Diane von Furstenberg will be at the following Nordstrom and Sephora locations to introduce her new perfume, Diane by Diane von Furstenberg. Contact the stores for more information:
October 19th – Bellevue, WA @ Nordstrom 7-9pm
October 21st – South Coast Plaza, CA @ Nordstrom 6-8pm
October 27th – Soho, NY @ Sephora 6-8pm
November 1st – Dallas, TX @ Sephora 7-9pm
November 3rd – Aventura, FL @ Sephora 5:30-7:30pm
(via press release)
Taylor Swift will be at Macy’s Herald Square on Thursday, October 13th at 4:30 pm to introduce Taylor Swift Wonderstruck and to meet with 300 of her fans (the first 300 who purchase the “All Access Wonderstruck Package”.
Her appearance will be streamed live on her Facebook page, at Macys.com and at viewing parties* at select Macy’s stores…
A vibrating dance floor and "aroma jockeys" spreading scents are set to bring a new kind of disco experience to London that can be enjoyed by deaf as well as hearing clubbers. [...] The vibrating dance floor responds to the bass frequency of the music. Sign dancers visually interpret the tracks and Signmark, a deaf Finnish rapper, will perform. Video jockeys and DJs will be joined by the aroma jockeys who will aim to convert the emotion of the music into smells.
— "Sencity" debuts in London on October 8 at indigO2; read more at Bet it smells good on the dance floor: Aroma jockeys, sign dancers and vibrating floors at disco for deaf. Hat tip to Bela!
My tired nose is on a brief hiatus from perfume-sniffing. Right now, I’m devoting my appreciation of scent to what’s blooming in the garden: mock-orange/Philadelphus (one of those glorious floral aromas that no perfume can duplicate), honey locust trees, roses, wallflowers, gardenia, jasmine, clove-y “pinks,” peonies…and lavender.
West of Seattle, a large area of land near the town of Sequim, Washington, is devoted to lavender production, and I’m heading there next weekend to breathe in lavender’s pungent, herbal aromas. Lavender…in soggy western Washington, you ask? Sequim is located in what residents of Seattle fondly, yearningly call “the rain shadow” of the Olympic Mountains in the Sequim-DungenessValley. Rainfall is usually less than 20 inches a year in the sunny rain shadow, so lavender thrives. As Seattle is the “Paris of the Northwest,” so Sequim is the Provence of the U.S. (Relax! You may laugh!)…
MiN New York is holding a series of themed events this month pairing fragrances, drinks and food:
Celebrate the senses with our second installment of MiN New York’s RITUALS, Series II: JOURNEY OF THE SENSES. A FEAST OF SCENTS. Each intimate session is an interactive plain-language discovery class on a unique sensory experience like no other. Your guided fragrance flight of curated scents will be paired with spirits & hors d’œuvres…
Another corpse flower has bloomed at Western Illinois U, & they're expecting 2 more... http://t.co/oRnROz6j (& they've got live video)