Women in NYC are using perfume to keep men away.

The idea behind the Skan bag is straightforward: do nothing. Women across the globe often turn to perfumes as a way to ward off unwanted attention, hoping fragrant sprays can, well, repel roguish men. A beauty influencer from NYC, Sofia, posed an interesting question to her nearly 200,000 followers on TikTok: “Isn’t the goal to […]
Cigarettes and beer: The heady perfume that transports me to my childhood

It reminds me of the smell of cigarette smoke from the 1990s. This was the last time I would smell cigarettes in a bar or restaurant in America. It's a scent that always reminds me of my childhood. Nostalgia. memory. The world that was. The world we saw, heard and smelled. It was our father's […]
NYC sprays ‘Christmas’ perfume near Gowanus Canal — but waste site still stinks

That stinks. The city has sprayed “Christmas” scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal, but holiday spirit alone may not be enough to counteract the stench seeping out of Brooklyn's notoriously polluted waterway. During an odor-elimination operation that began in February and ended last month, the city's Department of Environmental Protection used mist sprayers to release […]
New AI tech chooses personalized perfume, cologne based on shoppers’ preferences

Choosing a signature fragrance just got more personal. iRomaScents’ new artificial intelligence technology aims to improve the experience of choosing perfume or cologne in department stores. Avner Gal and Erin Berry, co-founders of Israel-based iRomaScents, showed off the capabilities of their digital scent generator in an interview with Fox News Digital. Inside the circular device […]