Let me first say this: I am no Jane Austen fantasist. I enjoy her books for their pointed prose and sharp satire. I have no illusions that Austen’s books are sexy potboilers, nor do I have patience for any grown woman who uses words like “squee” and goes into raptures at the mention of one [...]
Posts Tagged ‘perfume’
Scents and Sensibility: I do Declare
Posted in Scents and Sensibility, tagged cartier declaration, jane austen, mr. darcy, perfume, spicy on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scents and Sensibilities: Stay out of Brooklyn
Posted in Scents and Sensibility, tagged bleecker, bond no 9, brooklyn, bryant park, holt renfrew, matching perfume to skin tone is so not a thing, perfume, wharton on April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes I have trouble refusing the advances of people who sell cosmetics, even when I’m in a hurry. Which is how I found myself being blasted with various scents from Bond No. 9 New York this afternoon when I was really just looking for a lipstick that turned out to have been discontinued.
At first, the [...]
Scents and Sensibility: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
Posted in Scents and Sensibility, tagged edith wharton, lancome, mille et une roses, perfume, rose on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love the smell of roses (also, chocolate chip cookies, sunshine, and The Beatles. I AM SO ORIGINAL.) Rose is one of my favourite notes in a perfume, so you’d think that a perfume called Mille et Une Roses would be my favourite perfume times 1001.
Lancome’s 1999 scent is a lovely musky rose perfume [...]
Scents and Sensibility: Eau de Charlotte
Posted in Scents and Sensibility, tagged annik goutal, eau de charlotte, perfume on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the problem with me writing about perfume: I barely know anything about perfume. I just really love to smell them and, if the scent isn’t too overwhelming, wear them. However, a dear friend of mine has become a definite fragrance-o-phile, and she’s determined to turn me into one too. My Christmas present from her [...]
