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Mark Buxton Perfumes Wild Wild Wood ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 9 July 2025 Leave a Comment

Niche line Mark Buxton Perfumes has launched Wild Wild Wood, a new addition to the Freedom collection…

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Kate Spade Pop ~ new fragrance

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Kate Spade will launch Pop, a new woody fruity floral fragrance for women…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 9 July 2025 9 Comments

Not my lemming but it did make me laugh: the S’Mac and Cheese Lip Balm set from a limited edition collaboration between Panera and Holler and Glow. The duo includes 6g balms in S’Mac My Day ("golden, mac & cheese-scented balm that’s as rich and satisfying as your favorite spoonful") and Get That Bread ("a toasty, bread-scented balm with a soft, brown hue, evoking the scent of baked bread with every swipe") and is $8 at The Panera Shop or Amazon.

Wednesday scent of the day 7/9

Posted by Robin on 9 July 2025 114 Comments

It’s Hump Day and National Sugar Cookie Day. Birthdays: Oliver Sacks, Tom Hanks. What fragrance are you wearing?

DeniseH commented yesterday that what she would miss after nine months in space were natural odors, not perfumes, and that is pretty much how I feel. For the next three days I’ll wear perfumes that come close to natural smells on earth, starting with the scent of soil, CB I Hate Perfume Black March. 

Reminder: on 7/11, imagine you are an astronaut and you’ve just returned to earth after nine months in space…

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Differences in olfactory perception

Posted by Robin on 9 July 2025 2 Comments

Though the main goal was to collect data, [Antonie] Bierling and her team did some analysis and drew a core conclusion: “The most crucial finding of this data set is really to appreciate that there are differences in olfactory perception,” she said. For example, around 250 participants described benzyl acetate as smelling like nail polish remover; around 170 others said it smelled like a banana or other fruits.

“Both are actually correct,” she said. “This is actually, in my opinion, not just noise.” Benzyl acetate is present in both nail polish remover and bananas, and “humans get to know a molecule in a certain context."

— Read more in How Smell Guides Our Inner World at Quanta Magazine.

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