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Jan.25.2013 Splitting Atoms I've just finished reading the New Yorker article "Utopian for Beginners." For people like us, that piece is a must-read, as it's about invented languages and has lots of juicy tidbits, including these three: • "Phonoaesthetics" is "that hard-to-pin-down quality which gives a...	Mar.16.2012 The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose: A Review A French perfumer is commissioned in the 1800s to recreate a scent formula from Cleopatra’s fragrance factory. It is believed that those who smell the euphoric scent find a portal to past lives. The Book of Lost Fragrances: A Novel of Suspense—part thriller, part ancient history, and part...
Aug.01.2011 Rummaging with the Dead I spent a quiet day yesterday going through my deceased Aunt's belongings once again. I felt called to rummage in boxes suffused in the smells of pressed powder and perfume that remind me of two semi-sweet old ladies - my Grandmother and my Aunt Mary. I flipped through incredibly detailed ledgers,...	Jun.12.2011 Long but lavishly told is Faber's 'Crimson Petal and the White' Every now and then, a great novel manifesto comes along that gets people talking and curiosities flowing. The curious among us hope to be inspired, awed and enlightened by its wisdom, and should the experience fall short of expectation, we’re left wondering the reason for all the fuss. However, I...
Mar.02.2011 Fragrance Free: 10 Ways to Protect Yourself from Toxic Scents Stinky, sweet smelling air fresheners, cologne, body sprays, and scented shampoo are made with synthetic fragrances, and they’re bad for your health…especially children and pregnant women. These factory-made fragrances contain phthalates, which are chemicals that can cause hormonal abnormalities,...	Jan.21.2011 Scent of a Woman by JT Ellison Shalimar. Quick. What's that make you think of? Can you smell it? Shalimar on cold fur, whispering against my mother’s skin as she came to tuck me in after an evening out at a fancy ball. Shalimar means Temple of Love in Sanskrit. And really, isn’t that why we use perfume and cologne...
Feb.08.2010 Green Romance: A Healthy Approach to Intimacy The scene is set for romance…perfume, candles, flowers, chocolate, and champagne. But wait…some of these products might contain toxic chemicals! A new report from the Centers for Disease Control says that almost half of all Americans are now living with physical conditions and diseases that could...	Jan.07.2010 Smells like Demi spirit I dab a little behind my ear and look in the mirror. Does this make my hair look big? It definitely looks darker. And have my blue eyes turned. . .? Oop, just a second. I got a Tweet. It's Ashton. He's all-a-Twitter, blabbing to the world about our love. Again. That boy is crazy for me. And...
Oct.16.2009 Perfume and Veronese Went perfume sniffing with an old friend yesterday, my list of scents dutifully in my ever-schoolgirl hand. A decadent afternoon sealed with a purchase (Guerlain, Derby, "one of the ten best masculine's of all time," says my perfume bible, Perfumes: The Guide) and best of all, samples...	Jan.27.2009 Bookstore follies I was in a bookstore in Galway this afternoon scanning the shelves for a book that I read about in the Review section of the Irish Times on Saturday. I had one major problem though in that I could not remember the title. I thought about approaching the sales assistant and wondered how I could...