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Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 13)

15 Monday Jun 2020

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Pino Nice

The weather is perfect “summer” in my corner of the world right now — warm (in the 70s) but not too humid, sunny and a little breezy. I wish Mr. Professor and I could take a day trip to Asbury Park or Coney Island, but since we’re both avoiding crowds and mass transit, that’s not something we’ll be doing anytime soon.

I dabbled in some beach-y perfumes last week, just to give myself an olfactory mini-vacation.

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Vanities: Hattie McDaniel at her dressing table

11 Thursday Jun 2020

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via Los Angeles Times Photo Collection, UCLA

The London Cosmetics Museum just posted this photograph of actress Hattie McDaniel (1893-1952) in their Instagram feed, to commemorate McDaniel’s birthday.

I’ve never seen this image before, and I love it — especially now that I’ve read the original caption assigned to it by the Los Angeles Times: “‘God first, my work next — and a man last!’ That’s Hattie McDaniel, who’s free, forty, and famous.”

And what’s that perfume on her dressing table?

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Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 12)

08 Monday Jun 2020

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Blue Carnation

So…it’s been quite a week. I didn’t post much last week, knowing that we were all  absorbing current events and keeping up with the headlines and spending more time on other kinds of reading and resources.

But this weekly feature does make me feel a little more focused, at a time when almost everything else is so unpredictable, so I’ll keep it up. And I’m working on a more topical post for later this week, in the meanwhile…

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Pandemic Perfume Diaries (Week 10)

25 Monday May 2020

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1912

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.

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Passing Fancies ~ May 2020

20 Wednesday May 2020

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Meunier

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!

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