Still doing his thing after all these years, Antonio Banderas for his latest, Power of Seduction. (If you need more entertainment this morning, here's Queen of Seduction and King of Seduction.)
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Mugler's new perfume pencils, in Alien ("Introducing the Alien perfuming pen, a new perfuming gesture. Like a touch up, fun yet sensual, the perfuming pen will allow you to always have your favourite fragrance with you."), Angel and Aura. The Daily Mail description: "A chunky crayon with a gel-like texture that you draw onto the wrists and neck to apply the fragrance." £26 each at The Perfume Shop.
Wednesday scent of the day 8/8
Happy Hump Day! Plus International Cat Day and Happiness Happens Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m getting full credit today with Atelier Cologne Santal Carmin.
Reminder: on 8/10, wear a fragrance by Atelier Cologne, Acqua di Parma or Amouage, if you have one…
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From Acca Kappa, Wardrobe Fresheners in the Green Mandarin fragrance: "Scented Green Mandarin soft rubber cards, placed inside cabinets or the bottom of the drawer, over time it provides a pleasant scent of freshness to clothes and linen." A box of 5 is $38.
Floral scents originated in primitive flowers as far back as 100 million years ago
The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked the Earth amid the first appearance of flowering plants, new research reveals.
Oregon State University entomologist George Poinar Jr. and his son Greg, a fragrance collector, found evidence that floral scents originated in primitive flowers as far back as 100 million years ago as pollinator attractants—a role they still play even though today's flowers also have colorful petals for luring pollinators.
— Read more at Those fragrances you enjoy? Dinosaurs liked them first at Phys.org. Hat tip to Jalapeno!