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Scent: The Fundamentals of Fragrance workshop
If there is anything better than discovering unusual scents, it is mixing your own. I was pretty excited when I saw that the Department of Curiosities (a combination storefront/workshop/event space run by designers and all-around wonderful women Jamie Hayes and … Continue reading
Scent | Vacation Fragrance & Oahu by Nomaterra
After too many incidents where my perfume bottle leaked all over my stuff, I learned not to bring them with me on flights. For years a little solid compact of Lush’s Karma was my go-to vacation scent. I love it, … Continue reading
Scent | Scents of Lisbon
I spent a week in Lisbon, Portugal, over Thanksgiving week. (Highly recommended, by the way–Lisbon is beautiful, laid-back, delicious, and affordable.) While I was there I thought about and tried to pay attention to the way that smells affect our … Continue reading
Scent | Garden-like Scents
I visited New York recently. I hadn’t been there for a while, and shopping wasn’t even on my to-do list. “Oh, shopping is the same everywhere now,” I thought. Silly me. I ended up finding tons of terrific clothes and … Continue reading
Scent | Sun-Baked Scents
If you’ve ever spent the summer in the country or gone on a road trip for vacation, you know the unmistakable fragrance of grasses and fields on a dry, hot day. It seems to emanate from the earth in waves, … Continue reading
History of Personal Scents | Jean Naté
The sense of smell is strongly tied to memory. Certain scents can encapsulate an era, a life stage, or even a specific incident. In this series of posts, I’m going through some significant scents throughout my life, starting from childhood. … Continue reading
Scent | Coqui Coqui Perfumes
I just got back from Tulum, Mexico. One of the few things I wanted to do other than sitting on the beach watching the waves was visit the local outpost of Coqui Coqui. I was introduced to Coqui Coqui perfume … Continue reading
scent | stone 