My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Rose Amazone by Hermès.
You can read it here.
Perfume Review: Hermes Rose Amazone
18 Friday Aug 2017
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Perfume Reviews: Hilde Soliani Sweet Home and Il Tempo delle Mele
10 Thursday Aug 2017
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My latest post is a review of Sweet Home and Il Tempo delle Mele, two fragrances from Italian perfumer Hilde Soliani.
You can read it here.
Perfume Review: Hilde Soliani Una Tira l’Altra and Conaffetto
07 Monday Aug 2017
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of two fragrances from Hilde Soliani, Conaffetto and Una Tira l’Altra.
You can read it here.
Perfume and Art: Audrey Flack, “Jolie Madame” (1973)
03 Thursday Aug 2017
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I’ve never had a chance to do any “official” research on Audrey Flack’s work, but I’ve been a fan of her photorealist still-life paintings for a long time. Here’s one titled Jolie Madame, dated 1973. (It belongs to the National Gallery of Australia.)
Flack (b. 1931) is known for her contemporary reinterpretations of vanitas images—still-life compositions that symbolically evoke mortality and the “vanity” of earthly pleasures…
O Pioneers? A Reaction to Allure’s Recent Perfume Coverage
31 Monday Jul 2017
Posted in On Blogging, Perfume Reviews, Oh Really
First things first: I’ve been reading Allure magazine since the 1990s. And I’m always happy to see in-depth coverage of perfumery in a mainstream magazine.
However.
When I noticed a feature article titled “The New Fragrance Frontier” by contributor Liana Schaffner in the July issue of Allure, I settled down with anticipation to read it. In keeping with the issue’s “American Beauty” theme, it was a discussion of independent perfumers who create offbeat blends inspired by the American landscape.
Theirs or MINE? A Case of Strange Lookalikes
26 Wednesday Jul 2017
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Today a brand called MINE Perfume Lab liked one of my photos on Instagram. Since their name was new to me, I automatically clicked over to their profile and glanced at their photos. And then glanced again.
Something looked more than a little familiar.
Yes, that’s what I thought, too.
The Art of Perfume Advertising: Princess Isabelle (1980s) and Monet
06 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted in Art and Scent
This is such a perfectly summery perfume advertisement that I had to post it. I don’t know anything about Princesse Isabelle, or about this fragrance, other than that it seems to be a romantic floral eau de toilette.
What I do know is that Princesse Isabelle selected a painting by Claude Monet for this ad…
Jazz Age Perfumes at the Cooper-Hewitt
13 Tuesday Jun 2017
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Last week I took a “busman’s holiday” and spent an afternoon going to museums. The Cooper-Hewitt was on my list because I wanted to catch the temporary exhibition The “Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.”
I had already happily wandered through rooms and rooms of radios, jewelry, textiles, architectural renderings, and furniture, when I spied a small but rich selection of perfume bottles. Here are my snapshots…They’re not great, but they give an idea of what I saw.
Perfume Review: Commodity Book
09 Friday Jun 2017
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Book, a fragrance by Commodity Goods.
You can read it here.
