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Bond no. 9 has launched Gold Street, a new fragrance... |
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Despite China?s economic slowdown and softening luxury demand, the country?s niche fragrance market is showing remarkable resilience. International brands are flocking to secure a foothold in the mainland. On the heels of Frédéric Malle?s recent... |
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Bath & Body Works has launched two new fragrances for women, Perfect in Pink and Platinum... |
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A map of fragrances from Memo Paris. |
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Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, a professor of consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, connects the shift away from a signature scent with a weakening sense of identity. "The more time you spend online, the more you want to change how... |
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Welcome to the weekend and our standard-issue open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance you?re wearing today, the fragrance you\'re hoping to find in the splitmeet next weekend, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance,... |
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Beyoncé will launch Cé Lumière, a new fragrance for women, in November. Cé Lumière is a follow-up to last year\'s Cé Noir... |
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Monique Jonas of Jona Dance Company, for Miller Harris Holiday 2024. Then below the jump, perfumer Emilie Bouge talks about Mìneir and perfumer Karine Vinchon Spehner talks about Staccato. (The latter two videos are about 10-12 minutes each.)
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Other bottles are shaped like animals, human figures, fruit and flowers, and one has two carnival masks facing in opposite directions. One appears to be a standoff between a parrot and a hen; it holds two fragrances and once belonged to Mozelle... |
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L\'Occitane has launched Rose Citron Meyer, a new fragrance. Rose Citron Meyer is part of the brand\'s limited edition Citrus Road collection for Holiday 2024. (See the handcreams here...) |
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I always remember the way my best friend smelled of candy. She was always eating candy and I just loved being next to her because she had this gorgeous smell. ? Perfumer Lyn Harris on her earliest scent memory. Read more in Sense check: Lyn Harris... |
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Niche line Régime des Fleurs has launched Fleur Éclair, a new gourmand fragrance... |
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4711 has launched Velvet Edition Orris & Silk, a new fragrance in the brand\'s Acqua Colonia range... |
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First up, two spots for Guerlain Patchouli Paris (the second is below the jump and features perfumer Delphine Jelk). Then, a spot for the refillable La Petite Robe Noire Flacon C?ur.
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The study authors fitted participants with wearable devices that tracked air flow in and out of their noses over 24 hours of normal activity. They followed 31 people with self-reported normal olfaction and 21 participants born without a sense of... |
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Versace has added three new fragrances to the luxury Atelier Versace collection: Ambre Nectar, Patchouli Précieux and Réve de Myrrhe... |
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ScrubaDub Auto Wash Centers, New England?s oldest car wash company, is bringing the beloved scent of fall to customers? vehicles with the launch of the first-ever Pumpkin Spice-Scented Car Wash in New England. For a limited time, from October 22... |
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Our ?Recommend Me a Perfume? thread is open this week. You can use this space to find perfume recommendations, to share your discoveries and favorite scents, and to ask any questions about scents, aromas and flavors. Or you can just tell us what... |
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PSA: We will hold a splitmeet 2 weeks from today, on November 2. Meanwhile, we\'ve got five questions to while away the weekend..as always, answer as many or as few as you like, or use the 3 day weekend to answer a couple a day, or just talk... |
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Italian niche line Laboratorio Olfattivo has launched Oud In White, a new fragrance in the brand\'s Extreme Collection... |
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After receiving a request, the ?Eau De-Liveroo Rider? will scoot to the rescue in as little as 15 minutes, offering customers a 5ml sample from a choice of ten best-selling perfumes to spray and take away, for free, including Prada Paradoxe, Mugler... |
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The search term ?vanilla gourmand fragrances? has been searched for 887,000 times and has increased 141.10% in interest over the last month. Gourmands, more generally, are the biggest emerging fragrance category on TikTok, with ?vanilla caramel... |
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Victoria\'s Secret has launched Bombshell Midnight, a new flanker to 2010\'s Bombshell fragrance for women... |
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On the heels of fashion month, French conglomerate LVMH confirmed what the industry has been feeling for months: The luxury sector is slowing. But during its earnings call for the third quarter of 2024, the owner of Dior and Louis Vuitton shared a... |
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Nina Ricci has launched Nina Precious Gold, a new flanker to 2006\'s Nina... |
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London-based niche line Gallivant will launch Buenos Aires, the latest in their series of unisex "urban exploration" fragrances, this week... |
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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, in Big Sur for Chanel No. 5. |
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But the new device Zhou and her team designed tells a different story. It detects the beginning of a sniff using changes in nasal pressure and then triggers the release of two odors, with one slightly farther from the nose than the other. More than... |
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A quick question: do we want to hold another splitmeet" There did not seem to be much interest last spring. Do vote.
Meanwhile, it\'s the weekend, and we\'ve got our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance... |
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Karlie Kloss plus a bunch of others, for Carolina Herrera Good Girl and Good Girl Blush Elixir. |
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Luxury body care and fragrance line Une Nuit Nomade has launched Collection Légendes, with three unisex fragrances in Extrait de Parfum. Estrella de la Mañana, Jardins de Misfah and Silver Saffron were developed by perfumer Jérôme di Marino... |
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Unlike the primary sensory brain areas that process sights and sounds, the one that decodes scents also responds to other stimuli, such as images and words associated with an odor, according to a study published today in Nature. The extent to which... |
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Le Labo has introduced Osmanthus 19, the new city-exclusive fragrance for Kyoto... |
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A spot for Chloé L?Eau de Parfum Intense. |
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At Bloom, I was unpleasantly introduced to a perfume that makes Secretions Magnifique seem somewhat mundane. Under a glass bell jar labelled ?Caution! This perfume contains notes of vomit, rotten sweat, mould and pus?, I got a whiff of Sombre by... |
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French fashion house Courrèges has launched Hyper Iris, a new fragrance in the Hyper Courrèges collection... |
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Niche line Régime des Fleurs has launched Blood Spider Orchids, a new limited edition fragrance... |
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Salt, for Issey Miyake Le Sel d\'Issey. |
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Estée Lauder has launched Serene Sierra, a new addition to The Luxury Collection... |
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A spot for Bottega Veneta Acqua Sale, Alchemie, Colpo di Sole, Come with Me and Déjà Minuit. |
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Fragrance is visually suggested in images of daydreaming figures smelling flowers or burning incense, enhancing the sensory aura of ?art for art?s sake?. Scent was also implied in Victorian painting to evoke hedonism ? pleasure in exquisite... |
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Welcome to our 6th annual fall reading poll! Please recommend a great book to add to our fall reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it.
Or, as always, just talk about something else, and of course, do report your... |
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Amouage has launched Essences, a new trio of fragrances: Lustre, Outlands and Reasons... |
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Diptyque?s holiday collection for 2024 once again features three candles. This year\'s decoration features felt labels by British artist Lucy Sparrow. Friandise ("The gourmand scent of the Friandise candle within is a mouth-watering delight... |
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The spot for Lalique Soleil Lunar. |
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