20 Monday Jan 2020
Posted in Film/TV and Scent
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My husband and I recently watched Season 1 of The Mandalorian (highly recommended!) and we enjoyed Amy Sedaris’s guest appearance as Peli Motto, a spacecraft mechanic who ends up temporarily caring for “Baby Yoda.”
Watching Amy just for a few minutes, and remembering how much I like her work, made me wonder what her taste in perfume might be…
13 Monday Jan 2020
Posted in Classes and Lectures
On February 10, I’ll be giving a short talk at Caveat NYC for SASS‘s February event, Love Stinks.
My talk is titled “Aphrodite’s Aromas” and it’s a look back at several legends of love, lust, and scent. You can find further details and a link to registration here on the SASS Tumblr!
Image: William Blake Richmond, Venus and Anchises, 1889-90.
10 Friday Jan 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of MaccaBees, a holiday fragrance from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.
You can read it here.
06 Monday Jan 2020
Posted in Advertising and Scent, Art and Scent
Bourjois is remembered today primarily as the brand behind affordable but high-quality fragrances like best-selling Evening in Paris (Soir de Paris), launched in 1928. Another pre-war release was Mais Oui (launched in 1938, no longer in production). Mais Oui’s bottle featured a flirtatious fan-shaped cap and a twist of two-sided, pink-and-blue ribbon.
01 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted in Advertising and Scent
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Happy New Year!!
For the first day of 2020, here’s an advertisement for Caron’s Bain de Champagne, published in International Studio in 1926…
30 Monday Dec 2019
Posted in On Blogging
Another year gone by! I didn’t blog as often as I would have liked during 2019 — there were some gaps in my posting schedule when I was busy with other “extracurricular” activities like preparing for my Brooklyn Brainery classes or was just tired from some extra-busy spells at work — but I did what I could, and I enjoyed it, and I thank you all for reading along!
27 Friday Dec 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Ballerina No. 5, the newest fragrance from Les Parfums de Rosine.
You can read it here.
24 Tuesday Dec 2019
Posted in Advertising and Scent, Uncategorized
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Wishing you a festive and fragrant Christmas…no matter what your style (Charlie, Scoundrel, or Jontue)!
23 Monday Dec 2019
Posted in Passing Fancies
I haven’t written anything over the past couple weeks, due to the gloomy weather, fatigue from a lingering sinus infection, and sadness over Gaia’s passing. So I’ll ease back into things with this monthly round-up. Feel free to share your own doings in the comments!
Reading: Debbie Harry’s memoir, Face It. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (for the first time in…a long time!).
Audio: Annie Lennox, A Christmas Cornucopia
