What’s in a name?
Have you ever purchased a fragrance (or a sample of a fragrance) just because the name appealed to you? I have…and here are a few examples.
Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 11)
01 Monday Jun 2020
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Perfume Review: Francesca Bianchi Angel’s Dust
28 Thursday May 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Francesca Bianchi Angel’s Dust.
You can read it here.
Online Talk via Brooklyn Brainery: Iconic Perfume Bottles
27 Wednesday May 2020
Posted in Classes and Lectures
I’ll be giving a talk on classic perfume bottles for the Brooklyn Brainery on Thursday, June 11, 2020. It will be offered online, via Zoom, so it’s a bit of an experiment.
If you’re curious, see the Brainery website for more information and registration details.
Hope to “see” a few of you there!
Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 10)
25 Monday May 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
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Hello! Last week was my 10th week of isolation/lockdown/work-from-home and I’m taking more walks outside to do local errands, etc. (wearing a mask!) but it’s still a very small and solitary radius of activity for me. I’m missing my favorite haunts (and the people who share them with me) more and more.
Every rose has its thorns?… Régime des Fleurs / Byredo
21 Thursday May 2020
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If you spent time around me between September 2019 and February 2020 (life before lockdown!), there’s a good chance you caught a whiff of Régime des Fleurs’ Chloe Sevigny Little Flower. It was my most-worn fragrance over those months, not to mention my most-complimented.
Passing Fancies ~ May 2020
20 Wednesday May 2020
Posted in Passing Fancies
Reading: Still getting through Colette’s Claudine novels. Also, dipping into some coffee-table books about perfume bottles.
Audio: A Lloyd Cole “listening party” on Twitter, organized by Tim Burgess, with Mr. Cole himself! I’m definitely going to “attend” more of these.
Video: Finished Season 5 of “Schitt’s Creek” and Season 1 of “Broadchurch.” Two very different moods!
Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 9)
18 Monday May 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
Thank you for your kind anniversary wishes last week!! I hope you’ve found some happy memories and future wish-plans of your own to enjoy over the past few days.
Other than my nostalgic dip into Caron Bellodgia, what have I been wearing lately…?
Perfume Review: Arquiste Misfit
14 Thursday May 2020
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Misfit, the newest fragrance from Arquiste.
You can read it here.
An Anniversary Note
12 Tuesday May 2020
Posted in Advertising and Scent
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actual footage of our wedding day lol
Today my husband and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. We both took the afternoon off from our work-from-home schedules and enjoyed a leisurely walk around our neighborhood and a local park (the sun was out!), take-out dinner and dessert from a local Italian restaurant, an exchange of small gifts related to the traditional anniversary motif for this year, and the conclusion to a mystery we’ve been watching on Netflix.
