Is Kris Van Assche out at Dior Homme? The blog rumor mill is out of control with gossip the English bad boy Gareth Pugh will take the helm of menswear at the house that Hedi Slimane built. [Grazia via Hypebeast]

Manuel Puig, the head of the Puig fragrance empire, sat front row at Bottega Veneta’s fashion week show on Saturday. Could there be a Bottega Veneta fragrance on the horizon? Never say never. [WWD]

A new men’s shop has opened on the interwebs and received a kind writeup in WWD. Check out Studio Homme, which carries the latest collections from Comme des Garçons, Pierre Hardy,  Lucien Pellat-Finet,  Alexis Mabille, Unity, Sultan, Natalia Brilli, Moscot and many more. [WWD]

There are 400 receptors in your nose that interpret the things you smell. Now, researchers have turned their microscopes to these receptors to better understand  the science of fragrances. [National Geographic via The Cut]