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The irreducible elements of olfaction
 • Maddie Phinney
You're a Virgin Who Can't Drive: Red Jeans by Versace
It’s no wonder Millennials are entitled— they used to call us “Generation Y,” and from TRL to Teen Beat to an endless fountain of high school comedies…
 • Maddie Phinney
Sex Smells: Bruno Acampora Musc
On April 30, 1975, America watched the fall of Saigon, marking the unceremonious end to a war so unpopular it shattered public trust in government.
 • Maddie Phinney
Perfume Nostalgia, Reformulation, and Why Things Can't Stay the Same.
Want to see a millennial shape-shift into a forensic accountant before your eyes?
 • Maddie Phinney
Our Bottles, Ourselves: Rive Gauche by Yves Saint Laurent
While cultural historians romanticize the first years of the 1960s as a period of promise, the decade’s close is almost universally timestamped by acts…
 • Maddie Phinney
Bargain Bin Bouquet: Anna Sui by Anna Sui
On September 12, 1999, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt walked the red carpet together for the 51st annual Primetime Emmy awards; their CAA agents had…
 • Maddie Phinney
The Odor of Adultery: Aramis by Aramis
Chypre is a difficult perfume category to define, partly because the word itself straddles the denotative and the onomatopoetic.
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Eau de Eulogy: Poême by Lancôme
Lancôme released Poême in 1995 accompanied by a campaign starring Juliette Binoche that drew from a $32 million annual ad spend, solidifying Binoche’s…
 • Maddie Phinney
The Smell of Irony: CK One by Calvin Klein
In 1994 Comme Des Garçons released their eponymous perfume by Mark Buxton with ultra-utilitarian packaging by Marc Altan.
 • Maddie Phinney
More Life: Drakkar Noir by Guy Laroche
The moment of perfume application is a sacred act, and there is no sanctity without submission.
 • Maddie Phinney
Hillbilly Smellegy: Baque by Slumberhouse
Remember being 14 and rifling through your parents’ liquor cabinet for something they’d never notice was missing?
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The Smell of Online Shopping: Rien by Etat Libre d'Orange
Theres a smell that’s specific to the “luxury” category of online shopping.
 • Maddie Phinney
The Avocado Toast of Perfume: Bal D'Afrique by Byredo
Growing up in the nineties, popular girls smelled like Gap Dream.
 • Maddie Phinney
The Smell of Chaos: Fraaagola Saalaaata by Hilde Soliani
Have you ever wordlessly circled a plinth crowned with an amalgam of press-on fingernails, glitter, and hair extensions?
 • Maddie Phinney
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