Pretty incense dishes from Karacotta: "The ceramic Desert Incense Dish is the perfect piece to add to any home, office, or studio decor! Use this gorgeous pottery to burn Palo Santo Cone Incense, and immediately feel yourself relax, as the incredible aroma fills the air and negative energy dissipates." 2" diameter, $16 each at Beautyhabit.
A spot for Avon Far Away Amalfi.
Avon has launched Far Away Amalfi, a new flanker to 1994’s Far Away for Women. The last in the series was Far Away Aloha…
The last Friday in May! Our community project for today: wear a perfume by The Different Company, Tauer Perfumes, Tokyo Milk, Tocca or Téo Cabanel, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter T.
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.
I went with Tauer Perfumes Rose Flash. I may add some Incense Flash later on…
A more fundamental contribution, she thinks, may come from the sun itself. When exposed to ultraviolet light, certain molecules “get excited” and form highly reactive compounds called radicals, Ms. Pugliese said. Those radicals then recombine with other nearby molecules, processes that often lead to the creation of aldehydes as well as ketones.
— Silvia Pugliese looks into the smell of line-dried laundry. Read more in How Line-Dried Laundry Gets That Fresh Smell at The New York Times; you can find an abstract of the original study here.