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Couture to skank

Posted by Robin on 20 March 2013 7 Comments

What starts out glamorously couture with honey-drizzled petals soon strips down to a smell that Ms. Beaulieu describes, not derogatorily, as “skank.”

— Denyse Beaulieu, talking about Schiaparelli Shocking, in today's New York Times. Read more at Revealing a Lot, Aromatic and Otherwise.

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Tagged With: denyse beaulieu

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  1. Dilana says:
    20 March 2013 at 9:27 am

    All lovers of this blog should click the link. The article is also a salute to the on-line perfume community.

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    • Robin says:
      20 March 2013 at 3:49 pm

      Yes, that part was nice!

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  2. shellyw says:
    20 March 2013 at 9:47 am

    Glad to see she is getting main-stream press for her book.

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    • Robin says:
      20 March 2013 at 3:49 pm

      🙂

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  3. Kelly Red says:
    20 March 2013 at 12:18 pm

    I adore her quote “you have this work of art sitting on your skin for hours”. Lovely lovely line.

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    • Robin says:
      20 March 2013 at 3:49 pm

      Yes!

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  4. nozknoz says:
    20 March 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Great article – just wishing I were in NYC for the launch at Aedes de Venustas!

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