As part of its ongoing mission to help guests sleep better, wake easier and never miss brekkie again, all Holiday Inn Express hotels across Australia and New Zealand, as well as participating hotels in Singapore, Thailand and Japan will now offer guests the chance to trial the exclusive in-room scent experience. The aptly named […]
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French niche line Parfums de Marly has launched Les Extraits, with three new fragrances for men: Carios, Eragon and Valero. Carios ~ “Carios Extrait de Parfum embodies radiant elegance: juicy red mandarin, vibrant red thyme, and roasted tonka beans intertwine in a luminous trail with a distinctive character. // “Carios is an extremely powerful trail […]
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The swapmeet is open for business through Tuesday! Then Donatella will be dropping by on Thursday. Meanwhile, we’re marking the last weekend in September with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, where you’ll go on your next out-of-town trip and the fragrance you’ll bring along, […]
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Niche line Arquiste has launched Nocturnality, a new unisex fragrance. A latex and leather ‘oud-style’ scent. A perfumer’s take on neon-soaked nightlife, the leather scene and raw, nocturnal behavior. With notes of latex, neoprene leather, black shoe shine, hydrocarboresin and styrax. *** October 1996, New York City. In the neon-soaked nights […]
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Merz Apothecary in Chicago (known online as Smallflower) celebrates their 150th anniversary with a new candle: “When customers step through the stained glass door, the most common phrase we hear is, “It smells SO good in here!” We created this candle to capture the intriguing aromas of our store. Cedar and vetiver from our fragrance […]
The results revealed that 80% of participants who reported a change in their smelling ability after having COVID-19 earned low scores on a clinical scent-detection test taken about two years later. Of this group, 23% were severely impaired or had entirely lost their sense of smell. Notably, 66% of infected participants who did […]
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It’s the first Friday of Autumn (unless you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case you know what to do). Also, happy Johnny Appleseed Day! Birthdays: T. S. Eliot, Olivia Newton-John, Serena Williams. The swapmeet is still open! Our community project for today: wear something to celebrate the new season. What fragrance did you pick? […]
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This being the fashion focus month around the world, we’re thrilled to present a nose into the Valentino Anatomy of Dreams collection, featuring our Senior Writer Suzy Nightingale’s exclusive interview with perfumer Paul Guerlain, during which she discovered how he translated the heritage and style of Valentino into the sensational Notte D’oro fragrance for this […]
Seriously, those odors can hang on through washes like uninvited guests, and at some point you start wondering if you’ll ever win the battle. Spoiler: it’s not about how hard you scrub or how much detergent you pour in—it’s about tackling the odors at their source. Which is where a little extra help from […]
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Happy Almost-Friday and happy National Comic Book Day! Birthdays: William Faulkner, Donald Glover, Glenn Gould, Pedro Almodóvar. What fragrance are you wearing? I am still sick and slept terribly late…apologies to the early birds who went looking for the daily poll! Thankfully I have not (knock on wood) lost my sense of smell but I […]