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The delicious smell of their favourite brekkie

Posted by Robin on 27 September 2025 8 Comments

As part of its ongoing mission to help guests sleep better, wake easier and never miss brekkie again, all Holiday Inn Express hotels across Australia and New Zealand, as well as participating hotels in Singapore, Thailand and Japan will now offer guests the chance to trial the exclusive in-room scent experience. The aptly named Breakfast Alarm Clock showcases one of the brand’s most loved and valuable hallmarks – free hot breakfast, anywhere, always – turning it from a promise into an unforgettable start to the day.

Guests who trial the Breakfast Alarm Clock can choose their preferred wake-up aroma and will be gently roused each morning by a diffuser-style scent alarm – no jarring beeps or blaring tunes, just the delicious smell of their favourite brekkie wafting through the room.

— Read more in Wake up and smell the breakfast: Holiday Inn Express launches limited edition scent-powered alarm clock at IHG.

The mostly-on-sick-leave lemming

Posted by Robin on 26 September 2025 Leave a Comment

Merz Apothecary in Chicago (known online as Smallflower) celebrates their 150th anniversary with a new candle: "When customers step through the stained glass door, the most common phrase we hear is, "It smells SO good in here!" We created this candle to capture the intriguing aromas of our store. Cedar and vetiver from our fragrance counter mingle with armoise and medicinal herbs, topped off by the cassis notes of classic European pastilles. Welcome to Merz Apothecary. To celebrate 150 years in business, we've created our own candle, so you can bring the scent of our brick & mortar store home with you!" $50 at Smallflower.

Arquiste Nocturnality ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 26 September 2025 Leave a Comment

Niche line Arquiste has launched Nocturnality, a new unisex fragrance…

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Friday scent of the day 9/26

Posted by Robin on 26 September 2025 130 Comments

It’s the first Friday of Autumn (unless you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case you know what to do). Also, happy Johnny Appleseed Day! Birthdays: T. S. Eliot, Olivia Newton-John, Serena Williams. The swapmeet is still open! Our community project for today: wear something to celebrate the new season. 

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: still sick (although feeling a bit better), still commando, yadda yadda yadda…

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Low scores on a clinical scent-detection test

Posted by Robin on 26 September 2025 6 Comments

The results revealed that 80% of participants who reported a change in their smelling ability after having COVID-19 earned low scores on a clinical scent-detection test taken about two years later. Of this group, 23% were severely impaired or had entirely lost their sense of smell.

Notably, 66% of infected participants who did not notice any smelling issues scored abnormally low on the evaluation as well, the authors say.

— Read more in While It May Go Unnoticed, Loss of Smell May Linger for Years After COVID-19 at PRNewsWire.

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