His desk is precisely as you’d expect – handwritten notes and branches of blotters jut out from short metal stands, surrounded by boxes brimming with collections of indecipherably labelled small glass bottles. In each, he explains, is an ongoing experiment; constantly evolving concoctions which, he hopes, will one day lead him to another perfect perfume.
— Perfumer Olivier Polge of Chanel talks to The Guardian. Read more in Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust.
It’s Friday! In case you missed it last night, take a look at Beaver Moon lunar eclipse 2021: Amazing photos of the longest partial moon eclipse in 580 years. Whether you saw it or slept through it, it’s the subject of our community project for today: wear what you think fits.
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 did not see the moon at all last night, much less the eclipse. I did see my nephew in his first high school play (yes, he was excellent, thanks for asking). I went with Ormonde Jayne Ta’if because the image above made me think of it…
New research Thursday aims to quantify a life-altering aftereffect of covid-19: a lingering loss of smell, also known as anosmia. The study estimates that up to 1.6 million people in the U.S. have experienced chronic anosmia lasting at least six months following their coronavirus infection.
— Read more in Over a Million Americans May Have Permanently Lost Their Sense of Smell to Covid-19 at Gizmodo, or the original study, Growing Public Health Concern of COVID-19 Chronic Olfactory Dysfunction, at JAMA.
