David Beckham's new fragrance, Instinct, is selling like hotcakes in the UK (link to article no longer working, sorry!).
Wish your cellphone would emit an odor whenever you got a phone call? Done.
Scented flip flops!
Check them out at Closet Spy. (link no longer working, sorry!)
In the News
Today is the 12th annual Sense of Smell day, and the Sense of Smell Institute is sponsoring events at a number of children's museums and science centers across the United States. For more information, see here.
From an article on wearable tech in NY NewsDay (sorry, link no longer working):
The microfiber in Puma's Naughty 1 Active Cat workout wear, new this season, releases a light ginseng fragrance as you sweat, masking odor for up to 30 washings.
That is not particularly appealing to me, but the technology is interesting.
Britney, Elvis, Zidane, scented bowling balls
Wondering how Britney Spears' Curious rates against other popular celebrity scents? This article in the UK Mirror (link expired, sorry!) compares some of the big names, and concludes that Curious is “young and a bit sickly”.
Elvis Presley's granddaughter, Riley Keough, has been chosen as the face of Christian Dior's new fragrance. Which fragrance is that? I don't know — they don't bother to say. (via femalefirst link expired, but it turned out to be Miss Dior Cherie)
French football star Zinedine Zidane has signed a contract with Coty to produce his own fragrance…