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Month: March 2013
Perfume Review: Sikkim Girls by LUSH / Gorilla Perfume
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of the fragrance Sikkim Girls from LUSH’s Gorilla Perfume. You can read it here.
Repeating Myself: Donna Tartt’s Next Novel, THE GOLDFINCH
Donna Tartt’s publisher has just released the cover of her forthcoming novel, The Goldfinch (scheduled for October 2013).
Bookish quotes Tartt’s editor as saying, “The cover suggests a central moment in the story, which I can’t give away here!”
If only we knew more about that cover design. Oh, wait… didn’t I post a few thoughts about the novel’s title, and a possible pictorial source, when it was first announced in February? Let’s see… right here.
And I was right!
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Covet: Estée Lauder Mad Men Collection 2013
I somehow didn’t know anything about this new Mad Men-inspired cosmetics collection until I happened to pass an Estée Lauder counter in Nordstrom last weekend.
It’s a small collection, just three items: a blush called Light Show, a lipstick called Pinkadelic, and a nail polish called Pink Paisley, all presented in late-1960s-style packaging reproduced from the Lauder archives.
I don’t need another rosey pink lipstick, or another pale pink polish, or another blush—especially not at this price point, which seems somewhat high for the brand. All the same, I had a moment of weakness there at the Lauder counter.
I warded off temptation, but this collection did remind me how much I’m looking forward to Mad Men‘s sixth season. Countdown to April 7th!
Images: product photo via Estée Lauder, Mad Men promotional photo via AMC.
Quick Reads: “Hope in a Bottle” by Andrew O’Hagan (The New York Times)
I finally got around to reading an issue of The New York Times Magazine that was published in mid-February, and I really enjoyed an article titled “Hope in a Bottle,” by the Scottish author Andrew O’Hagan. If you like written reflections on scent and memory and personal history, you should read it too. Click here!
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