Smelling more, smelling better.

Luigi Russolo, "Profumo", year 1910We are used to smelling paper strips for convenience, reliability, and practical purposes.Unfortunately, paper is NOT the best material to smell. There is something better. It's the heavy, complex, "winter-season" fabric. Your heavy coat, for example. Or a "furry" synthetic coat.Why? for a simple reason: complexity in structure. It's not "flat", but almost three-dimensional.Fabric is not flat as paper is, but it's...

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How to smell a perfume?

This discussion can make you smile: "How to smell a perfume?"In facts, the discussion is not so weird. Just walk into a perfume shop and look at the "horror show". Perfumes tested and judged after just two seconds.... Tiny test papers sprayed from a distance of 35 centimeters (i.e. about 1 feet), and / or smelled at a distance of at least 10 centimeters (five inches) away from the nose...Test papers waved and twisted in the air before spraying,...

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Pinterest button finally available.

NEW: Pinterest Hover Button addedAfter so many requests... now you can add any picture on your Pinterest board simply "hovering" and clicking with your mouse on the desired picture. Enj...

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Vintage (books)

A couple of vintage italian books about perfumes. A must-have for all die-hard fragrance lovers..Long-time discontinued, but still available online at decent prices.---------------------------------------------------------------------------FLACONI ("Perfume bottles")year 1993, ed. BOMPIANI------------------------------------------------------------------------I GRANDI PROFUMI ("The Great Perfumes")by Jean Yves Gaborit, year 1985, ed. RIZZ...

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