Scented CD - listen and smell/CD perfumado ouça e cheire

Label Southern Records released this month Moon & Moon´s new CD VII Acts of an Iron King, which I found very intrigging.

Not for the songs or sound, which I confess I didn´t bother to listen after reading the description in the internet at Alarm, but for the fact that band leader Will Lemon, included in every CD, hand-scented jasmine block prints.

So if it doesn´t sound good, at least smells good!

O Selo Southern Records lançou este mês o cd novo da banda Moon&Moon, chamado Acts of an Iron King, que eu achei muito interessante.

Nem tanto pelo som ou pelas músicas, depois de dar uma pesquisada na internet - site Alarm - já percebi que não era a minha praia. Essa coisa de histórias épicas, viagens fantásticas narradas por uma criança e som experimentantal...

Mas pelo fato de o líder da banda ter incluido em cada CD um livrinho com fragrância de jasmim.

Portanto, se não soa bem, pelo menos cheira muito bem!

Photo credit: Details Magazine

Crédito da foto: Details Magazine.

Top Global beauty Companies/ranking anual das maiores empresas de beleza

Beauty Packaging’s fifth annual ranking of the Top Global Beauty Companies

Quinta lista anual da revista Beauty Packaging com as maiores empresas do setor da beleza e suas vendas em moeda norte-americana:

Company	Beauty Sales (USD Billions)
1. Procter & Gamble	$27.8
2. L'Oréal	$24.7
3. Unilever	$15.5
4. Estée Lauder	$7.9
5. Avon	$6.9
5. Beiersdorf	$6.9
6. Shiseido	$6.4
7. Kao	$6.3
8. Johnson & Johnson	$5.1
9. Henkel	$4.4
10. Coty	$4.0
11. LVMH	$3.7
12. Yves Rocher	$3.0
12. Limited Brands	$3.0
13. Chanel	$2.5
14. Mary Kay	$2.4
14. Natura	$2.4
15. Access Business Group	$1.8
15. AmorePacific	$1.8
16. Kosé	$1.6

Congratulations!/Parabéns!

On August 29 this blog published the raw material of the month - lavender.

Among other products, it was chosen the organic sugar scrub by Brazilian brand Sparkkli - Benephyto Line with almond, sunflower, rosemarin, lavender and burity oils and lavender extract.

This blog is proud to announce today that this product won the Nova Magazine Beauty Award in the category best scrub Scent.

So, congratulations to the sisters Roseli and Vera Vaz!

Em 29 de agosto o blog +Q Perfume publicou o artigo matéria prima do mês - Lavanda.

Entre outros produtos, escolhi o esfoliante de açúcar orgânico da marca brasileira, a Sparkkli, linha Benephyto - esfoliante corporal de açúcar orgânico, com óleos de amêndoas doce, girassol, alecrim, lavanda e buriti e extrato vegetal de lavanda.

É com muito orgulho que hoje anuncio que o produto ganhou o prêmio da revista Nova - Beleza Nova, na categoria esfoliante com melhor fragrância.

Parabéns então para as queridas irmãs e empresárias Vera e Roseli Vaz!

photo credits/foto: sparkkli

Image of the Month - Hypnotic Poison/Imagem do Mês - Hypnotic Poison

A bela, a cobra, o veneno...

Qual deles irá te hipnotizar?

The beauty, the snake, the poison

Which one will hypnotize you?

Model/Modelo: Monica Bellucci

Photographer/fotógrafo: Tyen

Credits/crédito; Images de Parfums

Raw Material of the Month - Eugenol - and Dental Phobia

To Erik Kormann:

3d molecular structure model by Karlhahn

Chemical Structure

Eugenol (C₁₀H₁₂O₂), is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol.

Eugenol is a member of the phenylpropanoids class of chemical compounds.

It is a clear to pale yellow oily liquid.Extracted from certain essential oils especially from clove oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, and bay leaf. It is slightly soluble in water and soluble in organic solvents. It has a pleasant, spicy, clove-like aroma. The name comes from a scientific name for the cloves Eugenia aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata.

Dental Phobia X Eugenol

Studies indicate that odors may form strong connections with memories, especially those charged with emotional significance. In the dental field, this could be the case with the odorant eugenol, responsible for the typical clinging odor impregnating the dental office. The odor of eugenol could evoke memories of unpleasant dental experiences and, therefore, negative feelings such as anxiety and fear, since eugenates (cements containing eugenol) are used in potentially painful restorative dentistry. So, if you are a person who experienced having cavities (tooth decay, caries), you know what I am talking about: Anesthetics and drills.

The use of the drill, in addition to the sight of the anesthetic needle represent the greatest sources of fear and anxiety in dental treatments.

So probably if you ate a lot of chocolates and candy when you were little and had to pay these kind of visits to the dentist, I wouldn't be surprised if you will experience negative emotions (fear, anger, disgust) when having contact with this particular odorant. Next time you want to check if this theory works, look for fragrance with clove notes. Once you found it, whiff it and sniff it! And than, Let me know how you felt!

I love the scent of cloves. My memories of cloves are related to delicious cookies, Sangrias, Brazilian pumpkin desserts, Indian cuisine, etc...

When used in with parsimony brings to the accord a delicious sweet spicy scent.

They enhance the originality and the character of a fragrance.

Fidji by Guy Laroche was my mom's perfume when I was very little, 4 yrs. old if I am not mistaken. It had cloves. It was delicious, not terrifying.

Coco by Chanel, Paloma Picasso, Mitsouko, Armani Mania, Jolie Madame by Belmain and A la Nuit by Serge Lutens, Polo by Ralph Lauren, Safari for Men by RL, Mensonge by Fragonard - all contain clove notes.

Now prepare yourself to love or to fear. If you didn't like any of them, you were your dentist's best client for sure!