Not only does lavender help you relax

Posted by Robin on 30 December 2022 3 Comments

In fact, not only does lavender help you relax but it could even treat anxiety. In 2018, scientists and researchers at Kagoshima University in Japan came to this conclusion after analysing whether the smell of linalool, a fragrant alcohol found in lavender extracts, helps mice relax. They were able to prove that the linalool odour has an anxiolytic [anti-anxiety] effect. More studies are underway to establish the safety and efficacy of linalool administered via different routes before it is moved to human trials.

Dreaming of cheese

Posted by Robin on 29 December 2022 Leave a Comment

Dreaming of cheese but lactose intolerant? Adorn your charcuterie board with Gohar World’s hyper-realistic Gruyère candle. Craving your favorite childhood cereal but need to cut down on sugar? Your kitchen needs Froot Loops-inspired candles by Ardent that resemble — in smell and sight — the real stuff. Wish your home smelled like couture? Balenciaga debuted a candle infused with scents extracted from the walls of its Paris couture house.

— Read more in Why Is There a Candle for Everything? at The New York Times.

Specialty retailers are gaining dollar share

Posted by Robin on 27 December 2022 Leave a Comment

Physical stores remain important for the fragrance category during the holiday period, accounting for 70% of sales in the nine weeks ending December 3, 2022, which is an increase of 1 point versus the same period last year. Specialty retailers are gaining dollar share, with beauty specialty stores fragrance sales growing at four times the rate of department stores in October, according to NPD Checkout data.

— Read more in Bricks Outperform Clicks As Us Holiday Prestige Fragrance Sales Increase 4% at BeautyMatter.

Dogs are living in basically an olfactory world

Posted by Robin on 22 December 2022 Leave a Comment

But Donut, she says, likely has another trick up her furry leg that we humans don't use to tell time (or at least we don't realize we use): "That's olfaction," [Alexandra] Horowitz says. "Dogs are living in basically an olfactory world, and I think they are able to track time with smells."

— Read more in Can dogs smell time? Just ask Donut the dog at NPR.

A similar ebb and flow

Posted by Robin on 21 December 2022 Leave a Comment

The Flute brought Jean-Christophe Bonnafous to India, but scents are what carried him into the next chapter of his love affair with the country. “I was leaving a party one summer, walking the streets of Mumbai, when the most magnificent smell caught me unexpectedly, and memories from my childhood came flooding back.” The smell was raat ki raani, a floral, heady and romantic scent that haunts the streets during the summer and is ubiquitous with the time of year.
[...] “Fragrance and music have a lot in common, this feeling of coming and fading. Smells stay longer, but have a similar ebb and flow,” says Bonnafous.

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Not only does lavender help you relax

Dreaming of cheese

Specialty retailers are gaining dollar share

Dogs are living in basically an olfactory world

A similar ebb and flow