New at debenhams (UK): Givenchy Ange ou Demon Le Secret.
Deal at fragrancenet: take $10 off orders over $60 with coupon code TS927, good through 8/5.
New at harrods (UK): Pucci Vivara Black.
New at luckyscent: Tocca Aqua Profumata trio, Boadicea sample pack.
New at macys: Jessica Simpson Fancy Love.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): The Different Company Oriental Lounge.
New at ulta: Givenchy Play, Lacoste Challenge, Jessica Simpson Fancy Love, DKNY Be Delicious 'Delicious Art'.
Basenotes is celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, and branching out into print with the Basenotes International Fragrance Quarterly:
All of the news, reviews and industry info that you have come to expect at Basenotes.net can now be slipped into your bag or kept on your desk…
Nine blindfolded women were asked to determine, by smell alone, whether any among a group of nine men was worth pursuing.
Three men had just showered using a body wash with synthesized pheromones, three had used a body wash without pheromones, and the rest had worked up a sweat and not washed at all. They then rubbed their arms on scent strips, and handed them to the women to sniff.
— Find out what happened at Banking on a Chemical Reaction at the New York Times. Many thanks to Jessica for the link!
Lalique will launch Encre Noire Pour Elle, the feminine counterpart to 2006’s Encre Noire, in September. Encre Noire Pour Elle was developed by perfumer Christine Nagel:
Because Lalique does not spend on advertising, preferring instead to invest in the fragrance itself…
Thirty-four people went to hospital and dozens were treated for sickness after strong perfume was sprayed by a woman in a Texas bank.
Two workers initially complained of having chest pains and headaches.
The bank then announced that anyone who felt ill should leave the building, prompting around 150 people to take up the offer.
— From Perfume spritz sparks mass exit at BBC News, with many thanks to Victoria for the link! So far as I know, none of the many news stories about this event have identified the perfume in question.