My latest post on Now Smell This is a perfume review of Jul et Mad’s Acqua Sextius. You can read it here.
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.
Product Review: ShiKai Borage Therapy Children’s Lotion
One of my least favorite things about summer is the need to shave my legs more often. Hair just grows more quickly in hot weather, and the option of camouflage via black tights has been eliminated until September or October.
When the temperature finally soared into the 80s in June, I resigned myself to daily shower sessions with the razor. However, something went wrong, and I somehow ended up with swaths of itchy red bumps down both my shins. I think the unfortunate combination of a dull blade, brand-X shaving cream, overly scented lotion, and a nasty heat spell was to blame.
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Perfume Review: Blackbird Triton
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Triton from Blackbird Perfume. You can read it here.
Happy 4th of July!
Image: “Friends over on the Fourth,” illustration by John Gannam for the Brewers Foundation, 1955.
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