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What does Elon Musk's 'Burnt Hair' perfume really smell like? We asked our newsroom to do a blind test of the new fragrance.

We ordered Burnt Hair, a perfume that Elon Musk announced in October. Nine months later, it arrived…

Lakshmi Varanasi,Sarah Jackson   


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Smell like a dream with these 6 colognes for women

From the classics to modern masterpieces and everything in between, these top perfumes and not o…

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I paid $89 to make my signature scent. The experience was intimate and creative, and I'll never purchase store-bought perfume again.

As someone who's never owned perfume, I was excited to build my signature scent. Since I have se…

Pauline Villegas   


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'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies' cast on their very first memories of the original movie: 'I started spraying' my homework with perfume

"Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies," a prequel to the iconic franchise, is now streaming on Paramount…

Ayomikun Adekaiyero   


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Natalia Dyer says she bought a vintage '80s perfume to channel her 'Stranger Things' character, but it 'backfired'

Natalia Dyer shared her makeup and skin-care routines with Vogue for the publication's Beauty Secre…

Amanda Krause   


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Fragrances became an affordable luxury during the pandemic, leading to the biggest boom in sales in years: 'I have never, ever seen anything like this'

There was one beauty category that not only avoided free-fall in 2020, but thrived, and continues t…

Avery Hartmans   


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Chanel is buying up more jasmine fields to ensure it can supply flowers for its iconic No. 5 perfume

Reuters said the luxury brand purchased the extra fields to ensure it has enough jasmine flower to …

Emily Graffeo   


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Jasmine oil is one of the priciest oils in the world. Here's why it's a key ingredient in luxury perfumes.

A kilogram of jasmine oil can cost $5,000. But to get that small amount of oil, harvesters need to …

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TikTok users are 'vabbing' wearing their vaginal juices as perfume to activate their natural attraction. A scientist says that makes no sense.

Animals are drawn to each others' pheromones. Tristram Wyatt, an evolutionary biologist, told Insid…

Julia Naftulin   


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Elon Musk is selling a perfume called 'Burnt Hair' for $100 a bottle. His company describes it as 'the essence of repugnant desire.'

"With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable – why did I even fight i…

Cheryl Teh   


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How India's traditional perfumers are recreating the smell of rain in their steam distilleries

We visited India’s perfume capital, Kannauj, to see how craftsmen make attar, or natural perfumes. …

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You can still buy retired Bath & Body Works products online. Here's how.

Don't worry if Bath & Body Works has discontinued your favorite scent. More than 100 fan-favorite p…

Amanda Krause   


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Sephora shoppers are discovering that you can get perfume at a major discount by purchasing one of its sampler sets

Sephora has three holiday-themed perfume kits available this year, as well as six others that are n…

Amanda Krause   


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You can buy perfume made of fake animal scent glands that is supposed to make you sexier — here's how it works

Animals use scents called pheromones to attract a mate — and human pheromone perfume is supposed to…

Madeline Kennedy,Jason McKnig…   


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A Kickstarter campaign to launch a space-scented perfume that smells like hot metal and steak has blown past its goal

The scent of Eau de Space was originally created to help astronauts get used to the smell of a spac…

Amanda Krause   


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A kilogram of 'whale vomit' may be worth ₹10 million — it could get you behind bars too

In today’s bizarre news, a Mumbai man has been arrested for possession of whale vomit. Before you g…

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ITC’s fancy perfume factory will now produce 1.25 lakh litres of sanitizer

ITC’s perfume factory in Himachal Pradesh will now be used to produce Savlon sanitizers. The compan…