The Fifth Sense in the News Archives

I just read Chandler Burr's new column in the New York Times. I am somewhat relieved to see that the author is not so keen on using the much advertised 4 star rating system which I cannot help but...

• There is, or rather there will be tomorrow, both a humorous and illuminating article on celebrity fragrances in The Guardian of August 23 2006. Roja Dove shares his thoughts with Laura Barton on the trend as well as...

The Globe and Mail of 8-19-2006 published an article on Terre d'Hermès. For more information on the perfume's notes you can go to this previous post. Terre d'Hermes is a great perfume, elegant and unisex. I think it is perfect...

There is an article in the Washington Post on Laurice Rahme of Bond no 9 on a mission to find the stinkiest place in New York city together with a team of experts (via Blogdorf Goodman.)Eau Dear: Sniffing Out the...

Check the video on the front page of the New York Times showing tightening of security measures at airports. Airport security is witch hunting any type of liquid that a passenger might carry, including water. An unlucky person saw his...

An interesting article offering historical details about the career of the Mülhens 4711 cologne. Procter & Gamble have now decided to sell it off and to focus on celebrity perfumes instead. I hope the blue and gold bottles are...

A research breakthrough will allow the natural reproduction of fruits' and flowers' fragrances through processes of biofermentation. As one of the researchers, Dr. Newcomb, stated, "Chemical synthesis can never truly recreate nature. The flavour or fragrance will typically be slightly...

Greenpeace issued an in-depth study in 2006 on the level of toxicity of beauty products commonly used by consummers. A chapter on perfumes is included with a color alert classification of the perfume houses and manufacturers depending on their...

• Is a Scent Like a Song? Oui and Non. A range of opinions on the issue of authorship in perfumery. The New York Times.• LABS OF TASTE ; Flavor specialists are field's secret weapon. The Times-Picayune. • Swanky...

•A brief report in The Times of June 29 2006 on how some people in France are being professionally trained to smell sewage....Bad Week •A report on the invention of a revolutionary recording-device for smells in The Guardian of June...

 There is a very enjoyable and interesting article on Jean-Claude Ellena in Libération of June 26 2006. We learn personal details about his life, his olfactory likes and dislikes, certain of his odd habits due to his hatred of...

• Celebrities, Their Dramas and PerfumesAn explanation of the celebrity fragrance craze by Coty's chief executive Bernd Beetz and presentation of their business goal to move forcefully into the prestige fragrance market. NYT, June 17 2006.• The Scent of...

  An article by Tanya Caldwell in The Los Angeles Times of 2 June 2006 about the "corpse flower" or amorphophallus titanium (giant, shapeless phallus) notoriously known for its foul smell --  did I just write that?Ah, Spring, When...

•A review by Tim Radford of recently published book by Luca Turin, Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Scent, Faber & Faber, May 2006. The book is not yet available in the US but you...