British niche line Jo Loves has launched Rose & Dates, a new fragrance…
John Varvatos XX Elixir ~ new fragrance
John Varvatos has launched XX Elixir, a new fragrance for men. XX Elixir is a flanker to 2020’s XX…
Friday scent of the day 8/29
Happy Friday! Birthdays today: John Locke, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Ingrid Bergman, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington. Our community project is Desert Island Friday…come up with a list of 5 fragrances you could live with for some unspecified amount of time while marooned on a desert island. Share your list with us, and wear one of the fragrances. Thanks go to springpansy 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.
In case I get stressed about being stranded, I’m bringing Comme des Garçons Ouarzazate. My other four picks, which are woefully inadequate unless I am going to be rescued within, say, a week or two, are Diorissimo, Diptyque Philosykos, Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré and Chanel Bois des Iles…
Boosts in the gray matter volume
Researchers from Kyoto University and the University of Tsukuba in Japan asked 28 women to wear a specific rose scent oil on their clothing for a month, with another 22 volunteers enlisted as controls who put on plain water instead.
Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) scans showed boosts in the gray matter volume of the rose scent participants.
— Read more in Smelling This One Specific Scent Can Boost The Brain's Gray Matter at Science Alert.
The daily lemming
From Paddywax, a Cherie candle in Black Fig & Olive: "Our new Cherie candle effortlessly brings a touch of charm to any space. This elegant ceramic vessel features hand-painted details on a scalloped lid with a knob. Once the wax has burned, this vessel is perfectly suited to hold jewelry or trinkets!" With notes of green olive leaves, meyer lemon, frosted aldehydic accord, black figs, hedione, misted fig leaves, poplar wood, clear musk and tonka beans. 155g for $27 at Paddywax.