My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of MaccaBees, a holiday fragrance from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz.
You can read it here.
Perfume Review: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz MaccaBees
10 Friday Jan 2020
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The Art of Perfume Advertising: Bourjois Mais Oui (1971)
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.
Happy 2020!
01 Wednesday Jan 2020
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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…
Year in Review: My Top-Read Posts of 2019
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!
Perfume Review: Les Parfums de Rosine Ballerina No. 5
27 Friday Dec 2019
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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.
Merry Christmas! (Revlon 1983)
24 Tuesday Dec 2019
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Wishing you a festive and fragrant Christmas…no matter what your style (Charlie, Scoundrel, or Jontue)!
Passing Fancies ~ December 2019
23 Monday Dec 2019
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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
Gaia, “The Non-Blonde”: 5 Scented Memories
09 Monday Dec 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
I recently received an unexpected text from a friend, the kind of message that makes you stop and shut your eyes just for a second and then read it again more slowly, hoping you misunderstood it at first glance. But no…it was the very saddest kind of news. Our friend Gaia had passed away very suddenly, at the age of 49.
Passing Fancies ~ November 2019
22 Friday Nov 2019
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Reading: Just started Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, because I’ve never read it and I’m preparing for a trip to Savannah.
Audio: I recently watched a documentary about the Laurel Canyon sound of the mid-60s. It was a mediocre sort of film, but now I’m listening to various bands from that era and remembering how much I love The Byrds.
Video: Waiting for The Irishman to come to Netflix…
