My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Love Osmanthus, the latest fragrance from Atelier Cologne.
You can read it here.
Perfume Review: Atelier Cologne Love Osmanthus
03 Friday Jul 2020
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Passing Fancies ~ June 2020
30 Tuesday Jun 2020
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Reading: Just finished W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn.
Audio: The Cure, especially The Top.
Video: Tell Me Who I Am on Netflix. (Intense.) Never Have I Ever. (Warm-hearted.)
Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 15)
29 Monday Jun 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
Here are are, about to enter the month of July…getting closer to the “dog days” of summer. (See what I did there?)
Last week I sifted through my samples to find perfumes named for various animals. Here’s a look at what I found and spritzed…
Continue readingJune Birthday
26 Friday Jun 2020
Posted in Advertising and Scent
Today is my birthday. It will be different from my (many) past birthdays, but my wishes are the same as always — health and happiness, not just for myself but for my loved ones too. And, as usual, I’ll be wearing a rose perfume of some kind!
I hope your day will be full of beauty, whatever you’re currently doing.
Screen Time: The Devil Wears Prada
24 Wednesday Jun 2020
Posted in Film/TV and Scent
“That is all.”
One night last week I rewatched The Devil Wears Prada (dir. David Frankel, 2006). It’s been a while. I needed a laugh and I figured I’d enjoy seeing some Manhattan locations that I haven’t been able to visit in over three months.
I also remembered that the movie includes a few cameo appearances by perfumes (which makes sense, for a story that takes place at a glossy fashion-and-beauty magazine). …
Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 14)
22 Monday Jun 2020
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arielle shoshana, byredo, clarins, kelly & jones, perfume, yosh
Summer has arrived and I’ve been pulling out some bottles and samples of fruity fragrances for physical and mental relief from the sudden humidity. Here are a few that I enjoyed last week…
Perfume Reviews: Arielle Shoshana Sunday and DSH Hot Masala
19 Friday Jun 2020
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of two fragrances inspired by comforting beverages: Arielle Shoshana Sunday and Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Perfumes Hot Masala.
You can read it here.
Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 13)
15 Monday Jun 2020
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4160tuesdays, beth terry, creative universe, dawn spencer hurwitz, gabriella chieffo, kerosene fragrances, perfume review
The weather is perfect “summer” in my corner of the world right now — warm (in the 70s) but not too humid, sunny and a little breezy. I wish Mr. Professor and I could take a day trip to Asbury Park or Coney Island, but since we’re both avoiding crowds and mass transit, that’s not something we’ll be doing anytime soon.
I dabbled in some beach-y perfumes last week, just to give myself an olfactory mini-vacation.
Vanities: Hattie McDaniel at her dressing table
11 Thursday Jun 2020
Posted in Perfume Bottles
via Los Angeles Times Photo Collection, UCLA
The London Cosmetics Museum just posted this photograph of actress Hattie McDaniel (1893-1952) in their Instagram feed, to commemorate McDaniel’s birthday.
I’ve never seen this image before, and I love it — especially now that I’ve read the original caption assigned to it by the Los Angeles Times: “‘God first, my work next — and a man last!’ That’s Hattie McDaniel, who’s free, forty, and famous.”
And what’s that perfume on her dressing table?
