SHOW & SMELL
Jessica MurphyFragrance and visual culture from an old-school perfume blogger based in NYC.
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Tomato talk on The Curiosity Desk (WGBH)
Paul Lacroix, detail of Asparagus, Tomatoes, and a Squash, 1865. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Earlier this week, journalist Edgar B. Herwick III interviewed me for the daily show The Curiosity Desk at WGBH. The episode’s theme...
Passing Fancies ~ July 2026 recap
Phew. Wipe away that sweat and tell us what you’ve been up to!
Here are some of my recent diversions…
Reading: Ann Patchett’s Whistler (her newest novel) and The Dutch House, back to back.
Art: Shape of Dreams: Leonora Carrington at L’S...
Fragrant Find: Notes on niche perfumery at Barneys (2009)
From a conversation between a few now-legendary brands
I was recently scrambling through some old USB thumb drives, trying to locate the PowerPoint for a conference presentation I’d given years ago, and I came across a folder titled BARNEY...
Fruit cocktail
Del Monte Fruit Cocktail advertisement, November 1935
Nearly a century ago, in the middle of the Great Depression, a canned mixed-fruit dessert in a “beguiling syrup” just might have felt like an affordable luxury. So “inviting” and “festi...
Green knights, scent swaps, and a mad tea party
Four times a year, Robin runs a Now Smell This poll named “The Damage So Far,” in which readers are invited to share the number of perfumes they’ve purchased over the past three months. If I were to tally up my new bottles for June 2026, I’...
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Old-school fragrance blogger since 2007. Museum professional using scent in art spaces; perfume historian. NYC. "My attitude is one of love / is all adoration / for all the fringes / all the color / all tinsel creation." --Florine Stettheimer
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