Couture to skank

What starts out glamorously couture with honey-drizzled petals soon strips down to a smell that Ms. Beaulieu describes, not derogatorily, as “skank.”

— Denyse Beaulieu, talking about Schiaparelli Shocking, in today’s New York Times. Read more at Revealing a Lot, Aromatic and Otherwise.

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  1. Dilana
    Posted on 20 March 2013

    All lovers of this blog should click the link. The article is also a salute to the on-line perfume community.

  2. shellyw
    Posted on 20 March 2013

    Glad to see she is getting main-stream press for her book.

  3. Kelly Red
    Posted on 20 March 2013

    I adore her quote “you have this work of art sitting on your skin for hours”. Lovely lovely line.

  4. nozknoz
    Posted on 20 March 2013

    Great article – just wishing I were in NYC for the launch at Aedes de Venustas!

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