Niche line Escentric Molecules has launched Molecule 01 + Cistus, a new variation on 2005’s Molecule 01 (Iso E Super)…
Friday scent of the day 10/17
It’s Friday and National Pasta Day, plus the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Our community project for today: wear the perfume you would like to be buried or cremated in. (This was a suggestion from Deva, who did note that it is a bit macabre, but also that many cultures include fragrance materials of various sorts in their funerary rites. I was saving this project until Deva rejoined us, but since it looks like she has moved on to other interests, I’d like to take this opportunity to honor her since her presence here brightened everybody’s day for so long. If it’s too macabre for you, don’t join in, obviously!)
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 do not have any strong opinions on what fragrance I’d want to be buried or cremated in. If I was to be buried, it wouldn’t hurt to throw a vintage houndstooth bottle of Diorissimo in my coffin? I’m more interested in what I’d smell while I was dying, and I think it should be something calming that did not bring up any associations with things I was trying to hold onto or fret over, so I’m going with my old standby Comme des Garçons Ouarzazate, layered over my DIY lotion of ylang and sweet orange for a little uplift. I suppose if I am cremated someone could spray on a refresh…
66 percent of them had hyposmia or anosmia after their COVID-19 infections
They ran smell tests on 2,956 volunteers with a history of COVID-19 infections and 569 who hadn't caught the virus. On average, the smell testing took place 671 days after participants had first been tested for COVID-19.
Of the COVID-19 group, 1,393 thought they had issues with smell, and tests confirmed about 80 percent of them did. Surprisingly, the other 1,563 people in that group didn't report any smell problems, but test results showed 66 percent of them had hyposmia or anosmia after their COVID-19 infections.
— Read more in Millions of Us Have Likely Lost Our Smell Without Even Realizing It at Science Alert.
The daily lemming
This year's limited edition holiday collector bottles from Jean Paul Gaultier, dressed in metallic tartan, are due out later this month. In Le Mâle Elixir (125 ml, $180) and Divine (100 ml, $184).
