A quick reminder: the splitmeet and the spring reading poll are coming up next weekend.
Meanwhile, our same old open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the perfume you bought with your tax refund (or aren’t buying because you owed money), whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Roger & Gallet has launched a quartet of roll-on perfumes: Café Roger, Cherry Marmelade, Jasmin Lollipop and Mandarine Doudou…
Luxury body care and fragrance line Une Nuit Nomade has introduced Spicy Road, a new fragrance…
They found that Negritos, the hunter-gatherer group, had unusually well-preserved olfactory receptor genes. [...]
The findings suggest there is a strong evolutionary pressure to maintain these genes among Negritos compared with other populations, likely because smell plays a crucial role in foraging and hunting.
In addition, Negritos were more likely to carry genes associated with detecting earthy, fruity, and herbal smells, scents common in rainforest environments and often associated with edible plants and ripe fruit.
— Read more in Human sense of smell evolved with diets and lifestyle, genetic study suggests at Phys.org.
