09 Monday Sep 2019
Posted in Advertising and Scent
Every fall season should include days like this, with companionable strolls down leaf-strewn paths under brilliant foliage and clear skies.
This advertisement for Prince Matchabelli Golden Autumn was published in 1964. I wish I could get closer to see the details of the couple’s outfits — sweaters? tweeds? — but even without sharper resolution, the mood is clearly conveyed…
06 Friday Sep 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Little Flower, the new collaboration between Régime des Fleurs and Chloë Sevigny.
You can read it here.
05 Thursday Sep 2019
Posted in Classes and Lectures
A new fragrance-related project to announce!
I recently learned that I’ve been accepted into the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Public Scholars Project, part of the Council’s “Humanities to Go” initiative.
02 Monday Sep 2019
Posted in Classes and Lectures
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A new project for the fall!
I’ll be offering an art-and-scent tour in my “official” role at the Brooklyn Museum. Since this is a gallery event, attendance is limited. Please visit the BKM website for registration and more information!
Image: Christopher Grant La Farge (American, 1862-1938). Small Card Decorated with Iris, ca. 1880. Watercolor and metallic ink on very thin card stock, 3 1/16 x 4 1/4 in. (7.8 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Christiana C. Burnett, 2001.47.6
30 Friday Aug 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
It’s the unofficial end of summer! Are you headed anywhere for a last-chance weekend vacation?
This fragrance, Eau des Vacances from Fragonard (2015), would be a perfect accompaniment to an end-of-the-season beach visit…
28 Wednesday Aug 2019
Posted in Film/TV and Scent
I’m not a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s work, but it’s hard not be aware that he’s just released a new film titled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Apparently this movie mixes fictional Tinseltown characters with real-life ones — most notably, doomed model and actress Sharon Tate, played by Margot Robbie.
26 Monday Aug 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Los Angeles, the latest release from Gallivant.
You can read it here.
22 Thursday Aug 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
This week brought a new perfume launch from the niche house of Régime des Fleurs: Little Flower, a collaboration with actor and style icon Chloë Sevigny. The fragrance is inspired by the rose, Chloë’s favorite flower.
I’ve admired Chloë’s work — and her taste in fashion, design, and fragrance — since the 90s, and I’m a rose-perfume-lover, so I didn’t want to miss the launch event at Dover Street Market’s Manhattan location.
Here are a few of my photos from the event…
21 Wednesday Aug 2019
Posted in Passing Fancies
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Reading: Re-reading Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. Starting Clarice Lispector’s The Besieged City, a Boxwalla selection.
Audio: I’m starting to listen to some fashion history podcasts.
Video: “The Great Hack” on Netflix
Art: Radical Love at the Ford Foundation Gallery
