
Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935), Avenue in the Rain, 1917. Oil on canvas. The White House, Washington, D.C. Gift of T. M. Evans, 1963, 963.422.1.

Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935), Avenue in the Rain, 1917. Oil on canvas. The White House, Washington, D.C. Gift of T. M. Evans, 1963, 963.422.1.

My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Room 1015’s Power Ballad. You can read it here.

My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Kalastyle’s Swedish Dream Sea Salt Soap and Hand Creme. You can read it here.

There’s nothing I love more than a well-researched and well-executed fragrance/art/fashion collaboration…and there’s nothing that annoys me more than a collaboration that, well, isn’t very well-researched.
Continue reading “Things That Make You Go Hmmm: MCMC x FUZZCO E.d’E. Black and E.d’E. Blue Perfumes”
I recently read Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life. (Many thanks to my friend T. for lending me her copy!) I’m not going to write an actual review; in any case, I’m still sorting out my thoughts about this compelling and troubling (and very long) book.
However, I did want to share one observation I made towards the end of the novel—a perfume-related thought! (If you haven’t yet read A Little Life and you don’t want any potential spoilers, you may wish to stop here.)
Continue reading “My Back Pages: Perfume in “A Little Life””