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Back to School!

04 Tuesday Sep 2018

Posted by Jessica in Advertising and Scent

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For those of you returning to school this week (as student or as teacher) or for any of you embarking on a new research or writing project this fall—here’s a magazine advertisement for Revlon’s Intimate. This perfume was released in 1955 but the ad seems to date to the early-1960s.

Wishing you luck as you hit the books this fall!

The Art of Perfume Ads: Alexander McQueen Kingdom

29 Wednesday Aug 2018

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My husband and I recently went to see the new documentary McQueen. I’ve been an admirer of Alexander McQueen’s work for a long time—even before his death in 2010. In 2011 I was a frequent visitor to “Savage Beauty,” the retrospective exhibition of Alexander McQueen’s designs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and I’m still haunted by McQueen’s artistry and the magical way it was showcased there…

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Roses for June: Caron La Fête des Roses

26 Tuesday Jun 2018

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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!

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Perfume History Class: Iconic Fragrances, July 19

14 Monday May 2018

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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 by Jessica in Perfume Reviews

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heavenly bodies, metropolitan museum of art, perfume

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Left: Reliquary cross, Italian, 14th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpoint Morgan, 1917 (17.190.497) Right: Gilet, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Fall 2008–09, digital composite scan by Katerina Jebb

This week, the exhibition “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As an art historian and a fashion fan (not to mention, a Catholic!) I can’t help but anticipate this event. 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 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 my own selection of other works from Met’s vast collections.

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Upcoming Class at the Brooklyn Brainery: Sensual Scents

08 Thursday Mar 2018

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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

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And the winner of the GALLIVANT “discovery set” is. . . #5, therabbitsflower! Congratulations, therabbitsflower (I’ll be emailing you tomorrow), and thanks to everyone for playing.

Perfume and Art: Arcimboldo, “The Sense of Smell”

26 Monday Feb 2018

Posted by Jessica 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.)

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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.

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