Australian designer Naomi Goodsir has launched Or du Sérail, the brand’s third fragrance…
Penhaligon’s + Meadham Kirchhoff Tralala ~ fragrance review
With this money I can get away from you. From you and your chickens and your pies and your kitchens and everything that smells of grease. I can get away from this shack with its cheap furniture. And this town and its dollar days, and its women that wear uniforms and its men that wear overalls…. You think just because you made a little money you can get a new hairdo and some expensive clothes and turn yourself into a lady. But you can’t, because you’ll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing. With this money, I can get away from every rotten, stinking thing that makes me think of this place or you!
Tralala!
What could be uglier, more ruthless (and perversely “fun” — for an audience) than dialogue like this from the movie Mildred Pierce starring Joan Crawford. These words are spoken to Mildred (Crawford) by her hateful/ungrateful daughter, Veda.
Perfume fanatics, when sniffing a fragrance, “see” things, remember people, places, animals, plants…even if what we’re sniffing is awful, or banal. Sometimes, a perfume provides a complex scenario for me…it “clicks” — with a painting, an event, or in this case, films.
When I first wore Penhaligon’s + Meadham Kirchhoff Tralala,1 a woman from the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood came to mind…
Ann Gerard Rose Cut ~ fragrance review
All you rose-weary perfume lovers might be ready to click over to a different site when you see I’m reviewing Ann Gérard Rose Cut, but hang on a moment. I’ve had my issues with rose fragrances, too. Sure, I keep a bottle of Parfum d’Empire Eau Suave around to remind me of Henry James’s famous saying that “summer afternoon” are the two most beautiful words in the English language. And I have some Guerlain Nahéma for when I’m feeling giddy and ridiculous and nothing will do but rose and peach fireworks. But for the most part, rose fragrances can smell predictable. Dull. Not Rose Cut.
Our friend, the hardest-working man in fragrance, Bertrand Duchaufour,1 developed Rose Cut…
Modern by way of being so old-fashioned
Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff talk about working with Penhaligon’s on their new fragrance, Tralala.
Then below the jump, perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour talks about working with Meadham Kirchhoff.
Ann Gerard Rose Cut ~ new perfume
Paris jeweler Ann Gérard has launched Rose Cut, her fourth fragrance. Ciel d’Opale, Perle de Mousse and Cuir de Nacre were introduced in 2012…