Perfume

A unique perfume inspired by Emperor Nero has been recreated by a renowned fragrance expert and her team and will be showcased at the İzmir Culture Road Festival from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3 alongside other historical perfumes which will offer visitors a sensory journey through time.

The Scent Culture and Tourism Association, which highlights ancient perfumes, has recreated the "Telinum" perfume used by the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.

In less than one month, the curtains are set to close on the colorful and hits-laden Broadway production, "Once Upon a One More Time," otherwise known as the Britney Spears musical. The show is set to end its run on Sept. 3, having only opened on June 22.

Heady scents fill the air as skilled pickers in India pluck white jasmine before the still fresh buds are rushed for processing into a valuable ingredient for global perfumes.

Jasmine only issues its powerful scent when it blooms at night, and pickers must select only the ones yet to open.

The world's first lipstick. The first modern perfume. A pivoting toothbrush. The original Nivea cream and serum. Not to mention the intimate secrets of Queen Elizabeth II. These are some of the treasures held in Guerlain's first archive, which brings stories from the iconic French cosmetic company's sensational past to life.

A Turkish university has included an initiative program on "odor" into its syllabus, promising to give a world certificate to all graduates who want to work in the cosmetic and medicine business.

The name of the program is "Odor Academy," which was founded in 2019 by the Association of the Culture of Odor and Tourism as a private entrepreneur.

A man in the southern province of Mersin has been detained for trying to sell some 43 kilos of ambergris, roughly called "whale vomit," with a price of 10 million Turkish Liras ($736,000).

Ambergris, a solid, waxy and flammable substance of a dull grey or black color produced in the digestive system of sperm whales, is used extensively by the perfume industry.

The jug may have held oil, perfume, or medicine

Thousands of women pushed pedals across the world as part of a global-scale campaign to give more visibility to women in society and to demand cycle-friendly cities.

An amphora, an oil lamp, a glass perfume bottle, and other pottery vessels were also recovered