22 Monday Jun 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
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arielle shoshana, byredo, clarins, kelly & jones, perfume, yosh
Summer has arrived and I’ve been pulling out some bottles and samples of fruity fragrances for physical and mental relief from the sudden humidity. Here are a few that I enjoyed last week…
01 Monday Jun 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
What’s in a name?
Have you ever purchased a fragrance (or a sample of a fragrance) just because the name appealed to you? I have…and here are a few examples.
25 Monday May 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
1912
Hello! Last week was my 10th week of isolation/lockdown/work-from-home and I’m taking more walks outside to do local errands, etc. (wearing a mask!) but it’s still a very small and solitary radius of activity for me. I’m missing my favorite haunts (and the people who share them with me) more and more.
18 Monday May 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
Thank you for your kind anniversary wishes last week!! I hope you’ve found some happy memories and future wish-plans of your own to enjoy over the past few days.
Other than my nostalgic dip into Caron Bellodgia, what have I been wearing lately…?
27 Monday Apr 2020
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aftelier, dawn spencer hurwitz, frederic malle, lilac, perfume, serge lutens, yves saint laurent
How are you doing today?
On Saturday the sun appeared over the New York City metro area and I was able to sit outside for a couple hours, just reading and drinking coffee and editing a PowerPoint on my laptop. That was a treat.
As I’m writing this post, it’s raining again. All the same, I’ve been trying to welcome Spring through my recent fragrance choices…
21 Tuesday Apr 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
Greetings! As we head into Week Six of isolation (or shelter-in-place, or lockdown — I still can’t remember what our official status is), I’m managing to work out a new routine. Every day I work remotely from about 10 AM to 6 PM, with a break for lunch and some shorter pauses for coffee and chats with the cats.
Sometimes I put on a dress and jewelry and do all my makeup. Sometimes I’m attired a little more…casually. The one constant is still that I’m always wearing perfume. Here’s a sampling of last week’s choices…
27 Friday Mar 2020
Posted in Classes and Lectures
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Here’s a break in my pandemic-themed posting for late March!
The Perfumed Plume just announced the finalists in their 2020 Awards for Fragrance Journalism and I’m happy to be represented in two categories…
03 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
I didn’t plan to walk past the Barneys flagship store on its final day, but there I was on Madison Avenue, and there it was, windows papered with those garish “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS”-style posters.
I’d already visited last month, to take a turn around the beauty level and give my regards to my favorites sales associates at the fragrance counter, so there was no need for me to go inside and gape at the bare counters and scavenged shelves.
Still, it seems like the appropriate time for me to share a few fragrance memories in this post…
22 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted in Art and Scent
In the lobby at MAD
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll already know that I’ve been making the most of the exhibition “The World of Anna Sui” at the Museum of Arts and Design by visiting the show multiple times and attending related lectures and films.
On December 7th I went up to MAD for “The Art of an Anna Sui Scent,” a conversation between Anna Sui and perfumer Jérome Epinette. Here are a few photos and notes from that event…
