18 Monday Feb 2019
Posted in Books and Scent, Perfume Bottles
Since we’re observing Presidents Day in the United States today, here’s a curiosity that I found online: a small perfume bottle featuring the images of William McKinley (25th President) and Theodore Roosevelt (McKinley’s Vice President, and 26th President after McKinley’s assassination in 1901).
14 Thursday Feb 2019
Posted in Advertising and Scent
This advertisement was published in The Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, New York) on February 2, 1950. “So very much more than just a card for your Valentine” — the house of Lenthéric was offering minis of two best-selling fragrances, Tweed and Repartée, in lacy greeting-card presentations. So sweet.
Wishing you a happy Valentine’s Day, however you choose to celebrate it!
13 Wednesday Feb 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
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The past week has been particularly busy at work and beyond, but I’ve still had perfume on my mind. Here’s a sneak peek at the newest fragrance from Anna Sui, which I sniffed last night at the designer’s boutique in SoHo. It’s called Fantasia Mermaid and it’s a follow-up to 2017’s Fantasia, with a similar bottle topped by a mermaid. (Fantasia’s cap featured a golden unicorn.) I sampled a quick spritz during my visit and my initial impression was that Mermaid is very different from its older “sister.”…
05 Tuesday Feb 2019
Posted in Perfume Bottles
For those of you who are celebrating the Lunar New Year…a vintage Avon perfume bottle containing the fragrance Roses, Roses.
This was one of the first perfumes I ever owned. I’d probably still enjoy it today!
01 Friday Feb 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Tiger’s Nest, a fragrance by Memo.
You can read it here.
28 Monday Jan 2019
Posted in Art and Scent
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Andy Warhol, Polaroid photograph, 1979. Via Kasmin Gallery
I just re-read The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again and enjoyed it much more than my first reading, more than a decade ago. Plus, I was even happier to re-familiarize myself with some of Warhol’s thoughts on perfume. Here’s an excerpt…
24 Thursday Jan 2019
Posted in Classes and Lectures
I’m working on approximately eleventy-six different things right now, but this is one of the most exciting. I’ll be giving a presentation about Frida Kahlo’s favorite fragrances (really! scents she actually owned and wore, as evidenced by the perfume bottles in her house!) followed by a tour of the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving at the Brooklyn Museum on April 4, 2019.
If you’d like to learn more about this event, please visit the Museum’s event page, here. (It’s a ticketed event.)
Many thanks to the coworkers who have helped to make this idea a reality!
UPDATE: This event filled up quickly! I’m hoping to be able to offer a second date. If so, I’ll announce it here.
UP-UPDATE: The second date, on April 18, filled up VERY quickly. It’s exciting to know that people are so interested in Kahlo *and* fragrance…!
Image: Nickolas Muray, Frida Kahlo with Olmec Figurine, 1939.
21 Monday Jan 2019
Posted in Passing Fancies
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Reading: Emma Baxter-Wright, The Little Book of Schiaparelli. Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol.
Audio: All the songs from Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady, after seeing the revival at Lincoln Center two weeks ago
Art: It’s all Frida Kahlo all the time right now.
Video: Parfum (Perfume), the new Netflix thriller series
18 Friday Jan 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of three fragrances: St. Clair Scents Casablanca, Ellis Brooklyn Fawn, and Miu Miu Fleur d’Argent.
You can read it here.
