Monthly Archives: June 2012

Beauty Bytes: June 29, 2012

Haifa, Israel: Twenty women between the ages of 74-90 competed for the title of “Most Beautiful Holocaust Survivor” last night. 74-year-old contestant Esther Liber, shown here dancing with 89-year-old Jenia Schwartzbart, told Ynet News: “I’m not in it to win. I’m competing because it puts us all in a good mood and is a pleasant experience.” Romanian-born Chaya Caspi, 78, says, “what matters is internal beauty and helping one another.” While the charity event had its detractors, from the looks of …

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Perfume Unmasked: The Untitled Series by Chandler Burr

How do we experience perfume? Do we wear it as an accessory? A personal expression? A status symbol? Do we sense it as a fleeting vapor on people we love, or get annoyed by it on strangers in an elevator? And with all the visual, marketing, and lifestyle cues we associate with it, is there a way to experience fragrance on its own, without all the advertising and cultural “noise”?

Chandler Burr has spent over twelve years exploring and writing …

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