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Friday scent of the day 8/16

Posted by Robin on 16 August 2024 133 Comments

Happy Mood Changer Friday! (Also, National Roller Coaster Day.) Our community project for today: wear a perfume that instantly changes your mood. Thanks to pixel for the idea!

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.

Me, same old: I am on a road trip this week and will be behind in all the usual ways (posting will be light, I will be even slower than my usual slow to read comments and attend to emails). My fragrance, possibly for the whole week, is my DIY lotion with blood orange & ylang ylang. No points for me this week although my lotion does make me happy…

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The almost-daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 15 August 2024 10 Comments

From Nivea, Fresh Blends Banana /Acai / Coconut Milk shower gel. "This refreshing shower offers a little joy for your skin and lots of love for our planet. The delicious and refreshing formula, 97% biodegradable , is lovingly blended with naturally sourced ingredients, fruit juice, delicious banana and acai fragrance and plant milk." 300 ml for $5.95 at Euro Food Mart.

Hermes Barenia ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 15 August 2024 27 Comments

Hermès will introduce Barénia, a new pillar fragrance for women. Barénia is billed as the brand’s first chypre fragrance…*

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Thursday scent of the day 8/15

Posted by Robin on 15 August 2024 73 Comments

It’s Almost-Friday and National Relaxation Day. Birthdays: Sir Walter Scott, E. Nesbit, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Julia Child, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Webb. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m the same as I was on Tuesday and Wednesday (except today I also participated in National Relaxation Day by oversleeping): I am on a road trip this week and will be behind in all the usual ways (posting will be light, I will be even slower than my usual slow to read comments and attend to emails). My fragrance, possibly for the whole week, is my DIY lotion with blood orange & ylang ylang.

Reminder: 8/16 will be Mood Changer Friday…

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The odor of pathogens

Posted by Robin on 15 August 2024 Leave a Comment

The researchers found that C. elegans can sense the odor of pathogens and get its intestinal cells ready to withstand the impending attack.

This discovery raises an intriguing question – Is there actually a smell coming off of pathogens that we can pick up on and help us fight off an infection?

— Read more in Is it possible to smell pathogens and fight them before an infection? at Earth.com.

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