New and upcoming perfume books for 2015: Perfume: A Century of Scents by Lizzie Ostrom, Vintage Perfumes by Jan Moran, The Last Rose of Summer by Kate Lord Brown, Un monde d’odeurs by Mathilde Laurent and Hidden Scents: The Language of Smell in the Age of Approximation by Allen Barkkume.
The first book from Lizzie Ostrom, aka Odette Toilette…
Happy Milk Chocolate Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m wearing a bit of Bronze Goddess Whipped Body Cream, and I’m packing the car…we leave on vacation shortly. Posting may be lighter than usual until I return on the 8th.
Reminder: this Friday, 7/31, will be Fantasy Vacation Friday…
Like drag queens, burlesque performers fascinate me. They’re courageous enough to flout convention and adopt a persona that isn’t accepted at P.T.A. meetings, and they do it all in front of an audience. Although they might perform simply for their own satisfaction, there’s a reason the house is full. Some us wish we had the guts to be ourselves in such an outrageous way.
Dita Von Teese is counting on it. Besides her first perfume, Dita Von Teese, she’s released three other fragrances playing on angles of her burlesque persona: Fleurteese, which I haven’t smelled; and Rouge and Erotique, which I review here. You may not want to put on a corset and dance in a giant martini glass, the fragrances seem to say, but give us a try for a taste of that feeling…
New at harveynichols (UK): Shanghai Tang line.
New at neimanmarcus: Creed Royal Mayfair.
And before you know it, it’s Monday again. What fragrance are you wearing today?
I’m wearing Berdoues Assam of India.
Reminder: this Friday, 7/31, will be Fantasy Vacation Friday…