13 Thursday Sep 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of four natural fragrances from Lvnea: Fern and Moss, Violet Woods, Frost Flowers, and Tasseomancy.
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Image via Lvnea’s Etsy account
27 Monday Aug 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of three new fragrances from indie perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz: Eau Cerise, Figue Interdite, and Bakul Medjool. They comprise her new collection, Les Fruits Défendus (Forbidden Fruits), Volume I.
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Image: detail of Édouard Manet’s The Street Singer (circa 1862), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
14 Tuesday Aug 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Cocoa Woods, the newest fragrance from NEST.
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30 Monday Jul 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Geisha Botan, an upcoming fragrance release from Aroma M.
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Image: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Japanese Peonies, before 1912. Via Wikimedia Commons.
10 Tuesday Jul 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Outrageous from Frédéric Malle Editions de Parfums.
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21 Thursday Jun 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of five rose-fragranced products for skin, hair, and body.
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11 Monday Jun 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Arizona, the first fragrance from Proenza Schouler.
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25 Friday May 2018
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Shimotsuki, a recent release from independent perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.
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10 Thursday May 2018
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This week, the exhibition “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As an art historian and a fashion fan (not to mention, a Catholic!) I can’t help but anticipate this event. The preview images are sumptuous, to say the least.
And, as usual, I can’t help making a few perfume connections. Here’s a list of fragrances that would work well as olfactory companions for a Catholic-themed outing to “Heavenly Bodies.” I’ve paired some of them with garments in the show and my own selection of other works from Met’s vast collections.
