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2014 / Browsing by date: June 2014

Perfume: You Never Stop Learning

Posted by Angela on 30 June 2014 49 Comments

Pan Am carry on bag

As a kid, I once sat on a curb with my grandmother and announced that when I was 22 years old I would be finished learning. I’d just memorized the stages of formal education — kindergarten, first grade, and on up through college — and now I knew when my schooling would be over.

Grandma laughed. “Honey, you never stop learning.”

This truth has been driven home lately as I’ve visited an 85-year-old friend every few weeks. She’s just discovered perfume. Eleanor (not her real name) has an acute aesthetic honed by her years as a Pan Am stewardess and living in the Congo, Taipei and Paris with her now-deceased husband, a CIA operative. Her apartment is an oasis of calm colors with something interesting everywhere you look…

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Cheap and chic

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2014 3 Comments

A 1995 commercial for Moschino Cheap and Chic. Below the jump, the longer version (although the video is unfortunately a bit fuzzy).

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Monday scent of the day 6/30

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2014 135 Comments

Embroidery

Another Monday rolls around…and June is nearly gone! Do chime in with your scent of the day, if you have a moment.

I’m wearing Providence Perfume Co Branch & Vine.

Reminder: on Friday, July 4th, wear something by a US-based brand…

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Playboy VIP Black Edition ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2014 Leave a Comment

Playboy VIP Black Edition

Playboy Fragrances has launched Playboy VIP Black Edition, a new limited edition fragrance for men. Playboy VIP Black Edition is a flanker to 2012’s Playboy VIP…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2014 Leave a Comment

New at dillards: Dior Homme Eau for Men.

New at twistedlily: Nasomatto line.

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