Happy Birthday, Marilyn Monroe!

Our friends at Erno Laszlo are hosting a Marilyn Monroe look-alike Birthday Bash in Madison Square Park tomorrow in honor of hr 84th!

As you may know, legendary skincare leader Erno Laszlo has been adored by countless Hollywood starlets since our inception in 1927. The brightest star among them was undeniably Marilyn Monroe. As a devoted user and personal friend to Dr. Laszlo, she has become a very important part of the Laszlo legacy. To honor her memory, we have decided to throw her a party for her 84th birthday! We're calling on all Marilyn look-alikes and fans to attend!

So, tomorrow come to Madison Square Park, dress up like Marilyn, enjoy a live band and celebrate!

Deitch Project's Shepard Fairey Exhibit

Thursday after work I stopped by the Deitch Project gallery to see the Shepard Fairey exhibit. Shepard Fairey is a contemporary "street" artist that is most famous for his prints. His most famous piece is the Obama "Hope" poster used during the 2008 Presidential election.

I was really happy I walked over to the exhibit, his use of screen prints and news paper scraps made the art have a lot of depth. His images were mostly political and pop-culture pieces.

Here are some pictures I took while I was there....

Chandler Burr's Scent Dinners

Check out these clips from Chandler Burr's (New York Times' perfume critic) Scent Dinners:

"Collaborating with great chefs, he also hosts interactive Scent Dinners, masterclasses in gourmand scents and a series that takes diners through the structure and artistry of food-based scent raw materials (absolutes of cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla) and the perfumes made from them. Burr creates an invisible 8-course olfactory dinner using gourmand perfumes from Angel (which uses a molecule in cotton candy) and Piment Brûlant (habanero pepper) to Light Blue (lemon + tart green apple) and Shalimar (rich vanilla). The chefs pair Burr's scent dinners with their culinary dinners, each edible course reflecting the gourmand perfume that precedes it. Burr has created his Scent Dinners with chefs Jimmy Sakatos of The Carlyle in New York, Martín Rios in Santa Fe, Samuel Benne of Lapérouse, Paris, Fabrice Guisset at Las Ventanas in Cabo, Mexico, and Vito Mollica, Ex Chef of the Four Seasons, Florence."

Four Season Restaurant Scent Dinner

PopTech Scent Dinner

What We ♥ This Memorial Day Weekend

We love finding fun and new things to do in the city and Memorial Day weekend is a great time to get out and explore!  Here are some great (and mostly outdoors) activities and events that our team has discovered for this weekend and wants to share with you!

• Wednesday
• Canoe on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn
• Head to Brooklyn's new bonafide water-sport destination and enjoy a free self-guided tour - departing every Wednesday at 6PM from 2nd Street - first come, first serve! - 151 2nd St Brooklyn NY

• Thursday
• Deitch Project Closing Exhibition
• The Deitch Project will be closing its doors this Thursday with its final exhibition - street artist Shepard Fairey - 18 Wooster St. (bet. Grand and Canal Sts.) Manhattan NY 10013

• Friday
• Top Gun Screening on the Intrepid
• Inspired by Memorial Day & ongoing Fleet Week, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is holding a free, outdoor screening of the film Top Gun beginning at 8:30PM - Pier 86, Twelfth Ave & W.46th St. Manhattan NY 10036

• Saturday
• McCarren Artists & Flea Market
• McCarren Park in Williamsburg will be holding a flea market every Saturday from 11AM-6PM from now until the end of July, come and support your local artists! - Lorimer St. Brooklyn NY 11222

• Sunday
• Lower East Side Festival of the Arts
• Free theater, music, arts, comedy, entertainment and more! Located on the Lower East side and East Village the festival will end Sunday at midnight - Theater for the New City, 115 First Ave between 9th & 10th Sts Manhattan NY 10003

• Monday
• Brooklyn's Memorial Day Parade

• Pay tribute to some of our nation's bravest at the country's longest running Memorial Day Parade (this year will be its 143rd!).  The parade kicks off at 11AM at Third Avenue and 87th Street in Bay Ridge and continues along Marine and Fourth Avenues to John Paul Jones Park, where a ceremonial wreath laying, flag raising, playing of "Taps" and 21-gun salute will take place.

• Tuesday

• Garden Walk at Wave Hill
• End Memorial Day Weekend off with a beautiful and relaxing walk through the colorful gardens at Wave Hill in the Bronx.  Come at 11AM and have a free hour long tour by an expert guide - W.249th St Bronx NY 10471

Hope you all have a great Memorial Day Weekend!

-The L'Artisan Parfumeur Team

Excellent Review of Nuit de Tubereuse!

Check out this excellent review of Nuit de Tubereuse on Now Smell This blog!