Keiko Mecheri’s Bespoke Collection
I had the good fortune of meeting last night the legendary Keiko Mecheri, at MiN New York. Although she now calls California …
Update: Nose in a Book: “In the Library” by CB I Hate Perfume and “Paper Passion” by Geza Schoen
UPDATE: I received the following communication from Caroline Lebar, Karl Lagerfeld’s Head of Communications in Paris, regarding my post on “Paper Passion.” …
Nose in a Book: “In the Library” by CB I Hate Perfume and “Paper Passion” by Geza Schoen
My collecting habits are becoming a big problem. Like most New Yorkers, I live in a tiny apartment. I don’t have enough …
Smell Me, Love Me: L’Air du Temps, Jontue, and Windsong
I’m going on a bit of a hiatus for about two weeks as I am going to Paris! Mostly for work, but …
Imprison Me in Scent
Naked woman bound by a ring of perfume. Perfume as shackle, as a form of control over the body in an erotic …
The Liberated Woman: Feminism and Perfume Advertising
The late 1960’s and early 1970’s was an era of social and political conflict. As demonstrations against the Vietnam War were happening …
Etienne de Swardt and Ralf Schweiger of État Libre d’Orange at MiN New York
It seems that the overwhelming consensus in the perfume blogosphere that everyone loves Fils de Dieu, du riz et des agrumes, the …
Dream Machines: Perfume as Signifier
Let’s begin with Michelle Obama. In her role as First Lady, the media doesn’t focus on her charitable work, her diplomacy, or …
David Lynch’s Perfume Surrealism
In the research I’ve been doing on awesome perfume ads, I realized that the CK Obsession ads I posted were directed …
Serge Lutens’ Pleasure Dome: Musc Koublai Khan
In Edward Said’s celebrated book, Orientalism, he discusses the ways in which Europeans–particularly the French and the British–imagined the East in its literature, …
80’s Perfume Ads and Camp: Calvin Klein’s Obsession
In 1964, the literary and art critic Susan Sontag published an essay in Partisan Review entitled “Notes on ‘Camp’” in which she enumerates …
Frédéric Malle’s On Perfume Making
Frédéric Malle is my all time favorite perfumer. His ability to attract the most creative noses in the business helped him to …
The challenge of writing about smells
In 3QuarksDaily.com, Rishidev Chaudhuri writes a brilliant review of the now classic book on perfumes, “Perfumes: The A-Z Guide” by Luca Turin …
Chanel Egoiste Ad
Sometimes us perfume bloggers take ourselves a little too seriously. This post is an antidote to that. Am I the only one …
For the Love of Perfume: Blogging and its discontents
Full disclosure: I am an amateur enthusiast of perfume on Stage 3 of NST’s brilliantly described progression of perfumania. In my short …
The social significance of perfume: Antiquity
The Song of Solomon: Chapter 1 (excerpt) I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. …