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Month: June 2014
Covet: Modern Mermaid from Birchbox
What is it about mermaids? Why are we fascinated by them? I wouldn’t actually want to be one (if they existed). I don’t swim. I would never go topless. I’m not an adult Disney fan with an Ariel obsession. I think the story of “The Little Mermaid” (the real Hans Christian Anderson story, not that Disney version!) is strange and sad; the first time I read it, as a child, I kept turning the last page back and forth, hoping for another (happier) ending.
And yet, like many other women, I would ask a mermaid for some beauty tips. The hair! the pale skin! the shimmery scales!
Birchbox, the beauty-product shopping site and subscription club, has just launched a limited edition set called Modern Mermaid.
Perfume Review: Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum 2014
My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Guerlain’s Terracotta Le Parfum (2014). You can read it here.
Alexis Karl’s Mythological Evolution, A Multimedia Exhibition
Last weekend I paid a visit to the gallery space Warehouse 623 in Brooklyn to catch Alexis Karl’s multimedia exhibition “Mythological Evolution” before it closed. I’ve known Alexis for eight years or so. We first met when she was presenting her fragrance line Scent by Alexis at Henri Bendel, and I was immediately charmed by her fragrances and her overall style.
This exhibition, which ran from May 3 through May 24, brought together Alexis’ work in sculpture, painting, video, music, and fragrance. Its conceit was an alternative theory of evolution that involved lots of ruined (and re-emerging) civilizations, hybrid beings, and otherworldly transformations.
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