13 Wednesday Nov 2019
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Photo via Barneys.com
Once in a while I need to chat about something other than fragrance (imagine that!). Last spring I reviewed some lipsticks from Femme de Poppy, a new niche lipstick line by Poppy King. This fall I have two new shades to rave about: Well Red and Flight Risk…
14 Thursday Mar 2019
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Sometimes those pesky algorithms on retail websites actually serve their purpose. I was visiting the Barneys site to price a perfume that was on my mind, and the page made some further suggestions to me — including the “New” and “Exclusive to Barneys” Femme de Poppy lipsticks.
Barneys has no way of knowing that I’ve been a follower of Poppy King’s creative output since the 1990s (when she launched her original line of Poppy lipsticks: matte shades! colors named after the 7 Deadly Sins! art-inspired packaging!) through 2007, when she founded the Lipstick Queen brand, and beyond.
However, it apparently remembers that I’ve shopped for Lipstick Queen products, so it kindly (ha!) shared this news with me.
I clicked, and read a product description, and clicked again, and read a Barneys blog post about Femme de Poppy, and I smiled…
29 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted in Perfume Bottles
It has come to my attention that July 29 is National Lipstick Day! Here’s a photo of one of my favorite perfumes, which happens to be inspired by the rose-violet scent of old-fashioned cosmetics: Editions de Parfums Lipstick Rose.
(You can read my long-ago review of it on Now Smell This here.)
27 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in Oh Really
New York-based perfume house Bond No. 9 has begun advertising Nolita, “the world’s first perfume-lisptick [sic] duo,” to be released in April. This is a screen capture from the Bond website.
Okay, I’m being a bit snarky. Let’s try again…
