A spot for the Carolina Herrera Lucky Charms collection.
Akro Smile ~ new fragrance
Akro, the niche line of perfumer Olivier Cresp, has launched Smile, a new unisex fragrance…
The daily lemming
From Nest, new Body Mists in Balinese Coconut, Indian Jasmine, Madagascar Vanilla, Seville Orange and Turkish Rose. "Discover a fun, new way to scent and soften your skin with fragrances you know and love. Available in our bestselling Perfume Oil scents, each Body Mist blends a pure, single note ingredient with nourishing baobab oil and aloe vera for a lightweight, skin-softening formula." $39 each for 125 ml at Ulta.
Friday scent of the day 6/21
It’s Friday and the first full day of summer, plus World Music Day and the International Day of Yoga. And, we’re expecting the full Strawberry Moon tonight. RIP Donald Sutherland. Our community project for today: celebrate the season with your bestest summer fragrance. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, adjust accordingly.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
At the last minute my hand went to Parfum d’Empire Corsica Furiosa…
Floral Bouquet
Part of how we experience the way something smells has nothing to do with our nose. Meg Michelsen, a professor of marketing at Longwood University, studies how scent affects consumer behavior. For one experiment, she provided the same scent to people, packaged either as “Lavender Bouquet” or “Floral Bouquet,” and asked how likely they were to buy it. The experiment determined that more people wanted to buy the less specific “Floral Bouquet.”
— Read more in How candles got so expensive: Here’s what you’re really paying for when you spend $50 on a jar of scented wax at The Washington Post.