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In honor of June—the month of roses—and as a birthday card to myself, here’s a vintage advertisement for Caron’s La Fête des Roses!
Roses for June: Caron La Fête des Roses
26 Tuesday Jun 2018
Posted in Advertising and Scent
Tag Archives: perfume
Perfume History Class: Iconic Fragrances, July 19
14 Monday May 2018
Posted in Classes and Lectures
I’ve just added a lecture to my schedule… I’ll be speaking about classic perfumes on July 19, as part of the “Hamilton Lectures” series in Manhattan.
For information and tickets ($40 each) to this “show & smell,” visit the Hamilton Lectures website.
Hope to see a few of you there!
What to Wear? Perfumes for the Met’s “Heavenly Bodies” Show
10 Thursday May 2018
Posted in Perfume Reviews
Left: Reliquary cross, Italian, 14th century, ight: Gilet, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Fall 2008–09, d
This week, the exhibition “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The preview images are sumptuous, to say the least.
And, as usual, I can’t help making a few perfume connections. Here’s a list of fragrances that would be work well as olfactory companions for a Catholic-themed outing to “Heavenly Bodies.” (I’ve paired some of them with garments in the show and works elsewhere in the Met.)
Upcoming Class at the Brooklyn Brainery: Sensual Scents
08 Thursday Mar 2018
Posted in Classes and Lectures
I’m teaching a class at the Brooklyn Brainery on Thursday, April 12 (6:30 pm). It’s called “Sensual Scents and Aromas” and it will be a multi-sensory lecture (fragrance! art! tea pairings!). For information and registration, please visit the Brainery website. Hope to see some of you there!
Image: Detail of John William Godward, The New Perfume (1914). Private collection.
Giveaway Winner for GALLIVANT Samples…
27 Tuesday Feb 2018
Posted in Uncategorized
Perfume and Art: Arcimboldo, “The Sense of Smell”
26 Monday Feb 2018
Posted in Art and Scent
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The Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo became known for his witty and eye-fooling “portrait heads” in the 1500s. His portraits and allegorical figures composed of objects like fruit, vegetables, seashells, and food gained him favor as a court painter and prefigured the much later art historical movement of Surrealism. (You can read a short Smithsonian article about him here.)
Perfume Giveaway: GALLIVANT Discovery Set
19 Monday Feb 2018
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WHY: Because winter can give us cabin fever and make us crave new sights (or smells).
WHAT: An unused “discovery set” of GALLIVANT fragrance samples that I’d like to pass along to a reader in the United States. It includes Brooklyn, Tel Aviv, London, and Istanbul.
Year of the Dog 2018
15 Thursday Feb 2018
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This week marks the lunar New Year, and in the Chinese calendar, it’s the Year of the Dog. What better time, I thought, to remind you that Oh My Dog! fragrance still exists?
Oh My Dog! was launched by the Paris-based brand Dog Generation in 2000 and, yes, it’s a perfume for dogs. It was “tested under the supervision of veterinarians and dermatologists” and it’s described as “unisex.”
Happy Valentine’s Day, Reader-Friends!
14 Wednesday Feb 2018
Posted in Art and Scent
