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Pine Sol, almost but sweeter

Posted by Robin on 3 November 2023 2 Comments

[Jack] Kelly and [Natalie] Coffen approach a bush that looks like rosemary, but with lighter green leaves and thinner stems. California sagebrush, Coffen explains while plucking an oily sprig, was an early form of perfume: “Cowboys used to rub it under their armpits.”

Kelly gives it the first whiff. He says he smells eucalyptus, camphor, and menthol. Coffen smells something else – candied lemon peel. “Pine Sol, almost but sweeter,” she says.

— Read more in The nose knows! Get a whiff of LA during Griffith Park ‘scent saunters’ at KCRW.

A smell truly worthy of a pandemic

Posted by Robin on 6 December 2021 Leave a Comment

The first, vanillin, is a synthetic vanilla extract devised by German scientists in the 19th century that became an important ingredient in what is widely regarded as the first modern perfume: Guerlain’s Jicky. Two other diffusers dispense Calone, a popular perfume ingredient devised in 1951 that evokes marine qualities with undertones of melon (think commercial “ocean breeze” products), and Flowerpool, an antiseptic scent that was trademarked this year — and is a smell truly worthy of a pandemic.

— The smells at artist Florian Hecker's “Resynthesizers” show at the Fitzpatrick-Leland House in the Hollywood Hills. Read more in Smell and sound: Artist Florian Hecker turns a historic Schindler home into a sensory experience at the Los Angeles Times.

Gallivant Los Angeles ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 22 August 2019 8 Comments

This week I’ve been “traveling” cross-country with the niche line Gallivant, from Brooklyn (where I spend much of my time in real life) to Los Angeles (a place I’ve never actually visited). Los Angeles is the latest “urban exploration” fragrance from Gallivant and it’s described as “a hot and sensual woody floral, cooled with a marine breeze.” It was developed by perfumer Karine Chevallier and features notes of eucalyptus, clary sage, mandarin, pineapple, narcissus, tuberose, cade, guaiac, nagarmotha, musks and heliotrope.

I like Gallivant’s note about Los Angeles being “a neon floral fragrance,” since it feels fabulously artificial…

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Try Street Perfume

Posted by Robin on 29 July 2017 4 Comments

Commuters waiting for their ride are presented with a chrome cylinder, the inside glowing blue, labeled “Try Street Perfume.” If they’re bold enough to stick their mitts into the mystery orifice, they’re rewarded with a spritz of hyperlocal fragrance—this week’s is “Economic Development”; “Hollywood Springtime” is next week’s offering.

[Alan] Nakagawa is the very first ”Creative Catalyst Artist-in-Residence” at the L.A. Department of Transportation, a year-long gig that involves working with the agency’s Vision Zero team to reimagine how people perceive streets.

— Read more at How One L.A. Bus Stop Became a Depot for Experimental Perfumes at CityLab.

Andy Tauer to visit Scent Bar with Hyacinth and a Mechanic

Posted by Robin on 16 November 2016 7 Comments

Tauerville Hyacinth and a Mechanic.

Andy Tauer of Tauer Perfumes and Tauerville will be visiting Scent Bar in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 20, and will be selling the fragrance Hyacinth and a Mechanic* that day only, in person only,** as part of a new Tauerville Stories collection…

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