My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of three fragrances from Yosh Han’s YOSH line: Sottile, Ginger Ciao, and Omnistar.
You can read it here.
Perfume Reviews: YOSH Sottile, Ginger Ciao, Omnistar
17 Thursday Sep 2020
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Upcoming Class: Perfume at Studio 54
31 Monday Aug 2020
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I’ll be giving a “show and smell” presentation titled “Making Scents of Studio 54,” about perfume in the disco era, online via the Brooklyn Museum on October 7, 2020. (I’m very excited to be doing this talk as part of my “real” job!)
For more information and registration, please see here. Feel free to share this information with a friend who might be interested…!*
Continue readingOn Another Note: Perfume’s True Colors in 2020
31 Monday Aug 2020
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The past few months have been…a lot to think about. America’s intense reckoning with its history of racism has touched every corner of our culture, even the perfume-internet. Lately I’ve felt all sorts of ups and downs while following these events’ various ripple effects within the fragosphere. A few examples:
Continue readingPerfume Reviews: Maya Njie Les Fleurs, Vanilj, and Nordic Cedar
28 Friday Aug 2020
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of three fragrances from Maya Njie. You can read it here.
International Dog Day (with Ralph Lauren)
26 Wednesday Aug 2020
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August 26 is International Dog Day, so they say. I’m much more of a cat person than a dog person, as you’ve probably gathered at some point, but I do love this old advertisement for Ralph Lauren’s Lauren. I don’t know whether the model is supposed to be waiting for a polo match to start, or just daydreaming, or what, but her dog is definitely keeping her company in the way that only a good pet can.
(Another reason this ad made me smile: I wore Lauren in my teens and I remember how beautiful it was.)
Wishing you a peaceful day with your own furry friends.
Passing Fancies ~ August 2020
24 Monday Aug 2020
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Reading: Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell, a wonderful combination of biography, (horti)cultural history, poetry, and period illustrations.
Audio: My friend T. and I have decided that this is a moment to revive the 1970s “easy listening” genre.
Video: We just started Lovecraft Country.
Continue readingThe Art of Perfume Advertising: Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass
17 Monday Aug 2020
Posted in Advertising and Scent, Art and Scent
I posted a 1960s advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass fragrance (1934) a few weeks ago, when I was looking for a visual that evoked cool, grassy scents for summer. In that search, I found the ad above, which ran in several major women’s magazines in 1941.
It would be an understatement to say I was puzzled…
Continue readingScented Body Product Review: Hand Sanitizers
13 Thursday Aug 2020
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a round-up of five good-smelling hand sanitizers.
You can find it here.
One clover and a bee: Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell
11 Tuesday Aug 2020
Posted in Books and Scent
Last month, feeling a little down and missing my lunchtime walks in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, I started searching for poems about summer landscapes and came across this verse by Emily Dickinson…
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