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You need to be patient

Posted by Robin on 17 June 2019 6 Comments

Wilson-Brown added that even if it was stored perfectly, the aldehydes (“that Champagne popping aspect”) are so fragile, they’d probably be damaged by now anyway. We waited out the base notes, and she cautioned me that with old scents, the top notes are often the first to go bad so you need to be patient after that first hit. “Real perfume nerds have a special closet in their house, the coolest darkest spot.” I asked if she had one, and she said no, she’s not a nerd.

— Saskia Wilson-Brown at the Institute for Art and Olfaction helps The Cut writer Maggie Lange with her quest to smell a long discontinued fragrance. Read more at The Hunt for a Perfume Worn by a Writer Who Terrifies Me.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: dearly departed, institute art olfaction

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  1. GateGirl says:
    17 June 2019 at 11:51 am

    Well I must be a ‘real perfume nerd’ because all my samples are in a cardboard box in my cool dark closet. Yay for me. :)

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    • Robin says:
      17 June 2019 at 2:25 pm

      We are having your perfume nerd ID card printed up right now!

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  2. Catanosmia says:
    17 June 2019 at 8:32 pm

    So as a “not a nerd” does she just let hers evaporate in the sunlight? Or maybe hers are on display like our patron saint Donatella stores hers? Bold move!

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    • Robin says:
      18 June 2019 at 8:41 pm

      Or, she just does not collect bottles of perfume.

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  3. Gaynor says:
    18 June 2019 at 4:32 am

    A late in the day comment to say I have a tiny drop of Vert et Blanc in a miniature bottle that I found in an op shop last year. I’d never heard of it, but googled it and found the same information about Clarice Lispector. Mine smells lovely, it’s still in the original box, so it’s been kept in the dark.

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    • Robin says:
      18 June 2019 at 8:41 pm

      Oh how cool!

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