My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Pink Haze, the newest perfume from Brooklyn’s own House of Cherry Bomb. You can read it here.
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Product Review and Swatch: Guerlain KissKiss Lipstick in Fall in Rose (#366)
You might have noticed that I’ve been looking forward to Guerlain’s launch of its new-and-improved KissKiss lipsticks, officially known as KissKiss Shaping Lip Cream Colour. Maybe it’s just because I have extra time on my hands right now, but I’m fascinated by all things Guerlain (even more than usual) and I’ve been stalking photos of these lipsticks on foreign beauty blogs. They arrived at American department stores about two weeks ago, with new shades and new (black!) packaging.
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Diana Vreeland’s Dressing Table (1975)
Vogue just announced that a collection of fragrances inspired by the legendary Diana Vreeland will be launched in Paris this fall; for more information, see here.
In honor of this news, I’m posting this photograph of Vreeland’s dressing table in her New York apartment. It was photographed for a feature in Architectural Digest’s September/October 1975 issue. I can’t identify any of the perfume bottles in this photo; if you have sharper eyes than I do, please leave a comment with your observations!
You can read one of my earlier posts about Vreeland and perfume here. The more I learn about her, the more I realize how much she loved fragrance.
Happy 4th of July!
Image: “Friends over on the Fourth,” illustration by John Gannam for the Brewers Foundation, 1955.
Kiss Me — I’m Irish!
Wishing all of you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Image: 1909 postcard via New York Public Library.
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