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Pushing creative boundaries over the last three decades has also at times come with pushback. “We didn't expect such an initial rejection of the Pebble bottle. Nobody wanted a bottle that didn’t stand up. Of course, there was a hard core contingent who loved it immediately, but it took decades for it to become the iconic bottle it is today,” [Adrian] Joffe said.
— Read more in Comme des Garçons: Mastering the Art of Disruptive yet Commercially Viable Fragrance Since 1994 at BeautyMatter.
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There’s nothing expected about Wade and Leta’s images; instead, they create arresting, surreal landscapes imbued with a made-you-look energy. Their visual for Burning Barbershop, a scent described by D.S. & Durga as – “a fire broke out in the Curling Bros. barbershop in Westlake, N.Y. in 1891. All the shaving tonics with their spearmint, lime, vanilla, and lavender burned. A charred bottle was found half-full. It smelled like this” – depicts a hand, covered in molten wax and flaming candles, holding the perfume bottle.
— Read more in Can you smell design? at It's Nice That.
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Carmen Garitano for Cacharel Ella Ella.
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When you meet a stranger for the first time, how do you judge your potential to be friends? Is it their personality? Their style? Their smile? According to a new study in Scientific Reports, scent might have something to do with it, as smell preferences can predict whether people see each other as potential friends.
— Read more in Friends at First Sniff: Smell Preferences Predict People’s Friendship Potential at Discover Magazine.
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When I started taking a GLP-1 medication in October, I knew it would probably change a few things—our weekly dinner plan, how my pants fit, my relationship to alcohol (initial research shows low-dose GLP-1 drug patients drink less of it). What I didn’t know was that it would make me hate some of my favorite perfumes.
— Read more in My GLP-1 Medication Changed the Way Perfume Smells to Me at Allure.