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The new scent—which leans both floral and gourmand—offers fans a rare glimpse into what Queen B smells like up close, containing a blend of clementine, golden honey, rose absolute, and golden amber notes. It’s priced at $160 for a 1.7-ounce bottle, currently the only size available.
— Read more in Beyoncé’s New Perfume: Everything We Know So Far at Harper's Bazaar.
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Kang Sun, an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo studying the chemistry and physics of the Earth’s atmosphere, explained to The New York Times that when biomass like branches, trees, and leaves burn, they spew volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air.
When these VOCs are first created, their reaction with the atmosphere causes the campfire smell typically associated with wildfires. As the VOCs linger in the air, however, they interact with ultraviolet (UV) radiation to create pollutants like benzene and formaldehyde, which smell like burning plastic, as explained by The Weather Network.
— If you're in the path of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, read more in Residents across multiple states notice strange and worrisome new scent in the air: ‘Certainly a health concern’ at Yahoo News.
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L’Oréal chief executive officer Nicolas Hieronimus has always had an affinity for fragrance. But rather than take a victory lap while being inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Fragrance Foundation awards in New York on June 15, he used the time onstage to give an impassioned rallying cry.
[...] “In Europe, and by extension in other places like California, there are regulations being worked on with very little scientific background and with hasty decisions that may limit considerably the access to many raw materials, particularly naturals,” continued Hieronimus.“Can you imagine fragrances without citrus, without bergamot, without jasmine, without rose?
— Read more in Fragrance Ingredients Are at Risk in the European Union at Women's Wear Daily via Yahoo.
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Michelle Feeney for Floral Street + Van Gogh Museum Sweet Almond Blossom.
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In a study that followed more than 2,000 community-dwelling older adults over eight years, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have significant new evidence of a link between decreased sense of smell and risk of developing late-life depression.
Their findings, published June 26 in Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, do not demonstrate that loss of smell causes depression, but suggests that it may serve as a potent indicator of overall health and well-being.
— Read more in A Fading Sense of Smell: New Predictor of Late-Life Depression? at Neuroscience News.