26 Friday Jun 2020
Posted in Advertising and Scent
Today is my birthday. It will be different from my (many) past birthdays, but my wishes are the same as always — health and happiness, not just for myself but for my loved ones too. And, as usual, I’ll be wearing a rose perfume of some kind!
I hope your day will be full of beauty, whatever you’re currently doing.
12 Tuesday May 2020
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actual footage of our wedding day lol
Today my husband and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. We both took the afternoon off from our work-from-home schedules and enjoyed a leisurely walk around our neighborhood and a local park (the sun was out!), take-out dinner and dessert from a local Italian restaurant, an exchange of small gifts related to the traditional anniversary motif for this year, and the conclusion to a mystery we’ve been watching on Netflix.
13 Monday Apr 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
Last Friday I realized that one month has passed since my workplace closed. It seems much longer…or not that long at all. Time is all askew.
I found myself craving comfort scents last week, rather than big dramatic roses. Here are a few of the perfumes I sprayed while staying home…
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…
01 Thursday Aug 2019
Posted in Classes and Lectures
I’ve just added a brand-new class to my list! It focuses on two perfumes that were released a century ago: Guerlain Mitsouko and Caron Tabac Blond. As usual, this will be a cross-media “show and smell.” It’s taking place at the Brooklyn Brainery on Thursday, September 5, 2019.
You can find more information on the Brooklyn Brainery website.
06 Thursday Dec 2018
Posted in Advertising and Scent
I filed away this Caron advertisement from 1940 a while ago, not just because I liked it, but because I had a feeling that its imagery was borrowed from some earlier work of art. Yesterday, in a completely unrelated search, I came across the source…
26 Tuesday Jun 2018
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In honor of June—the month of roses—and as a birthday card to myself, here’s a vintage advertisement for Caron’s La Fête des Roses!
