The second set of limited edition collector bottles from the latest capsule collection for Louis Vuitton by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. It's the same three fragrances as the first drop (Spell on You, L’Immensité and Attrape-Rêves; see the first set here) but in lively graphic designs, including the artist's pumpkin motif for L’Immensité, instead of the Kusama Dots. Due to launch in March. I don't know the price but the first set were $365 each. You can read more (and see an image of the Kusama decorations for the Louis Vuitton flagship store) at Vogue.
L’Occitane Cerisier Litchi ~ new perfume
L’Occitane has launched Cerisier Litchi, the brand’s annual spring cherry blossom fragrance. Last year’s model was Cerisier Étoilé…
Monday scent of the day 1/30
It’s Monday and National Croissant Day, plus the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in The Zoo (Christophe Laudamiel) Rhubarb My Love.
Reminder: on 2/3 we’re doing Edition 8 of the Picture Challenge, which is detail from Women of Shangri-La, 2002, by Yayoi Kusama…
Ants lack noses
Because ants lack noses, they use olfactory receptors on their antennae to help them find food or sniff out potential mates. For the study, published Jan. 25 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences(opens in new tab), scientists trained nearly three dozen silky ants (Formica fusca) to use these acute olfactory receptors for a different task: finding tumors.
— Read more in Ants can detect the scent of cancer in urine at LiveScience.
Lazy weekend poll ~ late January 2023
We’re marking the last weekend in January with our standard open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance that will make spring come faster, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…