...Perfumecrazy:His specialisation is environmental science and, more specifically, water. He agrees that it must result in a change to the molecular structure of...

...Perfumecrazy:His specialisation is environmental science and, more specifically, water. He agrees that it must result in a change to the molecular structure of...

...His specialisation is environmental science and, more specifically, water. He agrees that it must result in a change to the molecular structure of the perfume to be considered chemistry. He agrees the skin warmth and degree of oiliness does affect the speed with which it is evaporated and how long it lasts but apparently what differentiates top, heart and base notes is the 'weight' of the molecules. Top notes are light and evaporate quickly and so on with base notes the 'heaviest'. I don't understand this detail. He said imagine a perfume that changes on a molecular level according to each individual's skin. It would be a rare and fascinating thing to try. Is that what the 'Molecule' perfumes purport to do?he is on board with the differences in scent receptors as the reason for different perceptions of scents.

...Perfumecrazy:Yeah - I'm married to a Scientist so I guess some of that rubs off. Lol. I do love any discussion around the science of perfume.What is he a...

...Yeah - I'm married to a Scientist so I guess some of that rubs off. Lol. I do love any discussion around the science of perfume.

...Perfumecrazy:http://science.howstuffworks.com/perfume2.htmIt looks like a line has been drawn under the debate but I just found this article and wanted to add it...

...http://science.howstuffworks.com/perfume2.htmIt looks like a line has been drawn under the debate but I just found this article and wanted to add it for interest's sake. I think the point is that, while body temperature and oiliness impacts on the speed of evaporation of perfume, an individual's skin does not alter the actual molecular structure of the perfume. This is my definition of 'chemistry': If the skin changed the actual molecular structure of a perfume on a person to person basis that would be 'chemistry'. I am not sure that is the case. Good to read all the perspectives!

...Perfumecrazy:I accept that individual human scents exist but not the 'chemistry'. I had also wondered why, then, do scents smell differently on different people...

...I accept that individual human scents exist but not the 'chemistry'. I had also wondered why, then, do scents smell differently on different people and why my perception of scents change over time. To that end I recently found and posted a news article on this forum which explains that differences in perception of scents is down to different people having different scent receptors rather than chemistry. Makes more sense than the concept of 'skin chemistry'. I can't find any research on that to prove it exists. It is an interesting debate! And maybe changes in my scent receptors is why I no longer love "Jardins de Bagatelles".

...Perfumecrazy,That is so funny, I can't stand it! What's a kitty to do? Since boxes are kitty magnets, and that's just a super fancy box! :lol:I think now is...

...Perfumecrazy,That is so funny, I can't stand it! What's a kitty to do? Since boxes are kitty magnets, and that's just a super fancy box! :lol:I think now is...

...Perfumecrazy:Both parties agreed to enter mediation to settle the dispute but talks quickly broke down:There is nothing else for it: I will have to pop up to the...

...I've been on an 80's kick all day, wallowing in nostalgia (like someone who just got another year older...) We just caught up on the latest 'Orange is the New Black' which has that great theme song 'You've got time' by Regina Spektor andright now I'm listening to her aptly named 'Dance Anthem of the 80's'. So cute.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-okd1I1V3q8

...have been reminded that there is more to German food than I am aware of, thanks Perfumecrazy. Googled the recipe and ready to give it a try...

...Both parties agreed to enter mediation to settle the dispute but talks quickly broke down:There is nothing else for it: I will have to pop up to the shops and buy another dog house before this gets ugly.

...Perfumecrazy:Patsy is currently drafting a strongly worded email to the Nonhuman Rights Project in protest against the abovementioned feline squatter.I love this...

...Perfumecrazy:Patsy is currently drafting a strongly worded email to the Nonhuman Rights Project in protest against the abovementioned feline squatter.I love this...

...Patsy is currently drafting a strongly worded email to the Nonhuman Rights Project in protest against the abovementioned feline squatter.

...This is slightly off topic but Dulcemio's post brought it to mind: My partner, family, friends and I have lately been discussing the Nonhuman Rights Project (Jane Goodall is one of the Board). To quote from their website:The Nonhuman Rights Project is the only organization working toward actual LEGAL rights for members of species other than our own. Our mission is to change the common law status of at least some nonhuman animals from mere “things,” which lack the capacity to possess any legal right, to “persons,” who possess such fundamental rights as bodily integrity and bodily liberty, and those other legal rights to which evolving standards of morality, scientific discovery, and human experience entitle them. I am comforted by the idea of world in which animals have legal rights.http://www.nonhumanrights.org/Now... this is our dog, Patsy's, brand new dog house - not that you would know from this photo. My son had literally just constructed it, put her bedding and favourite toy in, turned away for a minute and Reilly moved in. My son said 'now somebody needs to break this to Patsy'.

...Thanks heaps for the birthday wishes guys :D It was a good one! 29... again. :wink: Hey Mia - quarkkeulchen are a fried dough - I would liken them to a cross between a donut, a pancake and a dumpling. Never mind the 'cronut' - these delicious treats are, um, doducakes, pandolings, dupanuts, ? ... ahem. Anyway, they are delicious served hot and sprinkled in cinnamon sugar with fruit compote and whipped cream. They look kind of like this: