No, not always. There are plenty of wearable scents that smell god-awful. Bud Light is drinkable, but is it beautiful? I wouldn’t equate wearability to beauty.
— David Moltz of DS & Durga talks to New York Magazine about the "off notes" that make perfumes beautiful. Read more at Why the Prettiest Scents Contain the Ugliest Things.
Not one new observation here.
L Turin even made that comparison between lily and sausages in “The Guide.”
And ambergris isn’t really “vomit” as we think of vomit, is it?
Starting my week with an eye roll.
Thank you — forgot that!
And no, it’s not vomit.
“Bud Light is drinkable”
People drink that stuff?!
So I’ve heard.