New Perfume Review Viktor & Rolf Bon Bon + A Perfume for Lolita Draw
Viktor & Rolf’s new perfume Bon Bon may be related to Flowerbomb but behaves like Lolita a sweet tantalizing tease
Best of the Oscar Red Carpet 2014: Kate Hudson in Versace
LA-Story’s Stevie Wilson, fashion and style expert weighs in on who got it right at the Oscars 2014.
Queer History of Fashion: From The Closet to the Catwalk (and the Untapped Queer Potential of Fragrance) – Part One
Douglas Bender explores the LGBTQ community’s influence on fashion from the 18th century to the present, and offers this thoughts on how each era influenced fragrance of its time. Doug las walks thru the FIT exhibit with Robert Verdi and Musuem Curators. Part One begins with Mollies, Dandies and Les Garconnes influenced by Oscar Wilde and Marlene Dietrich
The Smell of Tears: Perfumer Maria Candida Gentile Collaborates with contemporary artist Luca Vitone in “Per L’Éternità” at the Venice Biennale
This past summer, Maria Candida Gentile took her scent work outside of the perfume bottle and into the spaces of contemporary art when she collaborated with artist Luca Vitone at the Venice Biennale.
New Niche Perfume Review: I Profumi di Firenze Florentia 16 Fiori Dolci + Florentine Lullaby Draw
Perfumes are like songs. Some blast out at operatic volume. Il Profumi di Firenze’s Florentia 16 Fiori Dolci is a lullaby and tells its story through intimacy, not volume
Guest Blogger: “Mad Perfumista” Katherine Chan Profiles Maki Ueda -Artist of the Senses
In the work of Rotterdam-based artist, Maki Ueda, I see efforts to make us re-conceive our relationship to the five senses.