A variation on a poll we did a couple years ago. Name your favorite fragrance (at the moment) in each of these five categories:
1. no-brainer / go-to perfume?
2. fun perfume?
3. romantic perfume?
4. relaxing / de-stressing perfume?
5. I-Mean-Business (whatever that means to you!) perfume?
Or, as always, just talk about something else…
You might not even have known you needed scented glitter, but just in case, Molton Brown has you covered with their new Muddled Plum version. "A festive decanter of scented biodegradable glitter, fragranced with delectable Victoria plums, oak-aged rum and warm, spiced saffron. Delicately sprinkle over gifts, your tree or table to transform your home into an iridescent winter wonderland. Make precious baubles and softly glowing lights even more exciting with a delicate dusting of fragrant shimmers on your Christmas tree. Charm your special guests at a carefully curated dinner table with an unexpected iridescent glow. Send a little extra magic along with your heartfelt message by sprinkling their Christmas card with perfumed biodegradable glitter." $45.
Furthermore, the researchers found that chimpanzees sniffed longer at the odor the more closely related they were to the odor donor, providing the first evidence for odor-mediated kin recognition in non-human great apes.
— Read more at Chimpanzees sniff out strangers and family members at Science Daily.
French niche line Liquides Imaginaires has launched Désert Suave, a new unisex fragrance…
Literally, in that she invented a lexicon called Nasalo with more than 2,500 terms -- like "clesh" for clean sea and "ino," which is like cleaned asphalt and stones. But also metaphorically, in that she has the highly trained snout, chemical knowledge and technological tool kit to perceive it.
— From a long piece on smell artist Sissel Tolaas at Engadget. Read more at On the nose: Sissel Tolaas is a star in the world of smells.