Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, in Big Sur for Chanel No. 5.
Tuesday scent of the day 10/15
It’s Tuesday, Global Handwashing Day and World Students’ Day. Birthdays: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Marni, which fits the description for Pantone Tomato Cream; colorwise it is somewhere in between Tomato Cream and Red Orange. Tea at the moment is a strong cup of mixed black tea samples.
Reminder: on 10/18, wear a fragrance that evokes one of Pantone’s picks for the Autumn/Winter 2024/2025 NYFW Color Palette…
Our sense of smell has a speed similar to that of color perception
But the new device Zhou and her team designed tells a different story. It detects the beginning of a sniff using changes in nasal pressure and then triggers the release of two odors, with one slightly farther from the nose than the other.
More than 200 participants were exposed to the sequences of two chemical odors in a single sniff. [...]
Test subjects were able to discern different sequences with above-chance accuracy, even when the odors were delivered only 60 milliseconds apart. The results suggest that our sense of smell has a speed similar to that of color perception.
— Read more in Your brain can perceive subtle odor changes in a single sniff at Science News.
Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-October 2024
A quick question: do we want to hold another splitmeet? There did not seem to be much interest last spring. Do vote.
Meanwhile, it’s the weekend, and we’ve got our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you’re reaching for the most lately, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
The daily lemming
From Molton Brown, Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel shower gel, in a limited edition Infinite (refillable) Bottle: "Dive into a more sustainable bathing ritual with our refillable shower gel bottle, featuring a Festive Limited Edition marbled design. In collaboration with marble artist, Natascha Maksimovic, this collector’s item brings to life our aromatic, land-meets-sea fragrance, swirling with vibrant azure shades." $58 for 400 ml, and also available in Fiery Pink Pepper (raspberry color) and Re-charge Black Pepper (brown).