Hello, old friends! I’ve started a new blog, focusing on my fragrance-related thoughts and activities. It’s called Perfume Professor. Come visit!

This blog will remain open, although I won’t be posting here very often. Thank you for being loyal readers…I hope to see you soon on my new page.

I don’t have any tattoos, but I’ll admire a good one when I see it. I recently visited the exhibition “Tattooed New York” at the New-York Historical Society (see it if you can!) and thought of all my fellow aromaphiles when I saw this photograph.

The artist is Rose Hardy and the woman wearing this elaborate image is Zoe Brown. The photographer is Nicole Reed.

Fantastic, right?

My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Edward Bess Spanish Veil.

You can read it here.

Image: detail of El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent, 1881, via Wikimedia Commons.

My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Edward Bess La Femme Bohème.

You can read it here.

Apparently, Avon sold men’s fragrances in bottles shaped like busts of various “founding fathers” and Presidents in 1977.

Happy Presidents Day, fellow Americans.

Image: Via RetroThing.

Reading: Patti Smith’s M Train (a Christmas gift from Mr. TC)

Video: “The People vs. O. J. Simpson”

Audio: Our nephew’s recent “School of Rock” concert — lots of classics!

Drink:  Kona coffee that our friend C. brought back from a Hawaii vacation

Eats & Treats: Lots of random chocolate for St. Valentine’s Day

Garb: My new cat-pattern Anna Sui dress, nabbed at a good discount

Beauty Products: Loose powder and cream concealer from Alima Pure. Lip balms from The Lucky Honeybee and NOW Solutions.

Pleasure: A fun week that combined NYFW, a friend’s visit to NYC, and new perfume-project invitations.

Worry: Our sweet older cat (18!) is having some problems jumping and climbing stairs.

Stray Thought: Preparations for the farmers market season are about to begin…and it still doesn’t really feel like winter yet.

Images: Kate Greenaway, Almanack for 1883, via New York Public Library Digital Collections. 

Wishing you a happy heart today.

Image: Coeur Joie perfume bottle, Lalique for Nina Ricci, 2946.

My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Calvin Klein Deep Euphoria.

You can read it here.

My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of three fragrances from Pinrose: Merry Maker, Pillowtalk Poet, and Tambourine Dreamer.

You can read it here.