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Smells like home: Epic Woman
My Aunt Elaine and me, at the family house, circa 1982. Photo by my mom. As I wrote the other day, I tried, and then set aside, Amouage Lyric a little more than a year ago. After trying it again—with...
View ArticleThe Chypre: Roja Dove, Unspoken
Rosalind Franklin ignored the rules (and her father's wishes), and made major contributions to the scientific community during her short life. Applying Unspoken, I close my eyes, inhale deeply, and...
View ArticleFavorite Things: Frankincense
Many of the perfumes I love contain frankincense: Memoir Woman, Opus IV, Rêverie au Jardin, and more. It’s a note that resin-ates with me (too much?), and that I can never seem to get enough of. As I...
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