22 Monday May 2017
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Vanacci’s Lockstone bracelets, which are designed to be infused with fragrance for a lasting effect.
You can read it here.
08 Monday May 2017
Posted in Art and Scent
Have you ever visited someone’s home and wished you could peek into his or her closet? It’s ok; I won’t tell.
The temporary installation “Sara Berman’s Closet” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gives us that opportunity, in a staged yet subtly effective way. It’s a recreation of the closet of one woman who lived alone in Greenwich Village from 1982 through 2004, and who happened to be the mother of artist Maira Kalman.
04 Thursday May 2017
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Rose Encens and Eze, two new natural perfumes from Velvet & Sweet Pea.
You can read it here.
24 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Brooklyn and London, two fragrances from the new niche perfume brand Gallivant.
You can read it here.
14 Friday Apr 2017
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Gekkou Hanami by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, a perfume inspired by the experience of observing cherry blossoms (sakura) in full bloom.
You can read it here.
Image via DSH website.
12 Wednesday Apr 2017
Posted in Advertising and Scent
It seems like the right time of year to look at a vintage perfume advertisement like this one!
This is an ad for three perfumes by Lancôme: Flèches (“Arrows”), Tropiques, and Marrakech. It’s dated 1948 and its illustration was created by E-M. Pérot.
07 Friday Apr 2017
Posted in Perfume Reviews
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Mystic Pearl, a fragrance from Raw Spirit.
You can read it here.
03 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in Perfume Bottles
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This photo of the jazz singer Jo Stafford originally appeared in Down Beat magazine’s July 29, 1946 issue. It was taken by photographer William P. Gottlieb and its caption in Down Beat read:
“This intimate shot of singer Jo Stafford, taken in her dressing room by Bill Gottlieb, reflects Jo not once, but twice, as well as the innumerable bottles of perfume and make-up necessary for her stage appearances. It would seem that Jo is a collector of exotic perfumes, from the assortment on her dressing table.”
So, what are those perfumes?
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…
