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Where Immersive Theater and Fragrance Merge
Plus, Chloe Sevigny!
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Deborah Vance's Signature Scent and Djo's Vera Bradley Obsession
Hi!
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Going to a Fragrance Pop Up and Chet Hanks
Yeah, there's not much in common between the two
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Can Smell Help You Find True Love?
Hi!
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I Think You're Crazyyyyy...Tell Me Lies S2
Lucy and Stephen need to stop!
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What Would The Characters of Industry Smell Like?
You know Yasmin Kara-Hanani smells divine
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We're So Back
I know my last very emo Middle Notes was about the anxiety I’ve been feeling about media and the freelance landscape at the moment.
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My Anxiety Fragrance
I had never really thought about linking fragrance and anxiety together until it hit me like a lightbulb this week during therapy (on the nose much?).
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Perfume and Pain
An interview with Anna Dorn about her latest book
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Smell The Roses
Well, Spring is here allegedly, but in New York at least that couldn’t be further from the truth.
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What's Going on With Fragrance So Far in 2024?
I thought I’d do something a bit different this week (and it’s not what I originally planned, but expect that soon), but let’s do a little check in on…
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What Was Your Teenage Fragrance?
I know everyone already knows that one of my major teen fragrances was Sarah Jessica Parker’s Lovely since I’ve talked about it too much—but I also was…
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"I Wanna Drown Myself In a Bottle of Her Perfume"
Welcome to the edition of Middle Notes where you might learn too much about me mostly in terms of my fandoms, which there are many, but you’ll only…
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New Year, New Perfume
Starting out the new year I make some of the same resolutions like drink more water, work out more, eat healthier.
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Middle Notes
Middle Notes
known as the heart note of the fragrance, it’s what lingers the longest.
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