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The new look

Posted by Robin on 14 August 2026 Leave a Comment

Natalie Portman for Miss Dior (this includes some new footage and some footage from prior commercials).

Friday scent of the day 8/14

Posted by Robin on 14 August 2026 10 Comments

Happy Friday and happy National Creamsicle Day!  Our community project for today: wear a creamsicle fragrance, if you have one. (And you can find lots of suggestions — including layering combos — in the comments to 5 perfumes: consider the creamsicle). This is a repeat from 2020. 

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I completely failed…I tried a layering combination of DIY Sweet Orange Lotion, Hermès Elixir des Merveilles and Maya Njie Vanilj, which I thought might produce something like a creamsicle cookie, but nope, no creamsicle whatsoever…

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Positive scent memories from early life

Posted by Robin on 14 August 2026 Leave a Comment

A recent study in PLOS Biology explored how positive scent memories from early life form, survive, and change inside the brain. Through a human survey and a series of mouse experiments, the study traces these memories from their first roots in the olfactory bulb to the wider networks that carry their emotional meaning later in life.

— Read more in How the Scent of Childhood Takes Root in the Brain at Psychology Today.

Memo Paris Darling Point ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 13 August 2026 2 Comments

French niche line Memo has launched Darling Point, a new fragrance in the brand’s Graines Vagabondes collection…

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Calvin Klein Euphoria Signature Elixir ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 13 August 2026 Leave a Comment

Calvin Klein has launched Euphoria Signature Elixir, a new fragrance for women. Euphoria Signature Elixir is an addition to the Euphoria Elixir Collection, and a flanker to 2005’s Euphoria…

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