Petroleum jelly smell when pure. It does not oxidize on exposure to the air and is not readily acted on by chemical reagents. It is insoluble in water. It is soluble in dichloromethane, chloroform, benzene, diethyl ether, carbon disulfide and oil of turpentine. Depending on the specific application of petroleum jelly, it may be USP, B.P., or Ph. Eur. grade. This pertains to the processing and handling of the petroleum jelly so it is suitable for medicinal and personal-care applications. Because they feel similar when applied to human skin, there is a common misconception that petroleum jelly and glycerol (glycerine) are physically
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro her sugar sculpture "A Subtlety." For the Criterion Collection, Jelly-Schapiro has contributed essays on classics of world cinema such as "Memories of Underdevelopment" and "Buena Vista Social Club". In 2018, he collaborated with the British artist Chris Ofili on the catalogue essay for Ofili's "Paradise Lost," a volume containing Ofili's photographs of the island of Trinidad, which is accompanied by Jelly-Schapiro's essay on the cultural history of chain-link fencing. Jelly-Schapiro lives in New York, where he is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU. Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (born June 16, 1979) is an American geographer