According to the now-ubiquitous advertisements, whole-body deodorant is meant to be sprayed everywhere: your neck and your chest, your back and your calves—even, as some overtly sexual ads suggest, down your pants.

The message, apparently, has resonated with many Americans. Last year, the president of Unilever U.S.A. told The Wall Street Journal that whole-body deodorant was “a breakout innovation of the year.” Lume, a whole-body deodorant launched in 2017, reported more than $320 million in sales in 2023.

— Read more in You’re Probably Wearing Too Much Deodorant at The Atlantic. 

In Madagascar, cyclones and drought have devastated the vanilla industry. The country supplies 85% of the world’s natural vanilla, yet yields were halved in recent years: A single cyclone in 2017 damaged 30% of that year’s harvest. In Afghanistan, drought and shifting rainfall are shrinking cumin crops, longtime staples of cooking and trade. In Bulgaria, rose fields now bloom earlier and for shorter periods, thinning the delicate oil behind centuries of fragrance tradition. And in Egypt, intensifying heat forces jasmine blossoms to open too soon, releasing their scent before the dawn pickers arrive.

— Read more in When the World Stops Smelling Like Itself at Atmos.