BrianBuchanan 1 year ago
10
7
The Female Sense of Smell
There has recently been some chat on message boards to the effect that "women generally have a better sense of smell than men".
The Mechanism
Why would females have a better sense of smell? Could it be because women have more cells in the olfactory bulb than men?
43% more according to the Daily Mail. [1]
The Evolutionary Argument
There is an evolutionary argument that says hominids developed their...
BrianBuchanan 1 year ago
6
1
Are Feminines Becoming More Masculine?
In these days of foghorn pongs and woody sharp citrus, the need to compete with male peacocks may have obliged perfumers to boost up their feminines, just to get them heard above the din.
But how did we get here?
Some Background
In the past, masculine perfume, and perfume in general, tended to keep itself in check. In the seventies there were things like Yatagan, Grey Flannel and Z-14, which had strong...
BrianBuchanan 1 year ago
4
1
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
Champagne, chocolates, a single red rose...
What would you give your Valentine?Wine would last the evening, chocolates maybe the weekend, a cut rose a few days. What about something more permanent, a rose perfume?A rose - is a rose - is a rose they say, but they're not all the same.
Just as roses are different from each other so are rose perfumes. There are thousands to choose from, and to make...
BrianBuchanan 1 year ago
9
2
Fahrenheit - a perfume on a Different Scale
Fahrenheit is a monument - but it didn't spring from nowhere. Like most great art it had its genesis in what went before and was a product of its time.
Fahrenheit is an eighties perfume and is typically bold, and it can be overpowering if too much is used. But in most ways Fahrenheit is not typical at all.
Maurice Roger, who was Dior's Director of Perfumery at the time was not content to turn...
BrianBuchanan 1 year ago
9
3
The Secret Life of Ernest Beaux
Ernest Beaux is known for Chanel N°5, the most famous perfume in the world. But the man remains in the shadows, a name less familiar than some of the others in the Chanel circle: Stravinsky, Diaghilev & Nijinsky of the Ballets Russes, Winston Churchill - to name a few.
Beaux was born in Moscow on the seventh of December 1881, one of eight children by two marriages. His parents were French expatriates...
BrianBuchanan 2 years ago
6
3
The smell of the Three Little Pigs - and the Big Bad Wolf...
An olfactory exhibition is currently running in Norway.
Based on the story the Three Little Pigs, children follow a trail through the exhibition where scent boxes are used to illustrate different parts of the narrative.
It begins with a mini pig farm, where the first box holds the realistic smell of pigs, pee, mud, and poop. The children, who are kindergarten age, can open...