upwards of half a billion dollars in annual revenue.

— Read more in How Sol de Janeiro became the crown jewel of Sephora at Fast Company.

The daily lemming

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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.)

Thursday scent of the day 11/21

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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…

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The same speed as a mouse’s olfactory system

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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.

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