Just in time for the holidays, a new chocolate bar from Aftelier + Areté Fine Chocolate. (If you missed it, here is the Ginger Rose bar.) Violet-Raspberry 63% Maya Mountain Belize Dark Chocolate: "We worked again with renowned artisan perfumer Mandy Aftel to create this second collaboration bar. A magical pairing of our Belize Maya Mountain Chocolate and her 100% natural Violet and Raspberry Chef’s Essences." $15 at Aftelier.
Ah, a little something for snack time. Aftelier's new Ginger Rose chocolate bar in collaboration with Areté Fine Chocolate. "We collaborated with renowned artisan perfumer Mandy Aftel to create this special bar. A divine marriage of our Belize Maya Mountain Chocolate and her 100% natural Turkish Rose and Indonesian Ginger Chef’s Essences. We spent almost four months working together to get the balance just right, and if you’re a fan of ginger we think you’ll agree that this bar is as close to perfection as you could hope to get." $15 at Aftelier.
Scientists have sniffed out the chemicals that give some dark chocolates their smell.
The compounds that mingle to make the candy’s aroma include pleasant-smelling ones such as vanillin, which gives vanilla its smell, and flowery linalool. But other molecules produce smoky or vinegary odors and even one that smells like sweat, researchers report online May 8 in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
— Read more at Sweaty, vinegary and sweet odors mingle to make dark chocolate’s smell at Science News.
More scent-related advent calendars for 2018 — see part 1 if you missed it. And don’t forget, most advent calendars sell out early! If you know of any I missed, do comment.
Diptyque’s 2018 Advent is out: “25 little pleasures to discover before Christmas. The advent calendar brings together holiday treasures in a magical box. Emblematic products of the House in discovery formats make everyday a celebration; contains candles, fragrance & body care products.” (Includes fifteen 35g candles, one 70g candle, seven 10 ml fragrances, two 15 ml body products.) $425 at Diptyque…
Holiday creep keeps creeping, but if you want a beauty advent calendar this year, you’ll have to buy soon: they tend to launch early and then sell out quickly.
Part 2 will be coming up later this month. (Please note that some of these calendars are not available in the US. Advent calendars are more popular in the UK than in the US).
Liberty London will ship their popular beauty Advent Calendar in the US for the first time this year. $250 (or £195) for 25 travel-sized items, including luxury brands like Le Labo, Diptyque, Aromatherapy Associates and Byredo. Due to launch on the 24th of this month…