This article explains that there may be two main reasons why a perfectly healthy person (thus excluding anosmia and various clinical pathologies associated with loss of smell) is no longer able to perceive his scent. The first of these can be due to addiction. Our sense of smell is alert to identify danger signs or smells related to food, so our perfume, recognized and classified as a familiar smell that does not fall into the two categories just mentioned, is overshadowed. The other reason may simply be due to the excessive evaporation of the perfume itself. Read the article to find out how to be able to perceive your perfume or make it last longer.

Article on the Khol's-Sephora agreement in the USA instead of the one between Sephora and JCP as opposed to the Target / ULTA agreement. The Sephora offer moves towards a more mass-market type of consumer.

In Somaliland, incense is increasingly one of the main sources of income. For this reason, the Boswellia Craterii trees have been exploited to the extreme, often leading to the death or exhaustion of these plants. We have to find a way to stop this mess!

More and more often ad hoc fragrances are used in environments such as restaurants, retirement homes, gyms and changing rooms, hotels, shops. Certainly the perfume itself can be used to cover or mask certain smells and in general give an idea of cleanliness and freshness but the power of olfactory marketing goes much further: scientific studies show that a certain smell not only stimulates our memories and our memory but it can lead us to perform certain actions such as entering a restaurant or pushing us to buy….

Marika Vecchiattini's Handbook of the Great Italian Perfumery is a mix between an encyclopedia and a compendium of reviews on the most famous Italian fragrances from the 1970s to today. It is both compelling read and a handy reference manual. The book is roughly divided into three parts: background and history of Italian perfumery; reviews of one hundred iconic Italian perfumes, per decade; and a complete index of Italian perfumes launched between 1970 and 2020.

The new Everist brand has introduced its first concentrated shampoo and conditioner without water. These products are packaged in a 100ml aluminum travel tube (the equivalent of about 300ml since the products are concentrated three times) that can be recycled indefinitely. The corks are also collected through a special program and recycled. The plant-based formulas are free of parabens, sulfates, silicones, dyes, synthetic fragrances, as well as being vegan and cruelty-free.

This article, accompanied by a video, tells the story of the hedione, from its discovery to its use in perfumery. Finally, the radiant effect that this ingredient brings to perfumes is explored and the most famous fragrances that contain it are mentioned.

The world's second largest producer of sandalwood has made its largest harvest in a remote Australian region. Read the article to learn more, understand how covid 19 has impacted the reality of this precious ingredient and what are the expectations for the future.