My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Caroline’s Four Hundred Room Fragrance, created by Arquiste for the St. Regis.
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Month: September 2016
Product Review: Kiko Cosmetics Neo Noir Limited Edition Collection
Remember doing “back to school” shopping for school supplies? Fresh new notebooks, pencils waiting to be sharpened for the first time, a pristine pink eraser, maybe some stickers—everything so tidy and promising.
I get the same feeling when I buy new makeup. And although I don’t reserve the experience for early September, it still feels the perfect time to pick up a few cosmetics staples.
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Passing Fancies ~ September 2016
Reading: Just beginning to reread Jane Austen’s Persuasion
Video: Stranger Things
Audio: The playlist from Anna Sui’s most recent runway show, via Spotify
Art: I saw “Manus x Machina”at the Metropolitan Museum of Art just before it closed. One of my favorite Costume Institute shows of recent years.
Perfume Review: Giorgio Armani Si Intense
Dressing Tables of the Rich and Fragrant: Gloria Vanderbilt
In 1955, Gloria Vanderbilt was not only an internationally famous heiress, but also an aspiring actress. She was appearing in a very brief revival of William Saroyan’s play The Time of Your Life at the City Center theater on 55th Street — not quite Broadway, but still midtown Manhattan.
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