∴ perfume basics and reviews ∴ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-25254100-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @gnosmic)http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323696404578300182010199640.html">Aging and sense of smell</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/43173295574http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/43173295574Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:50:00 -0800<a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2013/01/these-machines-will-be-able-to-detect-smells-your-own-nose-cannot/">Sniffing machine</a>: <p><span>“The thinking is that eventually this would be a core component of home health care–the ability to “smell” diseases remotely, such as liver or kidney ailments, asthma or diabetes.”</span><span><br/></span></p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/42364535576http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/42364535576Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:28:29 -0800<a href="http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/02/researchers-synthesize-first-biologically-effective-perfume">"Biologically effective" perfume</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/42364447911http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/42364447911Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:26:48 -0800<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21150046">Quantum theory of olfaction</a>: <p>Regardless of whether Luca Turin’s theory of olfaction holds or fails, he’s a compelling writer and a gifted critic, and he’s largely responsible for my own obsession with scent.</p> <p><span>www.</span><strong>perfumes</strong><span>theguide.com/</span></p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/41680426579http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/41680426579Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:22:02 -0800<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/how-people-smell-themselves/">How People Smell Themselves</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/41371049007http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/41371049007Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:15:41 -0800<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/olfactory-white-new-smell_n_2160929.html">Olfactory white noise</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/36201278980http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/36201278980Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:10:05 -0800<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-luxury-perfumes-eubre89u1cc-20121031,0,4955418.story">Perfume-makers fear EU legal blow to industry</a>: <p>Allergies for a very few mean great, classic perfumes for none.</p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/34772453696http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/34772453696Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:03:57 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2r66B4Tx1qzdzbuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theniftyfifties.tumblr.com/post/34393839626/beauty-cosmetics-fashion-clothes-shopping-health-fitness" target="_blank">theniftyfifties</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Snob, a Le Galion perfume - <span> </span><span>L’officiel magazine, 1955.</span></p> </blockquote>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/34422550044http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/34422550044Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:43:50 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mamfrlVbp61rse1ipo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://khooll.com/post/31889357923/smell" target="_blank">thekhooll</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h3><strong>Smell</strong></h3> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">Created by  Norwegian designfirm <a href="http://commandogroup.no/" target="_blank">Commando Group</a> for <a>D2 magazine</a> for the illustrations for a cover story on perfume</span></p> </blockquote>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/31895244583http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/31895244583Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:18:32 -0700<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/perfumer-jean-claude-ellena-discusses-the-life-of-a-nose-a-855685.html">"I smell with my brain."</a>: <p>An interview with perfumery’s biggest celebrity, Jean-Claude Ellena, currently house perfumer for Hermès.</p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/31586674821http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/31586674821Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:26:37 -0700<a href="http://io9.com/5913813/the-secret-to-how-violets-steal-your-sense-of-smell">Violets' disappearing act</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/30588271637http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/30588271637Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:08:28 -0700<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/bacteria-producing-aromas/">Your Perfume May Soon Be Produced By Bacteria</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/29764663131http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/29764663131Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:57:37 -0700fragranceperfumecolognescent<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6lnq1Nt5v1r5psx2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://musquemoi.tumblr.com/post/26436996417" target="_blank">musquemoi</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Diptyque - 34 Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris</strong></p> </blockquote>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/26438220303http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/26438220303Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:53:56 -0700<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/the-samurai-shopper-the-sweet-smell-of-raul-esparza/">Getting in character with perfumes!</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/22874786016http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/22874786016Fri, 11 May 2012 18:41:08 -0700scentfragrancecologneperfumeaftershave<a href="http://www.eaumg.net/eaumgs-favorite-masculine-fragrances-for-men/">EauMG's Best Masculine Fragrances</a>: <p>Victoria has exquisite taste. I know because it matches my own, more or less.</p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/17629870068http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/17629870068Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:18:43 -0800AftershaveColognePerfumefragrancescent<a href="http://boisdejasmin.typepad.com/_/2012/02/speaking-perfume-a-z-of-common-fragrance-descriptions.html">A - Z of Fragrance Descriptors</a>: <p>More awesomeness from what I think is the best perfume blog around.</p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/16981056402http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/16981056402Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:41:54 -0800Aftershavefragrancecologneperfumescent<a href="http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2012/01/image-uncommon-scents-whiff-of-truth.html">Whiff of Truth</a>: <p>“Exploding the 10 biggest myths in the perfume world”</p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/15249733608http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/15249733608Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:10:06 -0800aftershavefragrancescentperfumecologne<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45744432/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/frankincense-production-doomed-scientists-warn/">The Future of Frankincense</a>: <p>One of my favorite notes in perfumery is headed toward the same fate as sandalwood and agarwood (a.k.a. oud).</p>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/14551921655http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/14551921655Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:04:42 -0800aftershavecologneperfumescentfragrancefrankincenseolibanum<a href="http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Makeup-Skin-Care/Men-s-Fragrance-Trend-Unisex-Appeal">Elle: Men's Fragrance Trend</a>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/14220757623http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/14220757623Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:52:19 -0800perfumescentfragranceaftershave<a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-man-scent-20111127,0,4241412.story">The scent of a man</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://noseknows.tumblr.com/post/13489117002/the-scent-of-a-man" target="_blank">noseknows</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I know what my man smells like, do you?</p> </blockquote>http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/13491515946http://gnosmic.tumblr.com/post/13491515946Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:20:00 -0800AftershaveCologneperfumescentfragrance