Gigi Hadid, Luka Sabbat, Angus Cloud plus more in a holiday spot for Ralph Lauren fragrances.
The end of one world
My favorite fragrance being taken off of shelves may not seem like the end of the world, and I guess it’s not. But it’s the end of one world, a world that I built for myself. Beauty and fragrance are so much more than presentation for others. It’s a love letter to ourselves, a map of how we move through the world. It draws the lines of the person we want to become until we fill them in.
— Tynan Sinks on the loss of Bryredo 1996. Read more in What’s Lost When Your Favorite Fragrance Is Discontinued? at Vogue.
Mystic Sunset
A spot for Eau d'Italie Mystic Sunset.
The odor-sensing circuitry of the locust brain
Recently, Debajit Saha, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Michigan State University, and his team tapped into the odor-sensing circuitry of the locust brain to detect the scent signatures of human oral cancers. Saha previously used locusts for sniffing out bombs, making the transition to cancer detection an interesting one.
— Read more in Scents and Sense-Abilities: Using Bug Brainpower to Smell Cancer at TheScientist.
Happy Hotlidays
Season's Greetings from Jean Paul Gaultier.