An early scene in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Phantom Thread uses scent to communicate the motivations of a weird trio of characters. Daniel Day Lewis is Reynolds Woodcock, an uptight, obsessive, upper class dressmaker. He has brought young waitress, Alma (Vicky Krieps) back to his country cottage after a romantic dinner, and is getting busy […]
Va-va-voom: the curves of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Classique
Bottle design review of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Classique (1993)
Advice on male grooming from 1964
I do not think there exists a woman who does not like a man to smell nice; by nice she means a smell which is as far removed as possible from the kind of scent she uses herself; something clean and herby is required.
Top ten from 2020
From exploring perfume as a novice this past year, these are the fragrances I enjoyed the most and that I would re-buy once my sample has evaporated. I have sampled so many random things and it is really the only way to learn. The more you smell and compare, the more you know when you […]
