It has a pleasant, showery smell. It’s not offensive and it’s not overpowering. It’s a light scent.

— The executive director of the Middlesex County Utilities Authority in New Jersey, on efforts to combat the smell of garbage at the Middlesex County Landfill using perfume. Read more at Middlesex County attempts to neutralize landfill odors using fragrant spray trucks at the Star-Ledger.

Jean Paul Gaultier will launch L’Extrait Classique X in October. The new fragrance for women is a limited edition variation on Classique X, which was introduced earlier this year…

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New at escentual (UK): Clarins Eau des Jardins.

New at first-in-fragrance (Germany): Profumi del Forte Versilia Platinum, Montale Mango Manga.

Deal at miomia: take 15% off with coupon code NOWSMELLTHIS15, good through 6/20. Also, spend $300 or more and get a free 15 ml Histoires de Parfums 1969 rollon, offer good while supplies last.

New at nordstrom: Lacoste Essential Sport.

Deal at ulta: get free shipping with orders of $25 or more using coupon code 35372, good through 6/19.

And what an issue it’s turned out to be – mono.kultur #23 contains no visual imagery but clears the page for our most primary sense: the magazine will be impregnated with 12 scents curated by Sissel Tolaas. And we’re not talking about perfumes either, but what Tolaas would coin ‘difficult smells’. With a special technique called microencapsulation, the scents are literally printed into the magazine – you rub the paper to release them…

— The latest issue of German arts magazine mono.kultur features scent artist Sissel Tolaas. Read more at Life is Everywhere. (found via newslite.tv)

A promo for Thierry Mugler's Womanity website (it doesn't mention the upcoming Womanity perfume). And see also: Thierry Mugler, Still Creating a Stir, an interesting profile in yesterday's New York Times. (many thanks to Joe for the link!)

Another raw materials video from Lush (see yesterday's Neroli! if you missed it), this one about lavender being harvested and distilled in Provence.

Leslie Blodgett of Bare Escentuals has launched Golden Light, a new fragrance in her limited edition Perfume Diaries series (see Perfume Diaries Bare Skin and Santa Barbara).

Like sunshine in a bottle, this bright and happy scent…

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A new ad for Azzaro Chrome and Azzaro Chrome Sport. The song is Birds by Emilíana Torrini.

Yves Rocher, founder of the cosmetics and fragrance firm that bears his name, passed away in France Saturday at the age of 79. His grandson will take over the Yves Rocher company. You can read more at France24.

My Spanish is rusty and I can't follow the dialogue, but despite that (or perhaps because of it?) I love this commercial for Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's Oh La La fragrance.