![]() Her capsule appreciations cover everything from Fougère Royale (Houbigant, 1882) to Laundromat (Demeter, 2000). Scent & Subversion begins by introducing us to her “chemical romance” with the great perfumes of the past, and then surveys the icons of the 20th century in chronological order. Of course the star of the night was Barbara Herman who read some lovely passages from her book. I rubbed elbows with Lucy Raubertas ( Indieperfumes), Gaia Fishler ( TheNonBlonde), Douglas Bender ( CharentonMacerations), Christophe Laudamiel ( Dreamair) and a couple of the Goodsmellas. Herman blogs extensively on vintage fragrances at Yesterday’s Perfume and the smellerati were out in force at the party. ![]() On Tuesday, Mindy Yang and Chad Murawczyk of MiN New York hosted a party for Barbara Herman to celebrate her new book Scent & subversion: Decoding a century of provocative perfume. ![]()
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