Last Thursday night, Alyssa Harad visited BookCourt in Brooklyn to read from her new book Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure and an Unlikely Bride. Her reading was followed by discussion and drinks in a happy gathering of friends, readers, and perfume-lovers. Here are a few photos from the event.
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My latest post on Now Smell This is an interview with Alyssa Harad, fellow perfume blogger and author of the wonderful new book “Coming to My Senses.” You can read the interview here.
As I think back on books that piqued my early interest in fragrance, I can include quite a few examples of “young adult” literature. Like many girls, I was an avid reader of Louisa May Alcott’s work during my pre-teen years—Little Women, of course, but also lesser-known novels like An Old-Fashioned Girl and Eight Cousins.
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A few days ago, I wrote about a preview of LUSH’s new Emotional Brilliance makeup line that was held in New York. (You can read that post here.) Over the next week or two I’ll be reviewing a few Emotional Brilliance products that I’ve tried. I’ll begin with a liquid lipstick called Liquid Lips, just because I’m always drawn to lip color and I found this one to be quite unusual.
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Bourbon Coffee is a café located at 43 West 14th Street in Manhattan, just west of Union Square. 14th Street is something of a thoroughfare, so I’ve passed their front door many times before; this time, however, I had to stop and take a quick picture of their sidewalk sign. It’s an homage to Edward Hopper’s iconic Nighthawks, complete with a credit line in the lower corner. I don’t know who the on-staff artist could be, but he or she did a nice job with this chalk sketch.
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