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Slightly fancier than a body spray from Victoria’s Secret

Posted by Robin on 1 May 2023 Leave a Comment

The girls in my 7th grade class began wearing the scents, which cost around $15 at the time — cheap enough to swing but slightly fancier than a body spray from Victoria’s Secret. But the adults in my life were just as enamored. I have a vague memory of seeing Tomato in my mom’s friend’s bathroom. For what it’s worth my scent was Madeleine, as if I wanted everyone to be shot into Proustian reverie just by sitting behind me in Social Studies. (At the time I did not know who Proust was.)

— Read more in This Food-Scented Moment Is Giving Me a Demeter Flashback at Eater.

Elixir

Posted by Robin on 25 April 2023 Leave a Comment

Candice Swanepoel for Elie Saab Elixir.

A robot to smell odors using a biological sensor

Posted by Robin on 25 April 2023 Leave a Comment

Airports and train stations all over the world may soon switch out drug-sniffing dogs for their not nearly as cuddly robotic counterparts. A technological breakthrough by a team at Tel Aviv University has made it possible, for the first time ever, for a robot to smell odors using a biological sensor. The sensor works by sending electrical signals as a response to the presence of a nearby odor, which the robot can then go on to detect and interpret.

— Read more in Smell of science: Researchers develop first-ever robot able to sniff odors at StudyFinds.

Botanical rainbow

Posted by Robin on 21 April 2023 Leave a Comment

A spot for the new Loewe Aire Anthesis, plus the rest of the Botanical Rainbow collection.

I crave the smell

Posted by Robin on 21 April 2023 Leave a Comment

The smell of chlorine is a weird thing to enjoy. Chlorine can be incredibly toxic to humans; breathing it in large doses can lead to pulmonary edema. Its chemical properties are so strong that it can turn blonde hair green and strip skin of its natural oils, and yet, I crave the smell of it every year when springtime hits.

— Read more in Why Do I Love Weird Smells? Here’s What the Science Says at Well + Good.

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