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2023 / Browsing by date: April 2023

The (almost) daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 19 April 2023 Leave a Comment

From Each & Every, Citrus & Vetiver Natural Moisturizing Body Wash. "Each & Every body wash is a delightful, head-to-toe cleansing experience designed for every body and made with naturally derived ingredients and essential oils...Features a blend of citrus and vetiver (a type of grass, similar to lemongrass) essential oils to give this scent its refreshing, energizing and uplifting smell that everyone loves". 300 ml for $24 at Ulta, where the matching "worry free natural deodorant" is $17.

Carner Barcelona Revolucion ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 19 April 2023 Leave a Comment

Spanish niche brand Carner Barcelona has launched Revolución, a new fragrance…

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Pierre Guillaume L’Air & L’Eros ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 19 April 2023 5 Comments

French niche line Pierre Guillaume has introduced 31.1 L’Air & L’Eros, a new floral amber fragrance. L’Air & L’Eros is the second fragrance in the Tonka series that started with 31 Tonka Bodykon…

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Wednesday scent of the day 4/19

Posted by Robin on 19 April 2023 140 Comments

Happy Hump Day! It’s also Dutch-American Friendship Day and Bicycle Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m taking community project points in Hermès Jour d’Hermès, which I included in 5 perfumes: pretty spring florals.

Reminder: on 4/21, wear a spring floral, or any fragrance that makes you think of spring…

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Male bees display a remarkable passion for collecting scents

Posted by Robin on 19 April 2023 Leave a Comment

Male bees display a remarkable passion for collecting scents: they deposit scents from various sources in special pockets on their hind legs, thus composing their own fragrance. This behavior has been known since the 1960s. The reason why they do it has been the subject of much speculation.

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of California at Davis and the University of Florida at Fort Lauderdale, have finally solved the mystery. The bee fragrance serves as a sex attractant and increases the reproductive success of the males...

— Read more in Why orchid bees concoct their own fragrance at Phys.org.

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