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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · 1d

It seems designers had a much sharper sense of humour back in the 1950. What a bottle for a perfume named “Sport”! (Also, this is possible an official collaboration between Schiaparelli and the champagne maker Mumm?) #fragrance

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 7d

Come for the incredible reporting, stay for the “I think I felt like shitting my pants or something”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

www.youtube.com

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · 7d

Niche perfume is big business. Memo has been a fragrance juggernaut for a while. So I guess replacing the founder with former L’Oréal executive as CEO is only logical. I wonder what happens with the Molloys (the founders). Will they still be involved?

www.premiumbeautynews.com/en/marc-andr...

Marc-André Heller to succeed co-founder as Memo Paris CEO

Marc-André Heller, a former L'Oréal Group executive, will assume the role of CEO at Memo Paris, effective on January 1, 2026, the brand announced. He will succeed John Molloy, co-founder and current C...

www.premiumbeautynews.com

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newsDACH.de @newsdach.de · 12d

LAVIGI Perfumes startet internationale Kickstarter-Kampagne "Fragrance as Art" #Mode #Trends #Lifestyle

LAVIGI Perfumes startet internationale Kickstarter-Kampagne "Fragrance as Art"

Luxus trifft Leidenschaft: Das Schweizer Parfumhaus präsentiert handgefertigte Düfte aus Grasse in limitierter Auflage - ein Kunstprojekt zwischen Paris und Luzern.

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · 19d

From distribution deals that open new markets to closed previews of next year’s perfumes and te following year’s prototypes, most of the important decision are made here. Plus, meetings with sea view and oysters for lunch guarantee that the whole thing feels like a vacation.

Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · 19d

Wrapped up the TFWA week in Cannes. For the uninitiated- it’s the most important niche perfume event of the year. 5 days when everybody who has anything to say in the scent world descends on the Croisette boulevard to shape the next year in fragrance.

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 29d

"Can a Family Resurrect the American Chestnut Tree in Appalachia?"
My story for @barnraiser.bsky.social about one family carrying the torch.
This is a story against the grain. A story of hope in a dark time. A story of long time horizons. 1/n
barnraisingmedia.com/can-a-family...

Can a Family Resurrect the American Chestnut Tree in Appalachia?

Virginia family farmers have planted American chestnut seedlings that come from an old grove that survived the 20th century blight. Will the trees survive?

barnraisingmedia.com

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 20

This sounds like something from a sci-fi movie. A pretty cool creatire! www.livescience.com/animals/para...

Paralvinella hessleri: The yellow worm that lives in acid and fights poison with poison

These deep-sea worms, which are 1% arsenic, are only found at the hottest hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific.

www.livescience.com

Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 20

Some good news finally!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · Sep 19

My colleague @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social is covering the hell out of the whole GLP-1 (Ozempic, etc) industry. He built this super interesting tracker to keep up with all the different drugs, their regulatory status and the results from their trials.
sherwood.news/business/who...

Who is winning the GLP-1 race?

It’s hard to keep track of all the next-gen GLP-1s in the pipeline, but we tried our best....

sherwood.news

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 19

youtu.be/Sfekgjfh1Rk

The Terrifying Theory of Stupidity You Were Never Meant to Hear – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

YouTube video by Philosophy Coded

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 19

With all the wonderful discoveries we could be happily living in a Star Trek-like future by now. Instead, many are about to die from Middle Ages diseases as they elect leaders who reverse scientific advances.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Harnessing the superpowers of the most resilient life form on Earth

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts think they might even survive right up until the Sun dies.

www.bbc.com

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 17

Corpse plants put vast amounts of energy into the show, producing large flowers that can weigh more than 100 pounds. The plants heat themselves up using a biochemical process known as thermogenesis to enhance emissions of organic compounds that attract insects.

theconversation.com/how-a-corpse...

How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work

When a corpse flower bloomed on campus, atmospheric scientists got to work. What they discovered provides new evidence about the unique pollination strategies of a very unusual flower.

theconversation.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · Sep 15

We can now consider this speech Emmy-winning.
And the message about the loss of an objective reality hits even harder in the current moment.

Andor Season 2 | Mon Mothma’s Senate Speech | Now Streaming on Disney+

YouTube video by Star Wars

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 14

If you follow the perfume world - Creed is kinda a big deal, and they have a new fragrance. It’s made for the Bro demographic and thus ticks all the right boxes, yet it’s been outdated the moment it was released, because its target audience is already moving on
youtube.com/shorts/H8WaN...

Complete Creed Oud Zarian in Under 180 sec Review

YouTube video by Cosmetiqua

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 11

The aroma of the freshly picked plums is incredible - fruity, tart, acidic, leathery, bright and mouthwatering. Pure fall bliss.

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sounds almost too good to be true. How will it be enforced? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.

“Really Simple Licensing” makes it easier for creators to get paid for AI scraping.

arstechnica.com

Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 10

The whole “anthroposophic” industry is clearly a lot of bs that fuels and funds all sorts of conspiracy theories and disinformation, but this puts it in a whole new light. Turns out the founders were best pals with OG nazis. Never liked Weleda & DrHauschka beauty

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Weleda allegedly supplied cream used on prisoners in Dachau by SS doctor

Study claims Swiss firm provided Nazi concentration camp with anti-frostbite product used in deadly tests in early 1940s

www.theguardian.com

Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 7

Any ideas how/where to get a doze of optimism these days?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Sep 6

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’

Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities

www.thetimes.com

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 4

A remarkable person gone. A great obituary by NYT (gift article). An Armani suit, for a time, was the default uniform of authority, an occupational armor rendered in crepe or cashmere and cast in a somber palette from which the designer would seldom stray.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/f...

Giorgio Armani, Fashion’s Master of the Power Suit, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Liz Thurmond @countmystars.bsky.social · Sep 1

Apple is sneaking AI into everything. Turn off enhanced visual search on your photos:

Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by Al

Settings -> Apps -> Photos -> Enhanced Visual
Search (all the way at the bottom)

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John Bailey @isucceed.bsky.social · Sep 2

www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make...

Denmark Makes History: Your Face and Voice Are Now Your Intellectual Property

Europe's First Digital Identity Protection Law Tackles the Deepfake Crisis Denmark is poised to become the first European nation to grant citizens copyright control over their own faces, voices, and ...

www.myprivacy.blog

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Cosmetiqua @cosmetiqua.bsky.social · Sep 2

Gift article that sums up why I haven’t held a fashion magazine in my hands for years. They stopped being a point of view offered by cool people and became brand ads you have to pay for to see. Still a good read. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s... #vogue #style #culture anna wintour Chloe Malle

What Does Vogue Mean Today?

www.nytimes.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is a really excellent, "America, what went wrong" article (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

www.nytimes.com

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