Perfume From Outer Space.

Here is an interesting article about a perfume that resembles the surface of a comet.

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It is sad to read that Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel have shown that increases in ambient temperature also lead to a decrease in the production of floral scents, for example in Petunia blossoms.

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Advanced Style Tip:

Women Using Fashion To Defy Ageism

Here is a link to an interesting article about how fashion is defying ageism.

You will enjoy reading about this novel anti-ageing solution.

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Food Tastes Different When You Picnic !

Have you enjoyed your first picnic this year ? Do you notice that your meal tastes different when you eat outdoors ?

We can only taste in 4 dimensions: sweet, salty, sour, bitter.

Everything else we taste is actually smelled through our noses.

No wonder food at a picnic tastes so great, when you have such wonderful natural fragrances around.

Below is a link to a brief article about a celebrating midsummer scandinavian style with a picnic.

Food for thought ?

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Scientists unveil the strange and wonderful creatures living in the Mariana Trench

Marine notes and currently ‘sea salt’ inspired perfumes are always popular in perfumery. Equally, PAIRFUM is always interested in every surrounding nature.

Hence, we read this article and watched this video with great interest.

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The best Houseplants To Clean The Air At Home

Here are two interesting articles in this context:

• “The best houseplants to clean the air in your home”, as recommended by NASA and an overview of the study on Wikipedia, which shows specifically which plants clean which pollutants from the air in your home.
• “17 Amazing Houseplants that Clean the Air” by Tips Bulletin.

Here are a few examples of such ‘air cleaning’ plants:

• Chrysanthemum morifolium (Florist’s chrysanthemum)
• Spathiphyllum ‘Mauna Loa’ (Peace lily)
• Phaleanopsis (Moth orchids)
• Dracena Marginata (Red-edged dracaena)
• Epipremnum Auerum
• Monstera Deliciosa
• Ficus Elastica
• Ficus Benjamina
• Boston Fern

Reach For The Beach

If you can’t wait to go on holidays, then hold out no longer and splash out on summer fragrances to feel the beach instantly.

Here is an article with a few suggestions

Click to go to the beach !

Our favourites are these two:

• Tom Ford Soleil Blanc Eau de Parfum
• Bobbi Brown Beach Eau de Parfum

Bobbi Brown Beach

BOBBI BROWN BEACH (2002)

gender: WOMAN
olfactory group: ORIENTAL – VANILLA

OLFACTORY PYRAMID
Top Notes : Jasmine, Mandarin
Heart Notes : Carnation
Base Notes : Wood, Neroli

Tom Ford Soleil Blanc (2016)

gender: WOMAN
olfactory group: ORIENTAL

OLFACTORY PYRAMID
Top Notes : Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper
Heart Notes : Ylang Ylang, Jasmine, Tuberose
Base Notes : Coconut, Tonka Bean, Amber

Which of these have you tried ?

Here at PAIRFUM we always look to create to the most beautifully perfumery products.

However, it is one of the paradoxes of a beautiful fragrance that it may need to contain some ingredients which by themselves are unpleasant but when added to the creation lend it a depth or warmth that is quite surprising.

Hence, as perfumers we are literally experience daily Aristotle’s famous quote:

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

This led us to the question:

What are the Top 10 world’s worst smells ?

Here is an article which a few suggestions.

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The 3 x images you see in this post are of the ‘corpse flower’, probably the world’s worst smelling flower.

Rain Or Salt-Water Inspired Fine Fragrances To Make April Showers Bearable:

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PAIRFUM’s ‘spa’ with notes of ‘sea salt’ for your home:

Click to see PAIRFUM’s SPA

Here is a novel beauty concept that is sure to be popular:

anti-ageing gin !

The gin is distilled with ingestible collagen and “age-defying” botanicals.
Collagen levels dwindle as we grow older, causing wrinkles and a loss of firmness in skin.
In Japan, eating collagen in an attempt to stay young, is not uncommon.

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