It was in the early ‘60s that Warhol began regularly wearing fragrance and adding to his now-legendary personal perfume collection (the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, which holds hundreds of Warhol’s possessions, is home to a wide variety of his perfumes). “Andy said that he’d wear one perfume for a few months and then switch to another, so each short period of his life would have its own unique scent-association,” explains Murphy.
— Our own Dr. Jessica talks to Vogue about Andy Warhol's obsession with fragrance, in conjunction with the Andy Warhol: Revelation exhibit at Brooklyn Museum (she's also giving tours there; the next one with tickets still available is on May 5). Read more in Andy Warhol Was Fragrance-Obsessed—Here Are the Perfumes He Loved Most. (And you can find Jessica at Twitter, Brooklyn Brainery or at her blog, Perfume Professor.)
That’s a lovely way to approach it, with fragrances acting as signposts for periods in your life. Unfortunately I am far too fickle to ever try that: I can hardly stand to wear the same thing two days in a row, let alone for months on end.
I read something recently about someone buying a new scented candle for every vacation, burning it in the hotel room every day to create an association with that candle scent. Seems more do-able!
I find it interesting that one of Leo Warhol’s favorite fragrances was Chanel No 5, conceptualized by another Leo. And that he wore ladies’ fragrance long before the advent of unisex perfumes.
IIRC he was a big fan of Estee Lauder Beautiful too.
Hehe, well I don’t blame him for that, EL Beautiful is beautiful. I am trying to make my own little bottle of it last as long as possible. 🙂