Lorenzo Villoresi has launched Theseus, a new scent in his Fantasy Fragrances series…
Online fragrance shopping
New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Lubin Idole EdP, Lalique 2012 limited edition.
New at nordstrom: Vera Wang Lovestruck.
On Perfume Making by Frederic Malle ~ perfume books
Frédéric Malle’s On Perfume Making will be published in Spring 2012:
Frédéric Malle was born in 1962 into the world of perfume…
Asessing the odor of someone who was the opposite sex
But the raters predicted the donor's level of extroversion and neuroticism through smell about as accurately as participants in a different study predicted personality traits based on a video depicting a person's behavior, Sorokowska said. Judgments of dominance were most accurate in the case where an individual rater was assessing the odor of someone who was the opposite sex, suggesting such judgments are especially important when it comes to choosing a mate, the researchers said.
— Another "smell this sweaty t-shirt" study. Read more at Some Personality Traits Affect How You Smell at Live Science. Hat tip to Erin!
Lazy weekend poll ~ whispering to Santa (or the gift-giving entity of your choice), 2011 edition
Our fourth annual holiday gift poll (see 2008, 2009 & 2010). Here are the three questions:
What is the fragrance-related gift you’d most like to receive this year?
Let’s say you were going to ask for just one unsniffed fragrance this year, what would it be?
Are you giving any fragrance items for gifts this year, and if so, what?
My answers…