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Exorbitant privilege of the eye

Posted in Melbourne cool, Perfume, Philosophy and culture, tagged , , , , , , on 18 April, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The Grand Perfume Tour to Paris and the South of France via Oman and London is postponed due to client commitments.  Feeling wistful though resigned, took myself in compensation on mini tour to olfaction via Fitzroy and Elena Vosnaki’s blog. Pure, fake sensation First stop: Klein’s perfumery in Brunswick Street to play with the Demeter [...]

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The smell of the West, and how to smell better

Posted in Perfume, Philosophy and culture, tagged , , , , , , on 14 December, 2009 | 3 Comments »

One of my closest friends was born in Russia.  Soon after we met she told me about the first trip she’d made out of Russia.  It happened when she was studying science at Moscow University and was invited to a conference in the US. She told me how when she arrived in the US she was [...]

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Paris, France

Posted in Great blogs, Perfume, tagged , , , , , , on 10 December, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Do you have a secret dream of something you’ve wanted to do for years? Something you’ve put in your too-wild, too-stupid basket? Something, nevertheless, you keep finding on the floor, away from its basket? I’ve got several, and today I’m finally going to make one of them happen. Because today I’m booking a flight to [...]

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Fruity and rich

Posted in Dandyism, Great blogs, Perfume, tagged , , , , , , , , on 7 March, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Yesterday, feeling spry and rejuvenated, and looking for reinforcement of the fact, I went into Paint ‘N Powder, the perfume shop in the Royal Arcade. I usually stay away from this place.  There’s something deeply wrong about the mass plantings of diamante brooches and the tester bottles hidden behind the phalanx of short, determinedly unglamorous shop assistants.                [...]

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