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Passing Fancies ~ July 2017

17 Monday Jul 2017

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Reading: After listening to a re-broadcast of Studio 360’s “American Icons: The Great Gatsby” on WNYC, I’m re-visiting this classic for the umpteenth time. Summer reading in the best and truest sense.

Video: I’m finally watching “Homeland,” a few years later than the rest of the world. Enjoying it very much.

Audio: Anna Sui’s playlists on Spotify

Art: For me, this has been the summer of Florine Stettheimer at the Jewish Museum.

Drink:  Iced coffee made with my Toddy filter and carafe.

Eats & Treats: Fresh corn on the cob, as often as possible

Garb: New cheap-and-chic sunglasses from & Other Stories

Beauty Products: ILIA Beauty Tinted Lip Conditioner SPF in Kokomo. Love it, despite the name. Also, a sample of Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow: very subtle highlighting without the “Instagram face” effect.

Pleasure: Botanical garden visits. New thoughts about possible classes and presentations for the fall.

Worry: Our sweet older cat’s health issues. Please send a healing thought her way.

Bastille Day!

14 Friday Jul 2017

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Here’s an ad for Marianne, “the perfume of the bicentennial.” It was released in 1988 for the anniversary of the French Revolution, and its bottle is a stylized bust of Marianne, the embodiment of the French Republic, a personification of freedom and reason. (She sports a “Phrygian cap,” a hat worn in the ancient Roman Empire by former slaves who were freed by their masters and thus attained liberty and citizenship.)

I’ve never seen (or smelled) this fragrance in person, but its ad seems appropriate for Bastille Day. Liberté, égalité, fraternité!

Image via H-Prints.

The Art of Perfume Advertising: Princess Isabelle (1980s) and Monet

06 Thursday Jul 2017

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This is such a perfectly summery perfume advertisement that I had to post it. I don’t know anything about Princesse Isabelle, or about this fragrance, other than that it seems to be a romantic floral eau de toilette.

What I do know is that Princesse Isabelle selected a painting by Claude Monet for this ad…

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Upcoming Classes: Perfume, Art, and Advertising at Think Olio

21 Wednesday Jun 2017

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Next month, I’ll be giving a presentation on the longstanding relationship between art history and perfume advertising, hosted by Think Olio at J-Walk in Manhattan. If you’re free at 7 pm on Wednesday, July 19th, and this subject intrigues you, consider joining us! Mixed drinks will be served.

You can find details and a registration link on the Think Olio website.