Oh sure, I'd take one if you twisted my arm. "The best-selling La Fille De Berlin fragrance by Serge Lutens is now available in this limited-edition travel kit. This chic, travel spray comes with four 7.5ml vials of the fragrance, as well as a funnel to refill making it perfect for travelling or for those on the go. La Fille De Berlin evokes a woman whose beauty renders her a notorious as her thorny character and unveils notes of rose, geranium, palmarosa, patchouli, moss, honey and black pepper." You can pre-order at Saks, $110, or pick one up at Harvey Nichols for £85.
Zadig & Voltaire Girls Can Say Anything ~ new fragrance
French ready-to-wear line Zadig & Voltaire has launched Girls Can Say Anything, a new fragrance. Girls Can Say Anything is a followup to 2018’s Girls Can Do Anything…
Thursday scent of the day 4/25
Almost-Friday, National DNA Day, World Penguin Day and Ella Fitzgerald’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m still on yesterday’s pretty spring floral theme with Maison Francis Kurkdjian Pluriel Féminin.
Reminder: on 4/26 we’re doing edition 4 of the picture challenge, part 1…
The process that creates flavor
The receptors that dot our noses and help us to smell also populate our tongues, according to a new study. Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center have discovered working olfactory (smell) receptors in the taste-sensing cells on the papillae of the tongue. The findings were published in the journal Chemical Senses. [...] As such, the study calls into question whether the mixing of smell and taste first happens in the brain. Instead, it provides evidence suggesting the process that creates flavor may first happen in the tongue.
— Read more at Humans Smell With Their Tongues, Scientists Discover at Newsweek.
Complex, very independent women
While “classic” might be the first word that comes to mind now when describing Chanel No. 5, when the iconic perfume made its grand debut in the 20s, the fragrance embodied the look, feel and spirit of modernity. From the pared-down bottle to a name that conjures labs rather than rolling fields of jasmine (though the formula contains the fleur), the perfume remains emblematic of a movement concerned with, as [Dr. Jessica] Murphy put it, “simplifying form, getting to the essence, getting to a more universal material through shape, looking at form in function.” As the driving force behind the Chanel brand and ethos, Coco Chanel embodied the modern spirit throughout her life. In an ad featuring Chanel, it states that she is “above all else an artist in living” — a characterization that Murphy posited fits Kahlo as well. “They are very complex, very independent women, who crafted public images that were shocking and very successful,” said Murphy of Kahlo and Chanel, who never met.
— Our own Dr. Jessica has hosted a couple Frida Kahlo: A Perfumed Portrait events in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum's exhibit Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving. You can read Gillian Edevane and Britt Stigler's account at Beyond the Canvas: Five Fragrances Worn by Frida Kahlo at All*Arts.