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Veterans Day 2019

11 Monday Nov 2019

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“American soldiers select French perfumes at the gift counter of the Seine Section post exchange in Paris (France) March 28, 1945.” Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images.

A Retro Fragrance Tip for Your Holiday Weekend

26 Sunday May 2019

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Headed out of town this weekend?

On May 27, 1910, an ad for the Rosenbaum Company store in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania newspaper made some suggestions for toiletries that its customers might want to pack for their Memorial Day outings. These items (on sale!) included facial cream, hydrogen peroxide, “Lusterite” emery boards, and tinted face powder (and “powder leaves,” which do sound useful for travel, if they’re similar to the “papier poudre” blotting papers still available today)…

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New Year’s Eve: Yves Saint Laurent Champagne (1993)

30 Sunday Dec 2018

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Happy New Year! Are you greeting 2019 with a Champagne toast? I’ll be celebrating at a friend’s place and there’s a good chance we’ll be enacting this ritual.

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I haven’t decided on my fragrance for the evening yet, but if I owned any Yves Saint Laurent Champagne, I’d dab on a few drops. This feminine fragrance was launched in 1993 and joined a line-up of several other remarkable YSL fragrances, including Opium (1977), Rive Gauche (1971), and Paris (1983).

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A Coty Christmas!

24 Monday Dec 2018

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a season of scented delights!

A Scented Candle for Hanukkah

04 Tuesday Dec 2018

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I haven’t tried anything from the Homesick Candles collection yet, but this Hanukkah-themed candle caught my eye today. It’s currently on sale for $29.95 at the Homesick Candles website.

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Mother’s Day: A Vintage Perfume Ad

11 Friday May 2018

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Sunday, May 13th is Mother’s Day in the United States. Here’s an appropriate Shalimar advertisement from 1961.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who are celebrating!

Cheers! ~ A Lanvin Perfume Ad for New Year’s Eve

31 Sunday Dec 2017

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Wishing you a bright and bubbly 2018!

Image: Lanvin Arpège/Lord & Taylor advertisement from 1959

Merry Christmas 2017!

25 Monday Dec 2017

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Wishing you a peaceful and sweetly scented Christmas!

Perfumed Pages: “An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving”

23 Thursday Nov 2017

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“November had come; the crops were in, and barn, buttery, and bin were overflowing with the harvest that rewarded the summer’s hard work. The big kitchen was a jolly place just now, for in the great fireplace roared a cheerful fire; on the walls hung garlands of dried apples, onions, and corn; up aloft from the beams shone crook-necked squashes, juicy hams, and dried venison—for in those days deer still haunted the deep forests, and hunters flourished. Savory smells were in the air; on the crane hung steaming kettles, and down among the red embers copper saucepans simmered, all suggestive of some approaching feast.”

— Louisa May Alcott, “An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving” (1882)

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