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Everything’s coming up roses…

Posted by Robin on 7 March 2006 6 Comments

Been wanting a new Rosine perfume? Here is good reason to cave: scientists at Kanebo, the Japanese cosmetics company, have determined that smelling the fragrance of roses can...

...have a healthy effect on women's hormonal balances, halting those horrid problems like period pain and premenstrual tension.

Roses can also apparently combat the effects of menopause and are being widely welcomed by women who aren't too keen in pumping themselves full of pharmaceuticals to achieve the same effect.

Read the rest of the article here (link no longer working, sorry!), and thanks to Saresha of Popgadget for the tip. And in a related story that I missed entirely last year, Kanebo has also developed...

...chewing gums and candy could leave you smelling of roses - for 6 hours afterwards at least. Japanese firm Kanebo has developed confectionary containing rose or vanilla-scented chemicals that the body starts secreting 30 minutes after the treats are eaten.

See the rest of that article in the New Scientist.

Students at a high school in Cape Cod may need that chewing gum: the school is considering becoming the first in Massachussetts to go fragrance-free (link to original article no longer working, sorry!).

Update: just found on Boing Boing: Rose Surprise is "a romantic table firework filled with fragrant rose petals". $26 at bimbambanana.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: aromatherapy, food, rose, things that aren't usually scented

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  1. Anonymous says:
    7 March 2006 at 8:51 am

    That was very interesting, R. I've always been intrigued by rose scents, though I don't typically wear floral scents. This article gives me all the more reason to plunk down $95 for a bottle of Tea/Rose at I Hate Perfume. It would be a health-related purchase, right?

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  2. Anonymous says:
    7 March 2006 at 9:28 am

    K, Have you tried the Tea/Rose yet? I'm dying to but haven't yet. And yes, I'm sure it would be health-related, LOL…

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  3. Anonymous says:
    7 March 2006 at 10:14 pm

    Yes, i've tried it, and I love it. It's a very well-blended scent. The rose is tempered by the tea, so it's not overpowering as some roses can be. You must try it. Let me know if you'd like a sample of my sample!

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  4. Anonymous says:
    8 March 2006 at 9:51 am

    I couldn't wait, K, and so have a sample coming! I am so glad this one is coming out in the water formula, which I love.

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  5. Anonymous says:
    8 March 2006 at 11:14 am

    The smell of baloney rising from the Japanese cosmetics company is quite strong. So all the aromatherapy research on essences finally filtered through to them and they're claiming they discovered it? I think they need some rosemary to sniff for awareness, wakefulness and focus.

    I suppose they'll be making cosmeticeutical claims for their damascena-containing creams, which is the reason for their earth-shattering news (about 70 years old ;-)

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  6. Anonymous says:
    8 March 2006 at 12:06 pm

    LOL!

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