It's 190 days until spring. Meanwhile, Savon Lilas Blanc: "This French White Lilac bar captures the essence of spring, and its intoxicatingly romantic fragrance is sure to transport you to a world in full bloom." $10 for 160g at Beautyhabit.
Etat Libre d’Orange Story of Your Life ~ new fragrance
French niche line Etat Libre d’Orange will launch Story of Your Life, a new fragrance, later this month…
Arquiste Almond Suede ~ new fragrance
Niche line Arquiste has launched Almond Suede, a new unisex gourmand leather fragrance…
Wednesday scent of the day 9/11
It’s Hump Day and the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Le Labo Vanille 44.
Reminder: on 9/13, wear the fragrance from the oldest bottle in your collection that you bought new…
Heat waves
The heat waves reduced the strength of the neurons’ electrical signal by up to 80 percent; workers, which are all female and forage for the hive, were more affected than males. Even worse, the antennae of the bees that had 24 hours to cool off still hadn’t recovered their sense of smell after that time. “That was surprising,” Nooten says. The team had expected those antennae to recover. The fact that they didn’t, she says, suggests the bees don’t recover swiftly, which spells trouble for getting food for the colony.
— Read more in Bumblebees lose most of their sense of smell after heat waves at Science News.