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…
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.
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.
02 Friday Jun 2017
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of two new fragrances from Une Nuit Nomade: Memory Motel and Rose America, from their Une Nuit à Montauk collection.
You can read it here.
Photo by Perfume Professor.
29 Monday May 2017
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Floyd Davis, “GI in a Perfume Shop,” 1944. Oil on canvas. Via SOLDIERS.
22 Monday May 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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.
