Story StreamEVERYTHING NEWS & ANALYSIS ARTICLES VIDEOS PHOTOS LATEST NEWS What Did the Ancient Romans Smell Like? June 07, 2023 In 2019, Juan Manuel Román, an archaeologist at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain, was called to the small town of Carmona. Residents were ...
You couldn't have done this much better without the use of real scents at theatres.Although much of the story is told by a narrative voice (mostly quotes from the novel), the movie is still thrilling and exciting all the way. It's a very good adaption of Süskind's novel, sticking ...
It’s been awhile since I’ve written a review as part of our “Movie Vault” category, butPerfume: The Story of a Murdererwas such an unexpected, unusual experience that I felt obliged. I don’t recall hearing about this movie when it was released in the United States, which I suppos...
I am closer to my family than I have been for over twenty years, and I’m back among all the things I love and adore – book stores, perfume shops, vintage clothing stores, museums, art galleries, movie theaters and other theaters, a whole smorgasbord of culture to immerse myself in. ...
As we wander through the quiet, womblike space of the exhibition, Mike is drawn to the mask of an ancient Egyptian god made for the film ‘Stargate’, to two NASA notebooks from the movie ‘Interstellar’ filled with equations written in pencil, and to H.R. Giger’s original artwork ...
Me Espresso comes in a bottle shaped like a chocolate bar, divided into small rectangles. This design is consistent across the bottles for Carpenter’s three other fragrances. It sources inspiration in the line’s origin story, which begins in Pennsylvania, where the performer was raised near a...
(1982 – pretty and very 80’s movie secretary initially, but far dirtier than you would ever imagine in the base – good grief, she is now having her way with Charlie Sheen under the desk ) has one of the most exquisite tuberosesque green sheens ever in its opening accords – just ...
Your next choice is a novel, Patrick Süskind’sPerfume: The Story of a Murderer. This is probably the best-known work of fiction about perfume and the perfume industry. It’s a crime novel by a German author which was also made into a movie. It’s a very lush, richly imagined book...
Tania:P, I don’t know how the book would read to someone who has already seen the movie. (I read the book before the movie was produced.) But there are passages that I was sorely sad weren’t replicated in the film. It’s told from the point of view of a man who remembers his...
The first time the Mr. and I saw it was when we were living in France, which is where the movie takes place, and that added to its magic. It is such a good, twisted story with dark romance – all about a very misguided young man whose only talent in the world is his incredible ...