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NEWS ABOUT: scents

scents stories: 7 news summaries

 'Pup Perfumes' 
 Soothe Fido 


Pheromones don't work for everybody, but calm some

Nov 10, 09 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Businesses are churning out pet "pheromone perfumes" to give Fido—and Puff—the kinds of smells they require to keep calm and happy. The pheromones can be sprayed, hooked up to a dog collar, and plugged into wall sockets for room coverage to diffuse chemical compounds aimed at soothing... More »

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smell • scents • dog • dog training • pheromone

 
Dog 'Scent Lineups' Called Stupid Pet Tricks

False convictions raise doubts about police use of sniffing dogs

Nov 4, 09 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - After years sniffing out drugs and explosives, police scent dogs have found a controversial new line of work: In "scent lineups," a dog given a scent from the scene of a crime picks out a matching smell from a lineup of swabs taken from suspects. Advocates say scent... More »

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scents • crime scene • evidence • police dogs

FASHION ROUNDUP

 Berlin Wall Becomes Couture 

Also, which bracelets are big this summer, and more

Jun 10, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Berlin Wall has long drawn artists, and now the murals they’ve left on its surviving stretch has inspired something else, the AP reports: fashion. Daniel Rodan designed pieces like a green mini dress featuring East Germany’s Erich Honecker kissing Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev for his collection Mauerkleider... More »

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entertainment • fashion • Berlin Wall • scents • fashion designer • aphrodisiacs • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • Erich Honecker • Leonid Brezhnev

Companies Spice Up the Smell Of Clean

Moroccan bazaar scent says you tidied up ...
even if you barely did

Feb 3, 09 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Makers of household products are constantly working to redefine the smell of clean, the Wall Street Journal reports, even as Americans are spending 40% less time actually tidying up than they did 40 years ago. One of the newest is Procter & Gamble’s Moroccan Bazaar, a ginger-edged scent for... More »

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smell • scent • air freshener • scents • cleaning • fragrance • Procter & Gamble • Marrakesh

Feeling Lonely? Give Your Sweetie's T-Shirt a Sniff

Men, women report snuggling with clothing

Jan 7, 09 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Both men and women cuddle with and smell their loved ones' clothing when they can't be together, MSNBC reports. "When I was going through high school and college, I would wear a boyfriend’s shirt to bed," said the author of a new study on how scent evokes... More »

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memory • psychology • sense of smell • scents

Fragrances Going the Way of the Cigarette

Women buying less perfume; some public spaces prohibit scents

Feb 14, 08 2:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Personal fragrances aren't smelling so sweet for US consumers, the New York Times reports: Though perfume varieties have increased, the number of women wearing them is decreasing. Though 85% of women still apply a scent, the ranks of the fragrant thinned by 2 million between 2003 and 2007. The drop,... More »

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scents • cosmetics • perfume • fragrance • personal space • public spaces • odor bans

The Scent
of Money

Diddy to Britney:
the seven top-selling
celebrity scents 

Oct 13, 07 12:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney's life may be off the rails, but her scent is selling brilliantly, right up there with Liz's and Diddy's. Forbes gives us the top seven celebrity scents, along with their sales tallies for  2006:
  1. Sean Combs: Sean John Unforgivable, $74.9 million
  2. Elizabeth Taylor: White Diamonds, $60.7
... More »

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Britney Spears • list • celebrity • Diddy • Sarah Jessica Parker • scents • Jennifer Lopez • J.Lo • Elizabeth Taylor • perfume

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