May 2013
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What’s your name? Claire McKimmie. Hometown? Aberdeen, Scotland. What do you do for a living? Knits designer. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Musky with a feminine and clean twist. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My mum overdoing it with her Clinique aromatics elixir. What perfume did you wear at age 13? CK One. What perfume did you wear at age 16? Jean Paul...
April 2013
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What’s your name? Hanna Chang. Hometown? Silver Springs, MD. What do you do for a living? Interior Designer. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? The ones that vibe with me throughout the day. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? CK One Ads. What perfume did you wear at age 13? Men’s fragrances - Polo, Aqua Di Gio, Cool Water. What perfume did you wear at age 16? ...
What’s your name? Amber Bravo.
Hometown?
Acton, MA. What do you do for a living? Writer / Editor / Creative Dictator. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Earthy florals, rose. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My mother, Channel No. 5. What perfume did you wear at age 13? The “fuzzy peach”-scented roll-on from The Body Shop. What perfume did you wear at...
What’s your name? Krissie Garland.
Hometown? Spring Valley, NY / Cape May, NJ. What do you do for a living? I’m a creative director. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? I think I like masculine scents. Maybe kinda musky and sexy. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? The smell of my Strawberry Shortcake doll. I think it’s part of why she was also my imaginary...
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What’s your name? Nurit Yeshurun. Hometown? Holon, Israel. What do you do for a living? Design men’s clothing for Converse. My blog, It’s Bossy. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Clean and floral. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? Smelling each of my grandma’s perfume testers and hating all of them. What perfume did you wear at age 13? Bath and Body Works Cucumber...
February 2013
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What’s your name? Amy Temple. Hometown? Tallahassee, FL. What do you do for a living? Burleque performer / actor. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Warm, vintage, opulent. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My Mother was very allergic to the smell of perfume. Because of that, I was taught that it was something a) I couldn’t have b) disrespectful to wear. As a...
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What’s your name? Eva Tuerbl. Hometown? Schondra, an 800-person village in Bavaria, Germany. What do you do for a living? I am a photographer. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? I like light and citrus-y and I love men’s perfumes. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My Grandma, she had those tiny bottles of ‘Koellnisch Wasser’ she would give to me....
January 2013
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What’s your name? Mae Elvis Kaufman. Hometown? Santa Monica, CA. What do you do for a living? Professional smart ass and store manager. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Earthy on other people, clean and a lil’ flowery on me. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My mom’s wide collection of Jean Paul Gautier bust perfume bottles. So amazing. Or my dad’s...
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What’s your name? Sue Lee. Hometown? Acton, Massachusetts. What do you do for a living? Exec Producer of Design at The Mill. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My mom’s Estee Lauder Youth Dew. I thought it was so sophisticated, and that one day I would be grown up enough to bath in it. What perfume did you wear at age 13? Ivory soap mixed with peanut butter and a dab of jelly. What...
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What’s your name? Hally Erickson. Hometown? Fort Myers, FL and Aransas Pass, TX. What do you do for a living? Artist assistant, co-buyer/co-owner of Total Pleasure Vintage. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Bright citrus smells. Grapefruit! What’s your earliest memory of perfume? Mixing it with water and drinking it. Getting in trouble. What perfume did you wear at age 13?...
December 2012
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What’s your name? Chantel Valentene. Hometown? Brooklyn, New York. What do you do for a living? Creative Director / Designer for Paper Denim & Cloth. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Easy, simple notes. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My mom having a vanity table filled with different perfumes, and sneaking to try them on when she wasn’t looking. What perfume did...
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What’s your name? Elizabeth Dilk.
Hometown? Bethesda, MD. What do you do for a living? Art Director / Designer. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Musky? Masculine? Muskuline? What’s your earliest memory of perfume? A bunch of Elizabeth Taylor perfumes on my mom’s dresser. What perfume did you wear at age 13? Mall perfumes, like little $5 ones from the Gap. Also I...
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What’s your name? Manjari Doxey. Hometown? San Diego, CA. Actually, since I grew up on a boat, the Pacific Ocean might be my hometown.
What do you do for a living? Writer. Department Assistant for C. Wonder and Monika Chiang Brands. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Fruity and tropical. Anything that smells like summer. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My aunt’s...
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What’s your name? Christelle de Castro. Hometown? Pittsburg, CA. What do you do for a living? Photographer, Filmmaker, Art Director. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Musky, earthy, masculine scents. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? Johnson’s baby cologne! My mama used to slap that shit on my baby ass! I STILL love it! What perfume did you wear at age 13? CK1...
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What’s your name? Emily Wooten Van Dyne. Hometown? Arlington, VA. What do you do for a living? Currently in school full-time; I’m studying literature and political science/women and gender studies. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? I’m drawn to fragrances that draw YOU in. Warm scents that make you want to get up close to the skin that’s wearing it. What’s your earliest memory...
What’s your name? Erica Jill Schwartzberg. Hometown? New York City. What do you do for a living? Commecial real estate. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Floral - rose, gardenia, lavender. Sometimes a layer of white musk. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? Issey Miakye reminds me of my mom when we went to London together in 1994. What perfume did you wear at age 13? ...
November 2012
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What’s your name? Sunny Shokrae. Hometown? Southern Cali. What do you do for a living? Photography. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? I’m always a sucker for roses and jasmines. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? ck1, it was all the rage. What perfume did you wear at age 13? I never wore perfume in junior high, I wasn’t even allowed to shave my legs. What perfume did you...
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What’s your name? Scosha Woolridge. Hometown? Sydney, AU. What do you do for a living? Designer. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Dirty musty woods. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? Three years old. The collar of my mother’s leather jacket. What perfume did you wear at age 13? The El Natural kind. What perfume did you wear at age 16? A sneak of my mother’s stash, I...
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What’s your name? Kalen Kaminski. Hometown? Boulder, Colorado. What do you do for a living? Co-owner of Upstate and prop stylist. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Musks, roses, grasses. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? Mom’s Coco Chanel! What perfume did you wear at age 13? Gap Grass. What perfume did you wear at age 16l? A combo of Abercrombie and Clinique...
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What’s your name? Sheina (pronounced Shee-na) Dao. Hometown? San Diego, CA. What do you do for a living? Associate Producer for Commercial Film Production at Shilo. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? Fresh and feminine or musky and woody. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My dad’s cologne - Lagerfeld by Karl Lagerfeld. What perfume did you wear at age 13? I didn’t like...
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What’s your name? Annie Simeone. Hometown? Stony Point, NY. What do you do for a living? Production designer for independent films. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? White flowers with grapefruit. Smokey tobacco. Sexy masculine ones. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My nonna’s Chanel no.5. What perfume did you wear at age 13? Body odor & Gap Dream. What perfume did...
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What’s your name? Allie Laporte. Hometown? Milwaukee, WI. What do you do for a living? Film/Video/Commercial Producer. What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? I’m drawn to floral and musky scents - that combo is key. What’s your earliest memory of perfume? My mom used to boil her own potpourri on the stove - orange peels, cinnamon sticks, cloves. The smell would permeate the entire...
