Le Labo has launched Eucalyptus 20, a new fragrance…
Tuesday scent of the day 1/14
It’s Tuesday, plus World Logic Day and Ratification Day. Birthdays: Nina Ricci, John Dos Passos, Clarence Carter, Julian Bond, T Bone Burnett. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m commando for an exercise class later this morning, so I’ll report my fragrance later. Tea at the moment is Numi Golden Chai.
Reminder: 1/17 is Betty White’s (1922-2021) birthday…
Male spiders “smell” with their legs
Most spiders have eight legs, no ears and use fine leg hairs connected to nerve cells or their webs to hear sounds in their environment. But how do they smell?
A new study by an international team of researchers has found that male spiders “smell” with their legs, using olfactory hairs — wall-pore sensilla — as their “nose” to detect sex pheromones released by females.
— Read more in Spiders ‘Smell’ Using Their Legs, Research Finds at EcoWatch.
Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ mid January 2025
It’s our first lazy weekend open thread of the new year…talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the last fragrance you tried and put aside for different weather, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Beau & La Belle Flower Edition ~ new fragrances
Jean Paul Gaultier has launched Le Beau Flower Edition (a flanker to 2019’s Le Beau, which was a flanker to 1995’s Le Mâle) and La Belle Flower Edition (a flanker to 2019’s La Belle, which was a flanker to 1993’s Classique). Last year’s model: Le Beau and La Belle Paradise Garden…