Rubor da Garota de Ipanema (The Blush of the Girl from Ipanema)

When the melody of that famous song drifts over Copacabana Beach, the sunset will cast a shimmering pink with a shy pearlescent glow on the white sand. Local perfumers use sea salt crystals wrapped in rose essential oil to make shimmering sand that blooms when it meets body temperature. The sparkle that falls from the clothes when people dance is called “visible heart flutter.”